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THE MARYLAND ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY, INC.

Cylburn Mansion, 4915 Qreensprlng Ave., Baltimore 9, Maryland

State President: Mr. Marvin W. Hewitt, Greensboro, Md. HOhter 2-5781

First Vice President: Mr. Seth H. Low, R. D. 2, Gaithersburg, Md.

State Secretary: Mr. A. Jerome Plate her, Rt. 1, Box 201, Denton, Md.

State Treasurer: Cdr. Edward P. Wilson, 119 Archwood Ave., Annapolis, Md.

State Membership Sec.: Mrs. Shirley Geddes , 503 Over brook Rd., Balto., Md

Local Chapters

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Allegany County
Anne Arundel Co.
Baltimore

Caroline County
Frederick County
Harford County
Kent County
Soldier's Delight
Takoma Park

State Vice Presidents*
Miss Nan Livingston
103 Washington St., Cbld.
Capt. J. S. It. Wood
101 Old Crossing Lane, Annap.
Mr. Seth H. Low
R. D. 2

Gaithersburg, Md.

Mrs. A. Jerome Fletcher
Rt. 1, Box 201, Denton
Mr. Frank J. Weiruther
214 E. Church St., Frederick
Mr. Barklay E. Tucker, Jr.

Crafton Rd., R.F.D. , Bel Air
Mr. Clark G. Webster
Remington Farms, Cheater town
Mrs. Bertha W. Poe
Academy Ave., Owlngs Mills
Mr. Charles N. Thomsen
419 Elm St., Takoma Park 12
Mr. Richard L. Kleen
Box 122, St. Michaels

Talbot County

* State Vice Presidents are Presidents of their respective chapters

State Trustees
Mr. Daniel Folk
Mrs. Daniel Folk
Prof. David Howard
Capt. J. E. M. Wood
Mr. Seth H. Low
Mrs. Richard D. Cole
Mr. Carl Lubber t
Mr. A. Jerome Fletcher
Mr. Marvin W. Hewitt
Mr. Frank J. Weiruther
Mr. Sterling W. Edwarda
Miss Estelle Everett
Mrs. Basil M. Gregory
Mr. Thomas S. Carswell
Mrs. Thomas 3. Carswell
Mrs. Bertha W. Foe
Mr. Fred Roeleoke
Miss Hilda E. Smith
Mrs. Elsie Hovey
Miss Edith Adkins
Dr. J. T. B. Ambler

Active membership (adults)
Junior " (under 18 yrs.)
Sustaining membership
Life membership
Out-of-state membership

I 2.00 plus local chapter dues

.50 plus local chapter dues

5.00 plus local chapter dues

100.00 (payable in 4 annual installments)

2.00 (MARYLAND BIRDLI7E only)

CONTENTS, DECEMBER 1960

"Operation Recovery" at Ocean City
Serendipity

Our Bluebird’s Sad Summer

Rock Run Sanctuary — Progress Report

Junior Activities at

Northeast School, Cumberland

Gladys H. Cole 83

Nancy D. Rowe 85

Bernice (Bunny) Long 86

Sanctuary Committee 87

Ronald Elkins, Linda Shanholtz,
Sharon Myers, Robert Wright,
Charles Phillips and
Edward Dicker hoof
Elizabeth C. Wood
Chandler S. Robbins

Conservation Measures in Congress
The Season— July, Aug., Sept., 1960
New Members
Coming Events
Announcements

COVER: White -throated Sparrow. Photograph by Stephen W. Simon

HEADINGS: By Irving E. Hampe, Art Editor

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Volume 16

DECEMBER 1960

Number 4

"OPERATION RECOVERY" AT OCEAN CITY
Gladys H. Cole

The Maryland Ornithological Society cooperated again this year with
the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service by running the Ocean City OPERATION
RECOVERY station for four days in August and from Sept. 3 to October 3.
John Weske banded 54 birds on the weekends of Aug. 6-7 and 27-28. Chan
Robbins , Dr. Gordon Meade and Jim Meade set up nets on Sept. 3, and with
Dr. and Mrs. John Kimmieh of Haverford, Pa., manned the station until the
arrival of Hurricane Donna, when the banders were evacuated to Berlin.
Before the winds had subsided, many of the nets were back up. The sta-
tion was in full operation (36 nets) for the rest of the period. Other
banders were Mrs. Dorothy Mendinhall, Elizabeth Slater, Friel Sanders,

Dr. R. K. Eurns, Mr. and Mrs. George Ballentine, and Gladys Cole. Among
the helpers were Mrs. John Bauer, Mrs. Philip Wagley, Betsy Schaffer,

Hank Eaestner, Harry Armistead, Samuel H. Dyke, Mr. end Mrs. M. B. Don-
nald, and Tommy Hearne.

The netting area has changed little from prior years, except that
the young pines, shrubs, grasses and Phragmltes are getting thicker in
the bulldozed area that will some day be a continuation of Atlantic
Avenue. Most of the old pines between Atlantic and Arctic Avenues are
now dead, but they are still standing..

