In the short period between showers on Saturday morning, Fran and I managed to kick up the following birds at Irish Grove and along Rumbley Point Road, beyond Irish Grove, in Somerset County: Osprey 3 Northern Harrier 3 Clapper Rail 1 Greater Yellowlegs 25 Lesser Yellowlegs 2 Dunlin 75 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 Common Snipe 6 Forster's Tern 7 Seaside Sparrow 8 Swamp Sparrow 2 Chipping Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 1 Field Sparrow 2 Eastern Meadowlark 5 On Sunday, a quick stop at Blackwater NWR, in Dorchester County, yielded: Bald Eagle 3 adult, 5 subadult Osprey 7 and the following waterfowl: Canada Goose Mallard American Black Duck Wood Duck Green-winged Teal Ring-necked Duck Northern Shoveler Red-breasted Merganser =============== Norm Saunders Colesville, MD osprey@ari.net