This is the Conowingo Dam report for April 12, 1998. Coverage was by Rick Blom from noon - 2:00 p.m. Water very high, 8 flood gates open, very few birds at dam. Great Blue Heron 50+ (many on nests) Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 (nest building) Double-crested Cormorant 75 Bald Eagle 3 (adults) Osprey 2 Ring-billed Gull 6 Herring Gull 24 Great Black-backed Gull 11 (all gulls subadults) Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 TRuby-crowned Kinglet 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Palm Warbler 3 (Western) NORTHERN PARULA 1 (arrival) Normal complement of resident landbirds. Flying Cabbage White 50+ Orange Sulphur 1 Tiger Swallowtail 1 Zebra Swallowtail 1 In bloom Mertensia Common Blue Violet Yellow Violet Trout Lily Common Cinquefoil "Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive." Josephine Tey Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland