I  ran into Sean this a.m. and told him that the Dovekie was last seen 
heading out  to the green bouy, and turning right about 2:00 p.m. on Friday.

The female Common Eider was present this morning off the north jetty about 
8:00, though I think it did not cooperate with Sean.  No Bonaparte's, 
Long-tailed Ducks, Sanderlings, nor Red-throated Loons were present at that 
time.  But an immature Great Cormorant was perched in the pier behind the 
Oceanic Motel.   Several Common Loons were present.    Those darn Harlequins 
eluded me.

Subsequent to that, we went in fruitless search for the long-ago sighted 
Swainson's Hawk in Hurlock.  No joy.  But we ventured up Corcoran Cemetary 
Road from rt. 331 (dirt, and can be treacherous going in a Prius), where we 
were treated to the sight of 1,000+ Tundra Swans, 2 immature Bald Eagles, 1 
male Harrier.  On Ennals Rd., just west of the Hurlock water treatment 
ponds, a female Northern Harrier on the ground got my blood pumping for a 
bit until I got the scope on her.  An immature and another adult or close to 
it Bald Eagle were also present.  At the ponds itself, I saw several dozen 
Ruddy Ducks, half a dozen Ring-necked Ducks, a handfull of Snow Geese 
(including 1 Blue phase), and an immature Tundra Swan.  Several dozen 
Tundras were also in the air.

An early-morning search of Swindler's Park for the possible Western 
Meadowlark encountered on the OC Xmas Count yesterday was also fruitless.  I 
had to settle for Chipping Sparrows and an odd call coming out of the 
?cedars? to the south, a gurgly wolf-whistle, that was, no doubt, some 
Starling vocalization unknown to me.

Kurt Schwarz
Ellicott City
goawaybird at comcast dot net