This is the Conowingo Dam report for Wednesday, November 26, 1997. Observer was Rick Blom from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Overcast, breezy. Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Blue Heron 175 Black-crowned Night-Heron 2 Canada Goose 8 Mallard 30 Black Duck 24 SURF SCOTER 1 (male) Hooded Merganser 1 (female) Turkey Vulture 12 Black Vulture 8 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Bald Eagle 16 (2 ad: 14 imm) PEREGRINE FALCON 1 (imm, prob male, on superstructure) Bonaparte's Gull 200 Ring-billed Gull 7500 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 (1 ad: 1 1st sum/2nd winter) Herring Gull 100 Great Black-backed Gull 65 Rock Dove 100 (-1 to Peregrine) European Starling 750 There was full generation the entire time. The PF was in view the entire time, occasiuonally chasing Rock Doves, and catching one. Rick "It's not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves having to bother anyone with them." Isabel Colegate Rick Blom rblom@blazie.com Bel Air, Maryland