November 17, 1973, Silver Lake, Rehoboth Beach, Sussex Co. Dela. w/ DEM. 315-330p.m. Canada Goose - 960 Greater Scaup - 25 Black Duck - 10 Ring-bill Gull - 5 Baldate - 6 Herring Gull - 50 Canadaback Ducks - 200 M&F Black-back Gull - 2 Nov. 17, 1973, Indian River Inlet, Sussex Co. Delaware, 350-420p.m. Windy, sunny, cold. Common Loon Herring Gull Common Scoter Black-back Gull Bonaparte Gulls Purple Sandpipers Boat-tailed Grackles Nov. 17, 1973, Ocean City, Worcester Co. Md. 4:45-59p.m. Windy, ovc. cold. Blue Heron Lesser Yellowlegs Red-throated Loon Avocet-Ruddy Turnstone size. 3 flushed w/ Purple Sandpipers right Old Squaw - 2 under me on rock jetty and flew offinto the sun. Had "red" head Common Scoter of Avocet, wing and body black and white of avocet, w/ no ruddy Laughing, Ring-bill on the wings or shoulders. Tail white. Only the sandpipers called and Herring Gulls. when flushed. About size of turnstone, larger than P. sand.Short bill, nothing like Avocet. Nov. 23, 1973, Hughes Hollow, Mont. Co.Md. 1045-1130. Calm, warm, clear. MJE Marsh Hawk - 1 Blue Jay C. Grackle Kestrel - 1 Carolina Wren C. Goldfinch Bobwhite - 1 Robin Swamp Sparrow Yellow-shafted Flicker Starling White-throated Sps Downy Woodpecker Song Sparrows Nov. 23, 1973, C&O Canal at Seneca, Mont. Co.Md. 1140-1210 Calm, warm, clear. Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 ad. Blue Jay Wh-brst Nuthatch Kingfisher - 1 C. Crow Golden-crown Kinglet - 2 Yel-sh.Flicker Tufted Titmouse Starlings Red-bellied Woodpecker Car. Chickadee C. Grackle - 1000's Yel-brstd Sapsucker Car. Wren White-throated and Song Sps. Dec. 1-3, 1973, St. Louis, & vicinity, Missouri. Bright, clear, windy. Herring, Ring-bill and Franklin Gulls Rock Doves Starlings House Sparrows European Tree Sparrows Dec. 15, 1973, 5th White House Christmas Bird Count, 1010-1120, 43-50, NW1-7, Brkn-sctd. mostly w/ Rex Scouen, briefly w/ Mike Farrell. Sparrow Hawk - 1F or immM Rock Dove - 26 Downy Woodpecker - 1 Blue Jay - 2 Carolina Wren - 1 Mockingbird - 6 Starling - 16 House Sparrow - 79 Common Grackle - 1 Cardinal - 7 Common Goldfinch - 2 Slate-colored Junco - 4 White-throated Sparrow - 16 Song Sparrow - 2 Total 1h ssp. 164 indiv. Dec. 15, Georgetown Reservoir , 1215-1230on.n. Canvasbacks - 15-20 Herring Gull - 25 Lesser Scaup - 8 Bk-bk Gull - 1 Ring-necked Ducks - 30-35 Ring-bill Gull - 80 Ruddy Duck - 300& TV - 2 Coot - 75