From 6:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. I was at Conowingo Dam. I walked down the trail about two miles and despite the light rain [or because of it] there were large numbers of birds, most of them singing the whole time. and hard and the wind blew. From 2:15-6:00 I was at Harve de Grace at the marina, checking the flats. From 6:30 - 9:30 I was back at Perryman and checking a few marshes along Rt. 40 [without success]. The marsh at the entrance to the Sod Run Sewage Plant was somewhat productive at dusk. The results by area are; CONOWINGO DAM Common Loon 18 (flying early and very low) Double-crested Cormorant 700 Great Blue Heron 200 Green-backed Heron 1 SNOWY EGRET 3 (flyby) Black-crowned Hight-Heron 9 (3 nests) Canada Goose 16 Mallard 8 Black Duck 2 Red-breasted Merganser 31 (above dam) Turkey Vulture 50 Black Vulture 40 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-shouldred Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 3 (adults) Osprey 24 Wild Turkey 1 (responded to Barred Owl call) Spotted Sandpiper 7 Great Black-backed Gull 63 Herring Gull 25 Ring-billed Gull 5 Caspian Tern 4 Rock Dove 40 Mourning Dove 7 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6 Barred Owl 1 Great Horned Owl 1 Chimney Swift 55 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Northern Flicker 2 Pileated Woodpecker 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 9 Downy Woodpecker 8 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Kingbird 6 Great Crested Flycactcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 2 Tree Swallow 2500 Bank Swallow 30 Barn Swallow 600 Rouch-winged Swallow 15 Purple Martin 3 Blue Jay 72 Common Crow 18 Fish Crow 2 Crow sp. 30 Carolina Chickadee 28 [includes 3 nestlings] Tufted Titmouse 21 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 2 Carolina Wren 8 Northern Mockingbird 3 Gray Catbird 13 American Robin 30 Wood Thrush 51 Swainson's Thrush 5 Veery 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6 European Starling 400 White-eyed Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 64 Blue-headed Vireo 1 (singing male) Yellow-throated Vireo 4 Warbling Vireo 8 Black-and-white Warbler 3 Prothonotary Warbler 8 Worm-eating Warbler 3 Nashville Warbler 2 Northern Parula 16 Yellow Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 11 (amazing) Yellow-rumped Warbler 115 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Cerulean Warbler 1 Yellow-throated Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 5 Ovenbird 12 Northern Waterthrush 6 Louisiana Waterthrush 4 Kentucky Warbler 2 MOURNING WARBLER 1 (singing male just past gas line and trail bend to right) Common Yellowthroat 3 Hooded Warbler 1 American Redstart 2 House Sparrow 4 Orchard Oriole 2 Baltimore Oriole 14 (3 nest building) Common Grackle 90 Red-winged Blackbird 25 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 Scarlet Tanager 10 Northern Cardinal 40 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7 Indigo Bunting 7 House Finch 6 American Goldfinch 10 Rufous-sided Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 4 HAVRE DE GRACE Great Blue Heron 16 Great Egret 2 Double-crested Cormorant 24 Canada Goose 43 [including 6 flightless young] Mallard 50 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 2 (adults) Osprey 4 Killdeer 2 Least Sandpiper 18 Semipalmated Sandpiper 5 DUNLIN 2 Spotted Sandpiper 2 Great Blackbacked Gull 130 Herring Gull 85 LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 3 (2 1st summer, 1 2nd) Ring-billed Gull 110 Caspian Tern 186 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 14 Tree Swallow 1200 Barn Swallow 250 Rough-winged Swallow 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Kingbird 3 American Crow 4 Crow sp. 15 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 House Wren 1 Northern Mockingbird 2 Gary Catbird 1 American Robin 20 European Starling 40 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Common Grackle 30 Red-winged Blackbird 10 American Goldfinch 2 House Sparrow 12 All observations were from the south end of the parking lot and the adjacent yard. PERRYMAN Great Blue Heron 16 Canada Goose 9 Mallard 6 Turkey Vulture 4 Osprey 2 American Kestrel 2 Northern Bobwhite 4 VIRGINIA RAIL 2 SORA 1 Killdeer 1 Greater Yellowlegs 4 Lesser Yellowlegs 1 Rock Dove 3 Mourning Dove 6 Chimney Swift 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Eastern Kingbird 2 Horned Lark 2 Tree Swallow 150 Barn Swallow 40 Bank Swallow 2 Purple Martin 6 Blue Jay 3 Common Crow 2 Crow sp. 19 Carolina Chickadee 1 Carolina Wren 1 Marsh Wren 1 Northern Mockingbird 7 Gray Catbird 2 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 220 White-eyed Vireo 3 Red-eyed Vireo 4 Northern Parula 2 Yellow Warbler 4 Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 Common Yellowthroat 8 Bobolink 2 Eastern Meadowlark 3 Red-winged Blackbird 100 Common Grackle 48 Northern Cardinal 2 Blue Grosbeak 2 Indigo Bunting 4 House Finch 16 American Goldfinch 3 Chipping Sparrow 5 Field Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 6 House Sparrow 15 In addition, I stopped briefly on price Road on my way out of Conowingo and had: Canada Goose 9 Tree Swallow 15 Barn Swallow 10 Bobolink 15 Eastern Meadowlark 3 House Finch 2 Song Sparrow 1 At my house on Moore's Mill Road: Barred Owl 1 At the community pond in Major's Choice on Moore's Mill Road (by flashlight): Mute Swan 1 Rick "Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being offensive." Josephine Tey Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland