I spent an hour at Hoadley Road on Aberdeen Proving Ground this afternoon. It is a traditional gathering spot for waterfowl, but there were very small numbers today. Common Loon 1 Canada Goose 4 Oldsquaw 1 (male) Ruddy Duck 1 (male) Red-br. Merganser 1 (female) Greater Scaup 2 (male and female) Lesser Scaup 1 (female) Bonaparte's Gull 26 CASPIAN TERN 2 (arrival) FORSTER'S TERN 1 (arrival) Rick "Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive." Josephine Tey Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland