I just got back from a day of birding Harford County with Jim Stasz and Kevin Fehskens. The trip began with a successful search for Vesper Sparrow in Pylesville. We then went to Broad Creek Scout Camp where I had my first Blue-headed Vireo for the year. We then stopped at the boat launch above the Conowingo Dam and found Spotted Sandpipers. A trip to Susquehanna SP produced many Palm Warblers with 1 Pine and 1 Yellow-throated (a lifer!). Because we had been seeing a fair number of hawks flyover, we decided it would not be a bad idea to go to Tydings Marina and watch hawks from there. We arrived to see a Kestrel and a few Broad-wings go over. Then I spotted a cormorant-like bird with a long tail a good ways up in the air. Jim got the scope on the bird and confirmed it as an Anhinga, I then got my scope on it and we watched for a about 6-7 minutes. It was in an almost steady soar making very few brief flaps. It turned circles above the island and gained altitude. We later saw many Double-crested Cormorants flyover and this was a clearly different bird. The tail was fanned and longer, the wings did not have a distinct knuckle, and the bill came to a point. We checked the yellow book to see Harford County has never had a report of Anhinga. I will be sending a report in to the records committee and I'm sure Jim and Kevin will too. After the rush, we went to Spestuie Island and found a Parula and Blue-winged Teal. Matt Hafner Bel Air, MD