We banded a record total of 2,378 birds, and we weighed, measured,
and examined almost all of them for fat condition. Species banded in
the largest numbers were: Red-eyed Vireo 210, White-throated Sparrow

187, American Redstart 167, Catbird 134, Baltimore Oriole 127, Swainson’s
Thrush 123, Brown Thrasher 91, Yellow- breasted Chat 87, Black-throated
Blue V«arbler 84, Yellow-shafted Flicker 82, Bobolink 79, Brown Creeper
65, Yellowthroat 53, Northern Waterthrush 46, Ovenbird 44, Yellow-bellied
Sapsucker 39, Gray-cheeked Thrush 39, Cedar Waxwing 39, and Rufous-sided
Towhee 39. Species of which only singles were netted, were: Pigeon Hawk,

Bobwhite, Mourning Dove, Belted Kingfisher, Olive-sided Flycatcher,
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Worm-eating Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler,
Chestnut -sided Warbler, Pine Warbler, Brown-headed Cowbird, Summer Tan-
ager, Blue Grosbeak, and Seaside, Chipping and Field Sparrows.

Because of the curious combination of a lack of a strong cold front
during the period Sept. 4-30 and a superb one on the opening day of

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October, our peak day for several of the ’’Sept ember” migrants actually
came in October. For example; no mare than 30 Red-eyed Vireos were
banded on any Sept enter day, but 42 were banded on Oct. 1; 25 was the
best one-day total for Swainson's Thrushes in Septeirber, but 31 were
banded on Oct. 1; 7 was the best September total for Black-throated Blue
Warblers, whereas 32 were banded on Oct. 1.

Thanks to the extra week of coverage, and especially to the big
Oct. 1-2 influx, most species were banded in larger numbers than ever
before at the Ocean City station. There were a few species, however,
that we banded in both 1958 and 1959 that were not captured in 1960;
Acadian Flycatcher, Mockingbird, Golden-winged Warbler, Yellow Warbler,
and Goldfinch. Of those species that were banded all three years, the
following were scarcest in 1960 (the figures after each bird are the
1958, 1959, and 1960 totals): Least Flycatcher, 22, 13, 11; Carolina

Wren, 5, 5, 1; Swainson’s Thrush, 186, 136, 123; Veery, 94, 26, 22;
Black-and-white Warbler, 39 , 54 , 23; Northern V. T a ter thrush, 52, 54, 46;
Summer Tanager, 2, 2, 1; and Cardinal, 8, 11, 7.

The only species banded for the first time in 1960 were the Brown-
headed Nuthatch, Winter Wren, Hermit Thrush, Kentucky 'Warbler (previously
at West Ocean City), Common Grackle, and Seaside Sparrow.

625 Valley Lane, Towson 4

Fig. 1* Siting Arnold, Carl Lubbert, Dick Cole, Jerry Fletcher and Chan
Robbins setting nets at the Ocean City station in September 1955.

Photo by Stephen W . Simon

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SERENDIPITY
Nancy D. Rowe

A report is requested by Chan
So 1*11 do the best that I can;

I saw "it” last May on the 25th day
While at Cylburn with another bird fan*.

On the Bird Trail while casually walking
No bird were we actually stalking,

But what should descend but a real "dividend”

Which would set any birder to gawlking.

Large, black with some flashes of white
It swooped to the ground in full sight,

But most manifest was its scarlet red crest;

What trademark could be more forthright?

With binoculars now elevated
One hundred feet seemed decimated.

Rotten log he was pecking, while ”Pete” we were checking;
♦Twas the spectacular, rare Pileated.

We observed it for several minutes as it searched for food in the
decayed log beside the trail. It then flew to a nearby tree trunk. In
both locations it presented perfect side views.

The day after the first episode, Dr. Robert Burns found an oblong
hole about SO feet high in a dead tree. It was ”fresh and obviously made
by a Pileated.”

Dr* Elizabeth Fisher reported that, about two weeks later, she was
startled into her observation of the Pileated Woodpecker by his assiduous
” hammering on a dead limb above tbs Educational Trail,” and had a good
look at it.

We have not had any more reports so do not know whether it found a
mate and remained, or moved on to another area. (We solicit any infor-
mation leading to the whereabouts of this bird.)

However, it is encouraging to know that we still have within the
City of Baltimore a forest old enough and untouched enough to attract
this species and others of similar habitat. It challenges us to renew
our enthusiasm for saving wild areas, remembering that small buffer zones
between suburbs are Just as important in their own way as are vast areas
out in the country.

601 Stevenson Lane, Towson 4

*Mrs. Robert A. Thompson

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OUR BLUEBIRD’S SAD SUMMER
Bernice (Bunny) Long

"Bonnie Blue" we called her, and her mate "Boy Blue." He appeared
just once as we reached home from Bull’s Island, S. C., on April 24, 1960.

We assume, but as they are not banded, cannot verify, that they are
the pair that nested in our bluebird box in past years. In 1558 they
raised two young whose first flight we witnessed. In 1959 they had four
tiny fledglings, not yet feathered, when the area was heavily sprayed
with insecticide. Two days later three were dead, and the fourth very
limp. However, the fourth lived, and joined its parents on the wires
during late summer.

On April 25, 1960, we saw "Bonnie Blue” investigate the box (high on
a stake out of reach of cats) . She went in without hesitation as if
familiar with the box.

April 26th, alone, she carried dried grasses to the box.

April 27th, she continued to build. Where is her mate?

April 29th, still she carried in bits of grass; always alone. Then
— we were away.

May 24th, we peek in the box by lifting the hinged cover. Five
clear, ligjit blue, unblotched eggs are tucked in the nest at the back of
the box.

Every day "Bonnie Blue” is in her box by the driveway. If startled
by us or the car she flies out and lands on the power wires above.

June 8th, no change. "Bonnie Blue” still incubating; always alone.
"Boy Blue" is never seen anywhere. In fact, no other bluebird is seen in
our immediate vicinity all summer.

June 20th, we look in again. Four eggs lie close together on a
freshly built nest — a rather high one.

June 21st, "B. B." still incubating.

June 22nd, "B. B." chased and bothered by our resident Mockingbirds.

July. — All through July "Bonnie Blue" is here — in and out of her
nesting box. Occasionally she comes around the house to the bird bath.
She sits on the wires constantly, flies down to the ground for Insects,
picks her feathers for mites. Starlings begin to pester her. They come
at 6 a.m. or earlier, wake me with their chatter, sit on "Bonnie Blue's"
house and excite her. She flutters her wings and protests in soft tones.

August. — No change. "B. B." alone, sticks to her job.

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Finally, in late August (I neglected to jot down the date) , she
disappears.

In September my husband opened the bluebird box to clean and prepare
It for another year. There, far back in the box, we found a large, thick
nest of grasses. On top were four blue eggs. Underneath the thin base
of this high nest were eight — yes eight — perfect eggs tucked close to-
gether in a compact nest of soft, fine grasses.

Here is evidence that our "Bonnie Blue" laid three clutches of in-
fertile eggs; five at first, then three beside them, and finally four on
top— a full dozen In all.

A mighty unsuccessful summer for our Eastern Bluebird ( Sialla
stalls) .

Beach Drive, Hillsmere Shores, Route 3, Annapolis

ROCK HON SANCTUARY — PROGRESS REPORT

The enthusiastic response of M. 0. 3. members in visiting and helping
to develop Rock Run Sanctuary has been most encouraging. By the end of
November, visitors had passed the 500 mark*. The majority of visiting
members either worked on cleaning, repairing or painting parts of the
house, laying out trails, Identifying plants and animals, posting signs, or
erecting bird feeders, or donated such things as building materials, fur-
niture, dishes, tools, bird houses, bird seed, or paint.

The Sanctuary Log Book contains a record of most visitors and of the
majority of the donated supplies, equipment, and services. You will find
it interesting reading. The present report is largely a resume of prog-
ress as revealed by the Log Book. In this limited space we can mention
only a few of the many people who have given so generously of their time
and talents. For the most part, those whose names appear here spent many
days working at or for the Sanctuary, and accomplished much more than the
few things mentioned here.

Although we did not start paying rent until August 1, Mrs. Gladys
Cole gave the Sanctuary House its initial sweeping and walked the bound-
ary with the owner, Mr, J. GiLnan Paul, on July 7. Later in the month,
Mrs. Cole and others began to haul in bricks, lumber, and other building
materials, and, as mentioned in the June issue of Maryland Birdllfe (16:

45) , Mr. Paul made some repairs to the House and constructed an elegant
stone spring house from which he piped water to the Sanctuary House. The
Robbins family began laying out a 25-acre census tract, subdivided into
2-acre plots — a tricky surveying Job in such hilly terrain. July visi-
tors: 45, representing Baltimore, Anne Arundel and Harford Chapters.

In August the privy was constructed, principally by Jerry Fletcher
and Robert Butler. Dr. R. K. Burns began a big project of repairing rock
retaining walls. Mrs. Basil M. Gregory and others cleared the tangle of

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weeds from the front yard and revealed a lawn underneath. They also
pruned shrubbery and started the big job 6f painting the house, inside
and out. Mr. Paul loaned us a desk and a corner cupboard, and Shirley
Geddes provided the first three chairs. Mrs. Cole banded a few of the
breeding birds before they departed. August visitors: 80, with the
following additional chapters represented: Caroline, Frederick, and
Allegany.

During September the windows were puttied and washed, Mrs. Robert
Kaestner made window curtains, and Mr. Kaestner installed curtain rods
for them. Sanctuary signs were made by Dr. and Mrs. Hans Erinun, Dr,

Betty Fisher, and Gladys Cole, and benches for the front porch by Ster-
ling Edwards. Mr. Edwards also laid out the brick pattern for the
ground floor and transported additional bricks. September visitors: 70.

