I stopped by Conowingo Dam this morning since I was in the area for 
other reasons.

There were about 30 Bald Eagles there. Some were putting on a pretty 
good show chasing each other around and flying over the observation deck 
and parking area. There were 3 people there taking pictures with long 
lenses, so they should have gotten some great shots.

There were about 50 DC Cormorants out on the rocks. With the report of a 
Neotropical Cormorant on the Potomac, I tried to look through them for 
another species but since I did not have my scope with me, I could not 
do an adequate appraisal.

I estimate about 700 gulls in the area with about 300 in the air at a 
time and the rest sitting on the rocks and dam spillway. Again, without 
a scope, I could not do an adequate job of picking out any rarities but 
the only thing I saw other than the 3 usual suspect species were 2 
immature Laughing Gulls. There were no Bonaparte's or other small gulls.

Les

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Les Eastman
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Havre de Grace, MD

The eagle looked down on the river below
And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell like a stone
And the big salmon fought but the talons held true
And he shuddered as the world turned from silver to blue
                               Steve Earle