I went down to Schoolhouse Pond to check on the gulls.  There was a group of around 300 including quite a few larger gulls.  A quick check revealed nothing more unusual than a couple of Lesser Black-backs, but they all flushed right after I had got my scope set up and did not return in numbers.  Trumpeter 962 as there and was being chased all round the pond by a Mute Swan.

The large Canada goose flock on the pond at the recycling/transfer site on Brown Station Road had seven Cackling Geese, all clustered together.  This is the most I've ever seen at one time in the mid-Atlantic.  Some not very close pics of the Cacklings are here:

http://harrisbirds.com/Cackling%20Goose.htm

Regards

Clive Harris
Cabin John, MD