Sheesh....I think this guy actually wants us to feel SORRY for him! Good grief, Greg! Grin. (How's that for alliteration???) Norm > > Howdy All! > > It's sure good to read everyone ELSE's fall rpts. My backyard in > southern Calvert County is certainly NOT currently a migration > hub. Am I just spoiled from traveling, or is this list really > pretty pathetic? > > Backyard 9/28/98, Monday evening: > > 200 Laughing Gull > 12 Ring-billed Gull > 1 Red-shouldered Hawk (resident) > 8 Eastern Bluebird > 1 Carolina Wren > 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) > 1 Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) > 1 Blue Jay > > Backyard 9/29/98, Tuesday morning: > 6 Laughing Gull > 1 Fish Crow > 1 Gray Catbird > 1 Eastern Bluebird > 1 Carolina Chickadee > 2 White-throated Sparrow (ARRIVAL-yippee! A new migrant!) > > I did count 14 Cloudless Sulphurs in the front yard at one time > on Sunday afternoon... > > Reading other stories of OPM (other people's migrants), > > Greg Miller > > > =============== Norm Saunders Colesville, MD osprey@ari.net