October was indeed a busy month, especially for Harford members:

Miss Joyce Knight donated bricks, Dr. and Mrs. Turner Smith made two
huge suet feeders, and Mrs. Gregory continued her almost daily w.ork
trips. A large covered feeder given by Gladys Cole was installed by
the Kaestners, and a most welcome chunk stove from an anonymous giver
was hooked up by Jerry Fletcher to supply heat to the two min floors.

Dr. Burns made a basement table, and Mrs. Geddes brought an oil lamp and
silverware. October visitors: 1451

In Novenber, Cdr. and Mrs. Edward Wilson spent many days and nights
at the Sanctuary, patching and painting the basement walls and celling
and doing much additional painting, and making a long chest-bench from
materials donated by the Anne Arundel Chapter. Col. and Mrs. Richard
Atwell brought a large pitcher and bowl and one of several rugs. Mr.
Edwards put up a gate, and Dr. and Mrs. Smith brought basement furniture.
Living room walls were adorned with a county map (Miss Jane Ewing), a
large aerial photo of the Sanctuary and vicinity, and an up-to-date
Sanctuary bird list. Additional bird feeders were supplied by Mrs. J. E.
M. Wood and Mr. Kaestner. November visitors: 170’. Soldier's Delight and
Takoma Chapters were represented fbr the first time.

A Winter Bird-population Study will be conducted in the g5-acre
census area; field maps of this area are available at the Sanctuary.

Other plana for the winter and spring include erection of nesting boxes
and construction of additional trails through the rest of the Sanctuary;
labeling of trees, shrubs, wild flowers and other items of interest,
especially along some of the nature trails; planting trees and shrubs to
attract birds in areas designated for that purpose; building an outdoor
fireplace; and expanding bird banding operations.

Because of the increasing demand far overnight reservations, and
because Mrs. Richard Cole is more easily reached by phone than is Mrs.
Gregory, members and groups of up to ten people who wish to spend the
night at the Sanctuary are requested to communicate with Mrs. Cole, 6B5
Valley Lane, Towson 4 (VAlley 3-2650) . No reservations are required for
daytime trips; members can borrow keys from either Mrs* Cole or Mrs.
Gregory. Please be sure to sign the Log Book so you will "be counted."

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JUNIOR ACTIVITIES AT NORTHEAST SCHOOL, CUMBERLAND
FEEDING STATIONS

The fifth and sixth grades of Northeast School have been studying
birds. Miss Nan Livingstone has taught us a good many things about birds.
She taught us to know a kind of bird when we saw or heard one. We have
feeding stations in the back of our school. V. T e have three suet sticks, a
cardboard feeder, and a big plywood feeding station with a tar paper roof.
We also have lots of ears of corn. We have been bringing food from home
or getting left overs from the cafeteria. When winter comes, Mr. Minke,
the Game Warden, brings com to school for us. Our class thinks that
feeding the birds is not only fun, but that we are helping wildlife.

Ronald Elkins, Grade 6

BIRDS

Feeding birds is lots of fun;

7ou can watch them come.

Some are black,

Some are white.

Some land like a kite.

Some like to eat com,

Some sound like a horn.

I have a lot of fUn with birds.

Do you? Linda Shanholtz, Grade S

THE BIRD

I saw a little bird that was in a tree.
He looked at me and said twee twee.

He sang a song
That wasn't very long.

He flew away,

AM came back the next day.

Sharon Myers, Grade 5

BLUE JAY

BIRDS AT MY HOME

I have three feeders In a tree. I have a suet feeder which I made
by drilling holes in a stick and putting an eye in it to hang it. I have
an automatic feeder made from the rough slabs of bark, and I have an old
bird house that I converted to a feeder. In my feeder I put all kinds of
seed. In the suet stick I also put seed in the two top holes with the
suet. Charles Phillips, Grade 5

TAKING CARE OF THE BIRDS

We are taking care of the birds at our school. We feed them sun-
flower seeds, peanut butter, corn, suet, dried apples, pears, bread, and
meat cracklings. We made one feeder out of a half-gallon milk carton.

So far we have seen 487 birds at the bird feeders at Northeast School.

Edward Dickerhoof, Grade 5

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CONSERVATION MEASURES IN CONGRESS
Elizabeth C. Wood

When Congress convenes in January we can be ready to let our Senators
and Representatives know our opinion of measures we expect that they will
consider. All of the conservation bills that failed to pass the 86th
Congress have to be re-introduced and will be assigned new bill numbers.

Most of the following information come from "Conservation Report"
and "Conservation News", which are distributed free by the National Wild-
life Federation (1412 16th St., N.W., Washington, D, C.) to those who wish
to write Congressmen. The Blatnik Pollution Bill was passed by the 86th
Congress but vetoed by the President. Increased federal grants are
needed to diminish pollution because many cities, towns, states, and
companies do not take responsibility for their waste.

