Went to Middle Creek WMA at north end of Lancaster Co., PA with the BBC Birdwalk trip on Sat. Mar. 20. Snow Geese is in full swing at the lake with 23,512 counted out of possible 25,000-28,000 Birds seen: 2 Great Blue Heron 202 Tundra Swan 4,282 Canada Geese - (more than half arrived from nearby field) 23,512 Snow Geese (out of possible 25,000 to 28,000) 6 Mallard 33 Am. Black Duck 10 N. Shoveler 9 N. Pintail 8 Am. Wigeon 8 Gadwall 18 Lesser Scaup 32 Ring-necked Duck 5 N. Ruddy 6 Bufflehead 38 C. Merganser 6 Am. Coot 1 Killdeer 1 C. Snipe 8 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 6 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle - imm. 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Cooper's Hawk 3 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 3 N. Harrier 1 Am. Kestrel 4 Mourning Dove 4 Rock Dove 2 Downy Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 44 Tree Swallow 1 Blue Jay 22 Am. Crow 13 Fish Crow 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 Carolina Wren 6 E. Bluebird 5 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 E. Phoebe 8 European Starling 1 N. Mockingbird 32 Am. Robin 10 N. Cardinal 2 Song Sparrow 3 Am. Tree Sparrow - seen and calling on Conservation Trail 15 "Slate-colored" Junco 8 C. Grackle 2 RW Blackbird Also a Ring-necked Pheasant heard by some group, but not me. Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD ggraff@erols.com