Yesterday's outing led by Jay Sheppard to the Patuxent River State Park area 
off Annapolis Rock Road found evidence of owls (whitewash and pellets), but 
yieled no owl sightings. The group of about 15 birders were rewarded for the 
day with a nice show of woodcock after sunset. About 5 were seen flying. 
Observers also heard peenting and the sound of the wings.

Just before 5:44pm, the sky filled with clouds and there was no moon, much 
less its eclipse, to be seen.

Marcy Stutzman
Russett, MD