We hope fbr passage of the Wilderness Bill, which declares that
present wilderness areas within our National Parks and National Forests
have intrinsic value for future scientists and explorers. The bill has
been considered and revised for years. If it is revised much more its
whole meaning could be warped. It is time for action.

Ever since 1957, Congress has appropriated $2.4 million annually for
tbs U. S. Department of Agriculture to spend to match state funds and
funds of individuals for spreading poisons to kill fire ants. Fire ants
are not deadly, but only a nuisance; the poisons have comparatively
little effect on the fire ants, but are lethal to higher animals and have
killed many pets, farm animals, wild mammals, and lower animals. These
poisons are extremely dangerous to people. Some deterioration products
of the poisons are even more toxic to humans than the original poisons.

A Chemical Pesticides Coordination Act to require consultation with the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service and state fish and game departments be-
fore any federal agency begins a chemical pesticides program was reported
favorably by both Senate and House committees but was not passed.

The oceans are still being polluted by oil. A distressing number
of ducks are killed each year, and the number increases. Late in the
second session, Executive C, a treaty permitting the United States to
accede to terms of the 1954 London Convention regulating oil dumping at
sea was reported favorably by the Senate Conanittee on Foreign Relations
but was not even voted upon.

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The chance to save certain natural areas is rapidly passing. A
magnificent effort to save the last 3| miles of dunes on Lake Michigan
was inspired by Senator Douglas, but it failed. Land which years ago
the National Park Service recommended for park purchase has soared in
price so that money that would have bought whole tracts at that time
would now be grossly inadequate— even if the land had not already been
altered for other uses.

Congress failed to pass measures that had been introduced to estab-
lish the Arctic <Vildli fe Range In Alaska, the Ice Age National Park,
and the following seashore national parks: Padre Island, Texas; Cape

Cod, Massachusetts; Point Reyes and Channel Island, California; Oregon
Dunes and 3ea Lion Caves, Oregon; Indiana Dunes; Cumberland Island,
Georgia; Pictured Rocks, Grand Sable Dunes and Sleeping Bear Dunes, all
in Michigan. One of the proposals to complete the Chesapeake and Ohio
National Historical Park (thus preserving the last complete old canal
our nation owns) was passed by the Senate, but was defeated in the
HOU 39 .

Fortunately, the treaty between Canada and the United States
permitting joint development of the Columbia River headwaters passed.
Now Canada will not have to dam the Fraser River to secure adequate
power, and the United States has the potential for adequate water power
for years to come. Unfortunately, the bill to maintain the Salmon
River as a fish sanctuary failed. If Chinook salmon in the world are
to survive, no more high dams should be built in this region until ways
are found to get parent fish upstream over them and fingerlings down-
stream. There is adequate power. Only selfish, porkbarrel projects
looking only to a temporary job instead of to the consequences on fish
species for all generations to come could dictate building such dams
as Nez Perce, High Mountain Sheep, and Bruces Eddy. Yet millions of
dollars have already been spent planning Bruces Eddy Dam (even though
it has not been authorized by Congress). The Idaho Fish Commission and
the U. 3. Fish and Wildlife Service have pointed out the dire conse-
quences Bruces Eddy Dam would have on fish and on the large elk herd
that winters in the valley. Power interests are now vigorously pres-
sing the Federal Power Commission for licenses to build Nez Perce (which
would block both the Snake and the Salmon Rivers) and High Mountain
Sheep Dam.i

When the Glen Canyon Dam was authorized by Congress in 1956 the
law stated that Rainbow Bridge National Monument in Utah must be
protected from water backing up. The Q6th Congress broke this law
by falling to appropriate funds for the barrier dam or to order the
height of Glen Canyon Dam to be lower. Glen Canyon Dam is now under
construction.

Other measures that failed were a bill establishing a national
policy on Conservation and one to establish a Youth Conservation
Corps.

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THE SEASON— JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, 1?60
Chandler 3. Robbins

Except for the passage of Hurricane Donna on Sept. IS, we had fea-
tureless fall weather up to the close of the present period. Leather
Bureau records show us that July was a degree or so cooler than normal
and August a degree or so warmer than normal. The average temperatures
for September showed an accentuation of the August warmth. During the
month of August, 5 cold fronts swept across Maryland and 2 of these were
followed by a temperature drop of 10° or more. In September, on the
contrary, only 2 cold fronts reached our coast — a good strong one on Sept,
2 and a very weak one on Sept, 5. Lacking strong stimulus for migration,
most of the September songbird migrants trickled through without being
concentrated into conspicuous waves. Thus, the migration was a disap-
pointment to many observers.

