Jan. 23, 1979, 1045-1130 C&O Canal, Anglers to Widewater and back, Mont. Co. Md. Clear, light breeze, cold, ice, ¼-l" thick over almost entire towpath. Skated much. River very high w/ debris after sleet, snow, and heavy rains ower weekend.More coming. Mallards - 10 pr. Black Duck - 2 Turkey Vulture-2 on rocks Kingfisher Pileated Wpkr. lit at water level on upright tree, and reached into rotting floating log. Red-shouldered Hawk after C.Crow Red-bellied Wpkr. Downy Wpkr. Blue Jays -few C. Crows Carolina Chickadde most Black-capped Chickadee - 3 Tufted Titmouse White-brst Nuthatch Carolina Wrens Cardinals - 3 pr. C. Goldfinches - imm plumage Wh-thrtd Sp. many Song Sparrow 3 January 27, 1979, West Virginia - Charlestown Hiway N to Bolivar along Shenandoah and NW from Harpers Ferry along Potomac to Shepardstown 8:50-1130 a.m. Clear,cold,windy Horned Grebe Pied-billed Grebe Blue Heron Mute Swan Mallard Black Duck Canvasback Greater Scaup Ring-necked Duck Buffleheads 2M,4Fimms Common Mergansers - 6 Hooded Merganser - 3 Turkey Vultures Rock Doves Killdeer Pileated Wpkr. Red-bellied Wprk Hairy Wpkr. Downy Wpkr. Blue Jays Common Crows Carolina Chickadees Tufted Titmouse White-breasted Nuthatch Mocker Starlings House Sparrows E. Meadowlark Cardinals Evening Grosbeaks C. Goldfinches Juncos Song Sparrows January 30, 1979, Roaches Runn and NPS Nursery, below Nat. Airport, Va. High winds and waves on the run: Pintail, Mallards and Baldpates and R-b- and B-b Gulls. Saw Whet Owl at the nursery. Ruddy Ducks in lea from wind along river. Jan. 30, 1979, Great Falls, Va. 130-2:30 p.m. Mallard - 2 pr. Black Duck - 4 Lesser Scaup - 6 Greater Scaup - 2 Ring-neck Ducks 62M, 13Fimms. Buffleheads - 2 pr. C. Merganser - 1 Turkey Vultures Red-shouldered Hawk adult alit everhead. Common Crows Cardinals Song Sparrow. Snow still on ground, mucky where thawed. Feb. 3, 1979, Gude's Nursery - 840-930 a.m.EST, Ovc,breezy, 200F. W/ JSG and MOS group and first use of walnut scope stock. Herring Gulls Ring-billed Gulls Horned Owl mobbed 2x in flight by 45-50 C.Crows Long-eared Owl on horizontal branch of spruce in thicket - F? Sawhet Owl in row of arborvitae at 12-4' ht. Downy Wprk pr. Common and Fish Crows Red-brstd Nuthatches common Mocker Robins Ruby-crown Kinglets House Sparrows Starlings, Cardinal, Juncos March 7, 1979, Sandy Point St. Pk, Maryland. Ovc-sctd. lite breeze, 50-60°.1130-2:30p.m. Canada Goose - 12's Mallards - few pair Baldpate - 2 Canvasbacks - 1000's, mostly ad.Ms Greater Scaup - few pair Com on Goldeneye-20-25 pr. many courting, Old Squaw - 10-15, adM's w/ white heads Bufflehead - 20-25 ad and Fimms Common Merganser - 6 Hooded Merganser - 2 TV BV Red-tail Hawk - 1 ad Kestrel - 2 pr. Herring Gull - few Ring-biled Gull - 100's Mourning Doves - 25-30 Horned Owl from pines near park maintenance hq. Red-bellied Wpkr. Blue Jays Common Crows - no fish crows and with a "puent" note. Carolina Chiekadees Robin - 1 E. Bluebirds - 2 pr Starlings, Redwings, Grackles and Cowbirds Cardinal Field Sparrow - 2 Juncos White-throated Sps. Song Sparrow - 2