> The Boat-tailed Grackle would be hightly unusual and probably should > be submitted to the MD/DC Records Committee. > > Cheers, > Kathy Klimkiewicz > Laurel MD > Boat-tailed Grackle is not a records committee bird, at least from St. Mary's County. In addition, we had five records in the county during the Breeding Bird Atlas, one of them a confirmed breeding record. The species is uncommon but regular in the lower Bay and irregular along the western shore of the Bay north to Anne Arundel County. Rick "A great many people now reading and writing would be better employed keeping rabbits." Edith Sitwell Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com 4318 Cowan Place Belcamp, Maryland 21017 (410)575-6086