Folks I cleared a milestone. I had a single Snow Bunting at Allen's Fresh on Saturday, October 30. This bird is likely to appear down here in any good invasion year but, according to the Yellow Book, has never been documented in Charles County before. The Snow Bunting represents my 250th Charles County bird species. I was able to quickly get Greg Miller on the bird.in flight. She landed briefly in the gravel road then took off north over the field. We searched but never relocated the animal. Greg reported seeing two more later in the day. The fields had at least 100 Sanvannah Sparrows, a Greater Yellowleg, three Snipe, and two Pectoral Sandpipers. The flats had lots of CAGO, one Least Sandpiper, eight Killdeer, and 13 Dunlin. For Phil's benefit: Later on Saturday when I returned home, I had two Pine Siskins show up at my feeder in Waldorf. Thr RBNU continues to collect peanuts and store them for the winter. A happy day birding. George