While others are scrambling after Bonnie's rarities or heading to California, I took a Friday morning (8/28) walk with three non-birders (visiting relatives) at Lake Roland. Nothing out of the expected species, but a couple of interesting items. Blue-gray Gnatcatchers - 4 (a little late?) Yellow-crowned Night Heron - 1 Acadian Flycatcher - 1 (calling) Solitary Sandpiper - 1 Spotted Sandpiper - 1. Also found along the trail: Joggers - 21 Members of Middle School Girls' Track Team - 11 Walkers - 6 Dogs -16 Canis domesticus - 13 Canis obnoxious - 3 Don Burggraf Baltimore