The Rusty Blackbird flock on Florence Rd and Schaffers  Mill Rd has  grown
> to about 60 birds.

> Joe Hanfman
> Columbia, MD

Thank you Joe. Believe it or not this was a newby for Laura's life list. I
thought (and still do) that we had run across this bird somewhere before,
but her book was blank on it. So we chased down there and found this flock
right near Shaffersville Rd in a muddy area created by a spring. So now her
book is no longer blank for this species. Two Red-Shouldered Hawks were also
nearby.

Gets this year off to a better start than 2010. We didn't add any lifers
until those two we got in December.

Jerry Tarbell
Back home in Carroll County