Hi Everyone, My original posting from Sunday is apparently lost somewhere in cyberspace. If it eventually shows up, I apologize in advance for the double posting. The cold weather has frozen most standing water in Allegany Co. - Rocky Gap is totally frozen. However, a portion of the Potomac River at the terminus of the C&O Canal at Cumberland remains open. Concentrated there today (Saturday 1/9) were: 7 Horned Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron (looking very cold) 250 Canada Goose 1 Black Duck ~50 Mallard 2 WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 6 Common Goldeneye (2m / 4f ) 4 Hooded Merganser ( 2m / 2f ) 1 Red-breasted Merganser ( f ) 3 Am. Coot 1 Killdeer 2 Common Snipe 1 Ring-billed Gull (ad ) Happy trails .... Ray Kiddy rrkiddy@hereintown.net Cumberland, MD