Hi, When Jim Stasz mentioned going to a post to watch for hurricane birds, I got interested. I knew that I was obliged to do the Fall count in Allegany County on Saturday though so I could not justify zooming down there for one day on Friday. Thursday I spent an hour after work watching open areas around Deep Creek Lake. 2 Mallards for my trouble and a lot of rain water blowing in through the car window. Friday at Rocky Gap in nice weather but no birds of any note. Later on the same day at Belle Grove WMA I noticed 3 broadwings, a sharpie and an adult Bald Eagle. Being close to Town Hill, I decided it would be worth a try. Very blue skies and a total of 13 broadwings after 2 hours, 1 Cooper's Hawk, 2 or 3 Sharp-shinned Hawks, 2 American Kestrals and 2 Red-tailed Hawks. On Saturday, staying close to home paid off with a Mourning Warbler along the C&O Canal near Oldtown. ====================================================== ___ _________/ \_________ Home (304) 292-5072 /- - - - - O O - - - - -\ Work (304) 293-4832 \________'\_v_/`________/ ext. 4456 /_|_|_\ ^ ^ John B. Churchill, M.S. GIS Analyst West Virginia University Natural Resources Analysis Center __ ______ \___/ \__^_ [ ) o\ `__]____)'--'* ]_ ]_ Support Evolution, ... destroy a weakling ! http://www.nrac.wvu.edu/users/jbc/ ======================================================