Joe, I birded Layhill Park on Sunday Sept 12, and had a really nice group of birds, including a fly-by N. Harrier, a fly-over Osprey, 18 Broad-winged Hawks (12 in one kettle), Great-crested Flycatcher, E. Wood-Pewee, and E. Phoebe, a probable Least Flycatcher, Red and White-eyed Vireos, a number of hummingbirds, all the woodpeckers except Red-headed and YBSA, Carolina and House Wrens, B-G Gnatcatcher, Blue-winged Warbler, N. Parula, Chestnut-sided Warblers, Magnolia Warblers, Black-throated Blue Warbler (male), Black-throated Green Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler (male), Black & White Warbler, American Redstarts, C. Yellowthroats, and a Canada Warbler. My best find though, was a LINCOLN'S SPARROW, seen in the small overgrown field on the left just before you reach the southernmost soccer field. I have had them often in this park (in fact it seems to be a fairly reliable place for them), but this was the earliest one for me here. The only other sparrows were a group of 3 Song Sparrows near the same spot. Walk clockwise around this small overgrown field, and you may find it as it flys up and lands in the blackberry brambles to stare back at you. If you "pish" for it, and it appears, it may raise its' "crest" for you, something not all the field guides show or mention. A very delicately beautiful bird. This small park is usually very active during the migration season, but as Paul O'Brien said in a previous message (regarding pelagics, I think) timing is everything! The Lincoln's may very well hang around for a time, as they usually seem to do. Happy birding, Rick Sussman Ashton,MD Warblerick@aol.com