Table 1 gives a summary of first records of the fall migration re-
cords for those counties with the most active reporters. The following
observers furnished the lion’s share of the records in tht table: Fred

erick County — Joseph R, Jehl, 3, V. Edwards, Pan liinke; Balt imore —

Douglas Hackman, Betsy Schaffer, Hank Kaestner; Montg omery — Seth H. Low,
John S, V/eske, Lucille V, Smith; Prince Georges — David Bridge, Chandler
3, Robbins, Ronald Feller, Melvin Ideen; Anne Arundel — Vera Henderson,
Blise Tappan; Southern Md . — Calv ert and St. Marys — John H, rales', Vernon
Kleen; Kent — Dorothy Ilendinhall; Carol ine — Marvin Hewitt, Carol

Scudder, Jerry and Roberta Fletcher; Dorc hester — Harry Armi stead; Worc-
ester — Samuel H. Dyke, John S. Leske, Gladys K. Cole, Gordon and Jim
Meade, Jack and Renee Kimmich, Chandler S. Robbins.

In the following paragraphs dates or counts that supercede those pub-
lished in 3irds of Maryland are underscored.

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Loons, Grebes . A Common Loon at Ocean City on Sept . £ was three days
ahead of the earliest fall record for Maryland (Robbins). A Pied-billed
Grebe at Denton on July 23 furnished the first summer record of this
species for Caroline County (Roberta Fletcher). In Dorchester County
Harry Armistead found a Pied-bill at Bishop's Head on June 26; it is quite
likely that a few pairs breed in Dorchester County, but we have no proof.

Cormorants . Mrs. U* L. Henderson reported a scarcity of summering
Double-crested Cormorants in Chesapeake Bay this summer; although she did
much sailing on the Bay she saw none between June 20 and Sept. 24. Samuel
Hyke counted 36 at Ocean City on Aug. 6, but only 1 was seen flying over
the Ocean City banding station in September. In Caroline County, where
the spec5.es is uncommon, 9 were counted on Sept. 19 by Carol Scudder.

Herons . An account of nesting heron populations along the Maryland
coast is being prepared by John Weske and David Bridge for publication in
the March issue. In Chesapeake Bay* Great Blue Herons seemed to be nest-
ing as usual on Poplar Island (distant observations from a boat, Harry
Armistead); and 13 Snowy Egrets were counted at Smith's Island on June 24
by the Hendersons. During the post-breeding wandering period, single
Louisiana Herons were identified at Hooper's Island on Aug. 25 and at
Elliott on Sept, 16; and 4 were noted at Blackwater Refuge on Aug. 4
(all by Armistead). The first Cattle Egret to be recorded at Blackwater
Refuge was seen on Aug, 25 (Armistead), and 2 late ones (for Maryland)
were studied at West Ocean City on Sept . 18 (Jim Meade and Armistead).

Ducks . Harry Armistead reported 2 pairs of early American Widgeon at
Poplar Island on Sept . 2.5 °n Sept. 7 he observed the first 7 Green-winged
Teal at Blackwater Refuge. By Sept. 16 the Green-winged Teal had in-
creased to 100, and other ducks at Blackwater numbered 100 Mallards, 75
Blacks, 170 Pintails, 70 Blue-winged Teal and 45 American Widgeon. On
Aug. 31, Armistead estimated 250 Blue-winged Teal as they were flushed
from the Elliott marsh by thunder claps. Although the above dates for
fall arrivals of dabbling ducks are close to normal, observations of
diving ducks during this same period represent either summer stragglers
or exceptionally early fall arrivals: 16 Common Scoters near Sharp's

Island on Aug . 26 . and 5 White-winged Scoters at Poplar Island on Sept . 2.
(Armistead). Thirty White-winged Scoters at Poplar Island on Sept . 24
tied the previous arrival date for this species (Hendersons).

Hawks . Douglas Hackman spent 87 hours watching hawk migration at
White Marsh in September; his observations included part of each day ex-
cept Sept. 5 9 8-12, and 18. His three best days were Sept. 15 (216 hawks
including 195 Broad-wings), Sept. 21 (87 including 14 Broad-wings), and
Sept. 30 (72 including 12 Broad-wings), His monthly total of 122 Sparrow
Hawks exceeded his previous high total for September. His August-
September total of 52 Ospreys exceeded his previous high count for the
entire fall migration period by 18 individuals (and at least 7 mere were
seen during October). On Sept. 21 he broke his high one-day count of
Marsh Hawks when he counted 1^; on several occasions he saw Marsh Hawks
flying in groups of 3 or 4 individuals, in contrast to their usual inland
habit of migrating singly. Mr. Hackman found Red-shouldered Hawks and

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Table 1. Fall Arrival Dates, I960

Fred

Balt Mont

Pr G Anne

SoMd

Kent

Caro

Pore

Wore

Canada Goose

UO/ 1

9/28 10/ 1 10/ 1 9/28 10/ 1

10/ 1

Solitary Sandpiper

9/ 6

— —

8/28 —

8/21

Caspian Tern

—

— —

— 9/10

8/19

—

7/30

8/ 6

Common Nighthawk

—

8/18 8/25

8/12 —

8/16

9/12

Yellow-bell, Sapsucker 10/ 9

— 10/22 10/ 1 10/ 6

9/25

—

—

9/15

Yell. -bell. Flycatcher

8/26 —

9/17

9/ 3

Traill's Flycatcher

—

— — .

