Hi, This posting primarily concerns Delaware, but since many Ospreyers were involved or interested, I'm posting it to the net. As is now common knowledge, the pelagic trip out of Lewes on 13 June was cancelled due to high winds and rough seas off shore. But the rest is good news. First, the Virden Conference Center that Marcia had suggested is a real winner. Though the walls are a bit thin, I think those that stay there are apt to be more quiet, and we had few neighbors, let alone neighborly noise. As Marcia had said, it sits next to a marsh. Some of the birds that I heard or saw FROM THE ROOM, or from the small screened porch attached to the room were: Willow Flycatcher, Green Heron, Willet, skimmers (three flying by), chat, Yellow Warbler, Marsh Wren, N. Bobwhite, and Great Crested Flycatcher. Of course, I wouldn't have done this much birding from the room had the pelagic gone as scheduled. The other good news was the sighting of some terrific birds on the way to Lewes on Saturday, viz: LITTLE EGRET, WHITE-FACED IBIS, and POMARINE JAEGER (on land!). I was at Bombay Hook early in the morning on Sat. (12 June), and the Little Egret had not been seen the day prior. After doing the Boardwalk Trail (lots of Willow Flycatchers) and searching all the impoundments, I went to lunch. When I returned to Raymond Pool (about 11:30) Glenn Lovelace from Delaware gave me the unhappy news that I just missed the bird. But he said it was tending to move back and forth between Raymond and the marsh around the Boardwalk Trail. So we waited and chatted a bit, and he was right; Here it came, landing almost beside us at the southeast corner of Raymond. Then Jane Kostenko and Tyler Bell drove up not more than a minute or two later. Now that's timing! The bird then flew back south towards the boardwalk and disappeared. But again, it wasn't more than about 20 or 30 minutes when it put in its third appearance for the morning, this time landing on the fence around the water control structure at the southeast corner of Raymond. And I believe it was Jim Stasz that arrived just as the bird landed. Again, what timing! It stayed a short time then took off again for the marsh around the boardwalk, with Jim backing up in pursuit. While the field marks of grayish lores, double plume, and dingier feet have been shared, I found this bird to have these additional field marks that could aid in identification. First, the bird's head has a very smooth appearance; there is no crest or tuft of feathers as in the Snowies; the silhouette is very slick. Secondly, this bird has some very light brown steaks on the head, nape, and back. This is particularly helpful if the bird is flying away from you, because the steaks on the back ARE visible at one or two hundred feet away. This field mark was very helpful on Sunday when I again walked the Boardwalk trail, and saw the bird fly away from me toward the canal along the boardwalk. I would have pursued it for another good look, but it started to rain, so I instead bulldozed my way through the thousands of biting flies back to the car. During all the pauses between the Little Egret episodes on Saturday, many of us got good looks at the White-faced Ibis among the 100 or more glossies, also in Raymond Pool. Since it's not easy to closely examine 100 or more glossies for the one with the extensive white around the eye, I noted that the White-face has a much REDDER BROWN back than the glossies. The glossies were a darkish greenish, grayish, blackish (take your pick) on the back. I got to where I could scan the ibises, and pick out the White-face by color alone. Also, the White-face has decidely reddish legs, as opposed to the non-descript dark legs of the glossies. My impression was that the White-face was also a bit smaller, but this is only an impression to which I gave little additional thought. The last impressive sighting of the day was a Pomarine Jaeger seen from the observation tower at the Little Creek WMA. Mary Gustavson and Bruce ___________ were at the tower when I arrived, and Bruce was just running back to the car for his camera, sharing with me the news of the sighting. He's the one that found it, and when I got to the tower, he and Mary got me right on the bird. Then, quite fortuitously, the bird, originally sitting on a sandbar, decided to fly a short distance, aiding considerably in its identification. It remained in place until I left, about 30 minutes later. So, no pelagic, but some fabulous birding nevertheless, and a nice place to stay on Saturday night. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie, MD