Hi Folks,

I spent about two hours at Sandy Point State Park (AA Co.) today,
mostly doing sea watch.  This will be the last decent watch I'll be
able to do for a while with the time change coming up this Sat. night,
and daylight ending around 5 p.m. pretty soon.  Anyway, I had my first
of season BLACK SCOTER, a female, and also first COMMON LOON.  The
only other ducks were Buffleheads (30) and Ruddy's (3).  Of most
interest, however, was a constant flurry of BONAPARTE'S GULLs diving
out at a distance, and my high count during one of my many scans was
73.  Of course I was looking for the gull with the dark underwing, but
it didn't show up today.  I'll keep looking.

Stan Arnold
Ferndale