9/5 —

9/ 3

Least Flycatcher

8/12

— 8/20

8/27 —

....

9/ 3

Olive-sided Flycatcher

—

9/15 -

9/3 —

9/15

Blue Jay

9/ 3

8/20 9/24

9/24 —

—

9/12

—

9/24 10/ 1

Brown Creeper

—

10/ 7 10/ 2 10/ 8 10/18

•M

9/19

9/22

9/ 3

Winter Wren

—

10/ 1 10/ 2 10/ 1 —

_

9/26

Hermit Thrush

10/ 9

— 10/23 10/29 9/14 10/15 10/ 3

10/17

10/ 1

Swains on' s Thrush

9/ 7

8/24 —

9/ 6 9/24

9/ 3

9/ 3

9/ 3

Gray-cheeked Thrush

9/12

— —

9/7 —

—

9/18

9/ 7

9/15

7eery

9/ 7

— —

8/25 -

9/ 7

9/ 3

9/ 3

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

—

9/26 9/24 10/ 1 10/11 10/ 5

9/23 10/ 2

9/16

9/ 4

Cedar Waxwing

9/16

9/15 10/ 1

9/16 10/ 7

9/29

9/ 3

9/ 3

Solitary Vireo

—

— —

— 9/27

10/ 8

9/21

Black-&- white Warbler

8/24

— —

8/23

—

9/ 3

8/ 7

Nashville Warbler

9/ 3 —

,

— .

9/ 7

9/16

9/ 3

Magnolia Warbler

—

- 7/23

8/27 —

8/30

9/23

—

9/ 3

9/ 3

Cape May Warbler

—

— —

9/24 —

9/ 5

9/13

9/16

9/ 3

Black- thr. Blue Warb.

—

9/3 —

8/20 —

9/27

9/ 3

9/ 3

Myrtle Warbler

—

9/19 10/ 2

9/29 9/29

10/ 9 10/ 3

—

9/24

9/29

Black-thr. Green Warb.

9/ 7

9/3 —

9/18 —

9/22

9/22

__

9/ 3

9/10

Blackburnian Warbler

—

9/ 3 —

—

9/16

9/21

Chestnut-sided Warbler

—

9/3 —

3/26 —

—

—

—

9/16

9/22

Bay-breasted Warbler

—

— —

9/9 —

—

—

—

9/16

9/ 3

Blackpoll Warbler

8/24

— 10/ 2

9/25 —

9/25

9/23

—

9/24

9/12

Northern Waterthrush

8/ 8

— __

7/31 -

9/n

9/ 4

8/25

8/ 6

Canada Warbler

8/24

— S/14

8/16 —

—

8/20

—

9/16

8/27

Bobolink

—

9/15 —

7/15 9/20

8/29

9/14

8/18

—

8/28

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

—

9/15 —

9/16 —

„

9/16

9/ 8

Purple Finch

10/16

— 9/23

9/ 4 10/23

11/ 7

—

Slate-colored Junco

10/ 2

9/ 5 10/ 2

9/28 9/27 :

10/10

9/27 10/12

9/27

White-throated Sparrow 10/ 2

9/22 10/ 1

9/24 9/21 10/ 3

9/24

9/28

—

9/24

Swamp Sparrow

10/ 1 10/ 2 10/ 8 10/13

—

9/22

—

—

9/29

Sharp-shinned Hawks extraordinarily scarce during September: 35 Red-shoul-
ders in I960 as compared with 1 55 in 1952; and 46 Sharp-shins in I960 as
compared with 336 in 1952. Total hours of observation in September I960
totaled 37 as compared with 80 in 1952. An analysis of weather conditions
on the days when observations were made in those two years may provide a
clue as to why the I960 counts were so much lower. Only 1 Bald Eagle was

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spotted at White Marsh, Two migrating Bald Eagles, both adults, were
sighted west of Laurel on Sept, 5 (B, C, Getchell). Hackman's arrival
dates are always of interest because early transients cannot be distin-
guished from local nesters except by the most active observers in favored
localities: Sharp-shinned Hawk, Aug , 24 i Cooper’s Hawk, Sept, 1; Red-

tailed Hawk, Sept , 2 ; Broad-winged Hawk, Aug . 16; Bald Eagle, Aug. 13; '
Karsh Hawk, Sept, 13 (late arrival); Osprey, Aug . 18; and Sparrow Hawk,

Aug . 17 . Arrival dates from Hooper's Island are: Cooper’s Hawk, Aug.

25, and Pigeon Hawk, Sept, 16 (Armistead) .

