I just stepped outside the lab here at SERC (0955). I've been trying to
add to my Anne Arundel list which I started when I began my new job here
last August. I'm still looking for a Broad-winged Hawk so I've been
scanning the skies since they seem to be moving in numbers now. Anyway,
I was stunned to see seven Anhingas spiraling upward in a thermal! I
watched them for a little while then went back in to grab my binoculars.
Unfortunately, by the time I came back out, they were gone. They were
heading north so anyone in Parole should keep an eye on the sky.

J. Tyler Bell

Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Edgewater, MD 21037