Les: We would like to thank you for sponsoring the event, and for taking on two last minute birders. We had a great time. The weather was nice. We had a good selection of birds. And the chili was delicious. It was an opportunity to forget about the loss of power from the ice storm. Luckily, the power was on when we got home. Best wishes, Elayne and Jeff Metter -----Original Message----- From: Les Eastman [SMTP:les_eastman@netfox.net] Sent: Sunday, January 17, 1999 5:19 PM To: MDOsprey Subject: Conowingo Birds and Chili I want to thank everyone who came on the field trip today. I enjoyed meeting the new ones and seeing the repeaters again. For those who didn't come, we had a beautiful day and the birds were pretty good, too, although we had a few no-shows like the Lesser Black-backed Gull, Peregrin Falcon and Black-crowned Night-Heron. Here is my tally. Some of the birds I heard but didn't really point out. If anyone has any to add, let me know. I came up with 48 species: PIED-BILLED GREBE HORNED GREBE GREAT BLUE HERON TUNDRA SWAN TRUMPETER SWAN CANADA GOOSE AMERICAN BLACK DUCK MALLARD NORTHERN SHOVELER GADWALL AMERICAN WIGEON CANVASBACK REDHEAD RING-NECKED DUCK LESSER SCAUP COMMON GOLDENEYE BUFFLEHEAD HOODED MERGANSER COMMON MERGANSER RUDDY DUCK BLACK VULTURE TURKEY VULTURE BALD EAGLE SHARP-SHINNED HAWK RED-TAILED HAWK AMERICAN COOT BONAPARTE'S GULL RING-BILLED GULL HERRING GULL GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL ROCK DOVE MOURNING DOVE BELTED KINGFISHER RED-HEADED WOODPECKER RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER DOWNY WOODPECKER BLUE JAY AMERICAN CROW CAROLINA CHICKADEE TUFTED TITMOUSE CAROLINA WREN GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLET EASTERN BLUEBIRD NORTHERN MOCKINGBIRD EUROPEAN STARLING SONG SPARROW WHITE-THROATED SPARROW DARK-EYED JUNCO COMMON GRACKLE Not bad considering that we basically ignored the landbirds. Les ====================== Les Eastman les_eastman@netfox.net Havre de Grace, MD Visit the Harford Bird Club Web Page at http://birdclub.harfordhasit.com