O.K Rick - You say "there are nearly unprecedented numbers of Bonis around this winter". You then list the highlights of your day-at-the-dam. Does the lack of Bonis in the highlights imply the numbers were unprecedentedly low, so not worth mentioning, or does it mean you've become jaded over the large numbers? > Let's be honest here folks: Conowingo is as much fun as you can >have, legally, using binoculars. Spent several hours yesterday at the dam. >No great rarities, but pleasures all the same. Gull numbers were high, but >the ratio of Ring-billeds was back up and there are nearly unprecedented >numbers of Bonis around this winter. Highlights: > >Double-crested Cormorant 6 (very late) >LAUGHING GULL 1 >Ring-billed Gull 10,000 (half in the last hour of daylight) >LESSER BLACK-BACKED 2 (adults) >Herring Gull 2,000 >Great Black-backed Gull 250 >Peregrine Falcon 1 >Oddities several > Charles Vaughn 1306 Frederick Avenue Salisbury, MD 21801 stamps@sea-east.com 410-742-7221