Hello, Here are a few highlights from the weekend in Carroll County: Saturday, March 27 - 2 Fox Sparrows at Hashawha Env. Center; 2 Green-winged Teal and 3 Ring-necked Ducks on a sediment pond in Westminster, 4 Pintail at Westminster Reservoir, and a late Tree Sparrow on a neighbor's feeder here in Eldersburg. Sunday, March 28 - At McKeldin Area of Patapsco Valley SP were my first Chipping Sparrow and Pine Warbler of the season. Other highlights were a flock of about 15 Myrtle Warblers, 3 Fox Sparrows, lots of Juncos singing, and a pair of Wood Ducks landing in a tree about 75 feet up. At Piney Run Park were 2 Gadwall, 20 Black Ducks, 4 Green-winged Teal, 7 Lesser Scaup, 1 immature male Surf Scoter (present for a month), 20 Buffleheads, 1 Hooded Merganser, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers, 200 Coots, 3 Killdeer, 40 Ring-billed Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls (1 in breeding plumage), and 1 Osprey, the earliest record ever for Carroll County. Bob Ringler