Thought I'd take a break from Xmas cards and head
	toward the North Pole ~ well, at least North Baltimore . . .

	Thanks to Joe Hanfman's directions (12/9) to the
	Nutmeg Mannikin, I managed to find the boardwalk
	in Lee Park near Lake Roland.
	Walking left, away from the dam, I paused a little past
	the second overlook (benches) and, after scanning both sides,
	found it foraging down on the left amid the swampy underbrush
	around 11:30 this morning.  With backlit sun he was much
	prettier than I'd expected.

	A half an hour later, in front of the Hunt Valley I edged my car
	(5 mph at most) toward a few gulls on the pavement and found
	the Black-headed Gull.

	Since it's Christmas I suppose I ought to confess,
	~that, actually, neither of these birds was calling , , ,
	but I was humming as I drove out of sight . . .

	Leo Weigant




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