Today (Sunday, Nov. 29th)) I made a brief (3-4 pm) visit to Huntley Meadows. I did not lack company on such a beautiful (?Global Warming) afternoon. These are the birds I saw (as a population ecologist, I do not trust estimates over 10): Great Blue Herons (3) Canada Geese Mallards Hooded Mergansers Lesser Yellowlegs (4) Ring-billed Gull (1) Kingfisher (1) American Crows Carolina Chickadees Carolina Wren (1) Bluebirds Mockingbird (1) Cardinal (1) Song Sparrows Red-winged Blackbirds Rail have been seen recently. Virginia Rails may also be lurking about. Dex Hinckley dinckley@igc.apc.org