w/ MJE March 23, 1975, C&O Canal, Anglers Inn-Lock 16, 10-11:30 a.m. Clear-Sctd. Cool, lt.breeze. Black Vulture - 2 close to rock formations above Widewater. 1 perched in stub s nag and another on rock, even crouched like something besides a bird. Barred Owl - 1 called? White-brstd Nuthatch Myrtle Warbler - 2 pr. Yellow-shafted Flicker - 2 Car. Wren -3 or 4 singing Pine Warbler - 1 Red-bellied Wpkr - 1 Eastern Bluebird - 2 pr. - 1 in and out of 2 holes 4056 Downy Wpkr - 2 in 5" snag over canal above Widewater and BV's. Phoebe - 2 near Lock, noisy and active Slate-color Juncos- 15& Common Crow - 10 Golden-crown Kinglet - 1 Whl-thrtd Sps. - 10& Car. Chickadee - sev. Starlings - few Song Sps. Tufted Titmouse - 4 Orange-crowned Warbler - 1 cvc, calm, 35° March 29, 1975, Sycamore Landing, Mont. Co. 7:15-8 a.m.EDST,John Gottschalk, Dave Marshall Blue Heron Barred Owl - 1 Common Crow Starlings Mallards ?? Cuckoo-weak calls only Car. Chickadee Grackles - 10,000's Black Ducks Wood Ducks Yel-shafted Flicker Tufted Titmouse Cowbirds - 100's Blue-wing Teal - 6-8 Red-bellied Woodpecker Car. Wren Redwings - 12's Baldpate - 2 Downy Wpkr. Robin Wh-thrtd Sps. Yellow-leg, Lesser 1 Phoebe-several calling Ruby-crn Kinglet Song Sps. - -- Hughes Hollow additions. 805-915, light to mod. rain, calm, cool. 6 Blue Herons in one dead snag Tree Swallows E. Bluebird Pintail -pair Blue Jay Rusty Blackbirds- 12's Blue-wing Teal - 12 & 8 & Fish Crow Swamp Sp. lifer for DBM Common Snipe - 40& in flock, & & Mockingbird Slate-colored Juncos Mourning Doves Robins -flocks Coots - -- Seneca additions: Horned Grebe - 6, Pied-billed Grebe, 2, Canvasback -1 --------- Hooded Merganser - 4 Red-brstd. Merganser 8-10 April 2, 1975, C&O Canal, Marsden Tract, Mont. Col Md. 1115-12:15EDST, clear breezy 55°F. Blue Heron - 1 Common Crows Redwings - sev. Mallard - lpr. Blue Jays Cowbirds Bobwhite calling Carolina Chickadees Grackles Flicker - 2 Carolina Wrens - 4 Cardinals Pileated Wpkr - 2& Robins - many C. Goldfinches Red-bellied Wpkr - 1& Golden-crn Kinglet- 6 Slate-colored Juncos Hairy Wpkr. 2 pr. Starlings Song Sparrows Downy Wpkr. 2 pr. House Sparrows April 6, 1975, C&O Canal, Swains Lock upstream. 2-3 p.m. NW-30&, 40°F, clear, MJE Turkey Vultures over Stone Ridge Road Cardinals Kingfisher Robins Even.Grosbeaks - Stone Ridge Rd. Red-bellied Wpkr. Hermit Thrush - 1 Ruf-sided Towhee C. Crows Ruby-crown Kinglet-1 Slate-color Junco Car. Chickadees Golden-crown Kinglet - sev. Wh-thrtd Sps. Tufted Titmouse Starlings Song Sps. Wh-brst Nuthatches Myrtle Warblers - sev. Brown Creepers - 3 E. Meadowlarks Carolina Wrens C. Grackles Apr. 12,1975, C&O, Widewater-Billy Goat Tr.w/MJE. 915-10:45, clear,breezy - 45°. Mallards - 3 pr. Com on Crows - 10 Cardinals Turkey Vultures Tufted Titmice Purple Finches common Red-shouldered Hk - 1 Carol. Chickadees C. Goldfinches Kingfisher -l Wh-brst.Nuthatch Wh-thr.Sps - 12's Flicker - 2 Car. Wren Red-bellied Wpkr. 2 Starlings Bluebells -few full-flowering. Spring Beaty Hairy Wpkr. 1 Redwings and Footsteps of Spring out well. Few Erythr. Phoebe - 2 Rusty Blackbirds and Dutchman's Breeches. Service berry or Purple Martin - 1 C. Grackles wild plum out. Blue Jays Cowbirds