AFTER RETURNING ON A TWO DAY TRIP TO DELMAR, WHERE MY DAD AND I TALLIED 78 SPECIES THAT INCLUDED SUCH LUMINARIES AS GANNETS, BRANT, BALD EAGLES, PEREGRINE FALCON, BONAPARTE'S GULLS, BROWN-HEADED NUTHATCHES, AND WHITE PELICANS, WE DECIDED TO HAVE ANOTHER GO AT THE SANDHILL CRANE THAT I HAD PREVIOUSLY SEEN.  DRIVING NEAR THE I-83 BRIDGE WHERE I HAD LAST SEEN IT--THERE WAS THE BIRD.  WE ONLY HAD A GLIMPSE AND QUICKLY RAN UP I-83 TO TIMONIUM ROAD WHERE WE COULD TURN AROUND AND COME BACK TO THE BIRD'S LOCATION FOR A BETTER LOOK AND THERE IT WAS.  YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHAT HAPPENED SINCE I LAST SAW IT.  THAT BIRD METAMORPHISED INTO A GREAT BLUE HERON.  

BEN POSCOVER
PARKVILLE MD