I spent about 2 hours at Patuxent NWR N Tract this afternoon. Highlights were 1 Rough-winged Swallow (my first of season) 1 Rusty Blackbird 2 Wood Ducks 4 Green-winged Teal 17 Ring-necked Ducks 2 Pied-billed Grebes 1 Pine Warbler singing 1 Fox Sparrow singing All these were at Lake Allen except the Fox Sparrow which was by the ponds at the other end of the loop. Steve Sanford tanager@bcpl.net Randallstown MD