You got it right, Greg. We left the Sandgates around 4pm after previously checking out Greenwell State Park. No loon luck. I know a number of people (like Gary Felton) also travelled down to Point Lookout. Don't know if anyone worked the Calvert County side of the river. Sounds like Patty's sweep of the whole river was a pretty thorough check, however. One note, someone told me Patty headed via boat to each loon flock and slowed to check them out. Doug Forsell of AA County was at the Sandgate Inn today .. Doug is with USFWS and has done aerial transects of waterfowl in Alaska. He says that YBLOs are typically "loners" .... so it might be more important to look at the "singletons" than the flocks. Just a thought. I probably will not head down there tomorrow ... Call if you hit a strike. 301-261-0184 home 301-502-7325 cell ... I'll leave it on. Phil At 03:39 PM 11/06/1999 -0800, you wrote: >No more news today on the possible Yellow-billed Loon? > >I had no calls except for one from Phil Davis around >1pm checking in. > >Jane and Tyler left a message and said they were >successful ticking the Common Crane in Indiana today. >Paul O'Brien was there as well as two other eastern >shore birders. > >Sandhill Crane was seen in Talbot today, too. > >I'll have my cell phone on again tomorrow >(410-599-3932). > >-Greg Miller >Hollywood, MD > > >===== > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com ================================================ Phil Davis home: PDavis@ix.netcom.com Davidsonville, Maryland USA work: PDavis@OAO.com Greenbelt, Maryland USA ================================================