Folks, Today, 5 Nov 98, during the noon time low tide, in addition to the usual Double-crested Cormorants, Great Blue Herons, a single Great Egret, the 4 gulls and a Kingfisher, the following was spotted on or near the Hunting Creek, VA mudflats of the Potomac ... Tundra Swan - 1 Mute Swan - 1 Canada Goose - 124 Mallard - 9 Black Duck - 56 No. Pintail - 64 No. Shoveler - 251 Am. Coot - 26 (200+ visible from the bridge near the Md shore) Killdeer - 39 Forster's Tern - 56 (no shorebirds!) Pied-billed Grebe - 42 Canada Goose - 203 Mallard - 15 No. Pintail - 218 No. Shoveler - 70 Bufflehead - 22 4 non-yellowlegs shorebirds noted on the hydrilla mats. The hydrilla mats have shrunk significantly from last week, area today is about 1/3 of last week. Kurt Gaskill, kurtcapt87@aol.com