Hi Jim:

Check out Tree Swallows ... they are just arriving in our area for the 
summer ...

         http://www.birds.cornell.edu/BOW/TRESWA/

         http://www.nhptv.org/natureworks/treeswallow.htm

Hope this helps ...

Phil


At 12:49 03/08/2006, Jim Ryon wrote:
>I'm a novice birder and would like some help in identifying birds
>a saw at the visitors center lake.  In flight they appeared to be gray or
>black on top and white underneath.  They were about 8-10 inches and skimmed
>the water and periodically hit the water to feed on something.

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