Made a brief stop at Conowingo Dam this A.M. Few birds were around. Highl;ights included 2 PEREGRINE FLCONS resting on the superstructure and hunting pigeons, 1 LAUGHING GULL, 125 BONAPARTE'S GULLS, 2 COMMON LOONS, 25 RUDDY DUCKS, AND 1 BUFFLEHEAD above the dam, and 20 FORSTER'S TERNS above and below the dam. No other waterfowl were present and almost all the gulls were upriver. Rick "Everywhere I go I'm asked if the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher." Flannery O'Connor Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com 4318 Cowan Place Belcamp, Maryland 21017 (410)575-6086