There were over 300 Tree Swallows this evening at Centennial Lake.  I 
scanned through them for a while and picked out ~15 Barn Swallows and 4 
Northern Rough-winged Swallows.  Then I chickened out because I wasn't 
adequately dressed for this warm weather.  Also present were a Common 
Loon (a gorgeous alternate plumaged individual), 1 Osprey, 1 Wilson's 
Snipe, 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, lots of Yellow-rumps, etc.

While at work in White Marsh earlier this week (Tuesday 4/3/07) I had 4 
NRW Swallows and a Purple Martin in addition to the Barns and Trees.  
Also Rusty Blackbird, 50 GW Teal, 2 Wood Duck, 2 Gnatsnatchers, 5 Snipe, 
2 Greater Yellowlegs and a Killdeer on eggs.  Unfortunatly this wetland 
is on private property without alternate easy viewing, so I guess I'm 
just a jerk for mentioning it.

Cheers,
Steve Collins
Towson, MD