Shorebirds. A late American Cystercatcher was seen at Lest Ocean
City on Sept . 25 (Armistead). Black-bellied Plovers were noted at
Gibson Island T5th local record, Sept. 14) and at Barren Island, and on
Sept, 27-28 at Ridgely for the first Caroline County record (Marvin
Hewitt) , The best count of Pectoral Sandpipers came from Hidgeley, Sept,

19 (Hewitt), and there were reports of a Whimbrel at Elliott on Sept, 16
(Armistead), a Marbled Godwit at Ocean City on Sept. 17 (Dyke), a L’hite-
rumped Sandpiper at Tilghman on Sept, 4 (Dick Kleen), and 2 Millets at
Sandy Point State Park on Sept. 14 (Robbins), On Sept, 24, 1957, the
first Buff-breasted Sandpiper for Maryland was sighted by Sam Dyke
(Maryland Birdlife 13: 72); and a year later another was photographed by
Harold Wierenga. A flock of 3 was studied by Dyke and a dozen other
observers at the golf driving range just west of the Ocean City bridge
from Sept. 13 through Sept. 19, I960, and 3 were watched on a golf
course at Patuxent Naval Air Station on Sept* 6, 7, 3, and 12 (Vernon
Kleen). Thus, within 3 years of the first report, the Buff-breast has
occurred in 4 Maryland counties. Upland Plovers were heard migrating at
night over the Ocean City banding station on Sept, 5, 10 (maximum of 4
birds), and 11,

Gulls and Terns . On Aug. 23 there were 2 Great Black-backed Gulls
at Gibson Island (Mrs. Henderson and Mrs, Tappan) and 3 at Sharp's Island;

3 days later there were 12 (10 of them adults) at Sharp's Island (Anni-
stead). Six Laughing Gulls, rare in Caroline County, were seen at Denton
on Sept. 18 (Roberta Fletcher). Armistead counted 92 Common Tern nests at
Nelson’s Island in Talbot County; he remarked that no Least Terns nested
there this year. The coastal tern colonies were studied by Bridge and
Weske, who are preparing a report for the March issue. Samuel Dyke's re-
markable observations of terns in Wicomico County during and immediately
after the passage of Hurricane Donna were published in the September issue.
In downtown Berlin, where Dr, and Mrs. John Kimmich, Jim Meade and Chandler
Robbins sat out the hurricane, the only birds seen during passage of the
broad "eye” of the storm were a few Black Skimmers, a Black Tern and a
Bobolink. The Ocean City bridge area and the inlet were checked as Route
50 was reopened to traffic (with the wind still blowing about 40 m.p.h.
from the Northwest), but there was no evidence of storm-blown birds. At
Concord, in inland Caroline County, a Royal Tern was closely observed and
carefully described immediately after passage of the storm on Sept. 12
(Carol Scudder).

Goatsuckers, Hummingbirds, Woodpeckers . Harry Armistead extended by
2 days the known period of occurrence of the Chuck-will ’ s-widow in Mary-

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land when he heard 1 on Hooper's Island on Sept* 3* Douglas Hackman noted
an active migration of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds on the morning of Sept*
15, when he counted 5 individuals flying southwestward at White Harsh.
Yellow-shafted Flickers were migrating as early as Sept. 7 at Ocean City
and Sept. 10 at Gibson Island. Two adult Pileated Woodpeckers and 1 young
bird (the first young one ever reported in Caroline County) were seen re-
peatedly at Concord in July, August, and September (Carol Scudder), Single
birds were listed from Smithville and Federalsburg by the same observer.

As many as 3 adult Red-headed Woodpeckers, probably transients, were found
at Hoopers Island on Sept. 16, and a Red-ccckaded Woodpecker was still in
its nesting area near Golden Hill on Sept, 17 (Armistead),

Flycatchers . For the first time since 1955, no Western Kingbird was
reported in Maryland during the fall migration period, Empidonax fly-
catchers were reported from most of the netting stations. At Ocean City
the Traill's was the most common member of this genus in September, with
22 individuals banded; the Yellow-bellied was next with 13, and the Least
with 11. In most years the Least outnumbers the Yellow-bellied by a ratio
of at least 2 to 1. A Least Flycatcher identified at Federick on Aug, 12
is the earliest fall migrant on record for Maryland (Joseph R. Jehl).

Swallows . Rough-winged, Bank, and Bam Swallows and Purple Martins
were migrating southward along the Bay shore at "Damsite n , north of Tol-
chester, on July 10 (Kendinhalls, Robbinses). The Tree Swallow migration
\<ras in full swing there by Aug, 23, when more than 500 were estimated; on
Aug. 30 there were more than 1,500 Tree Swallows, and on the next day the
estimate exceeded 2,500 (Mrs. Edward Kendinhall). An albino Bara Swallow
was seen on July 25 at Choptank (Carol Scudder).

Jays. Ravens . Blue Jay migration f was detected as early as Aug. 20,
when small groups moved into Douglas Hackman's study area at Yfoite Marsh.
Mr* Hackman summarized his Blue Jay observations as follows: "This year's

was neither a long nor an intense migration as compared to other recent
years. After the 1,516 peak on Sept, 25 the birds continued at the rate
of about 100 per hours for four or five days. Then the flights rapidly
declined in numbers during the next seven-day period, coining over at about
40 birds per hour. By Oct. 12, counts showed only scattered individuals.

On the 12th, 45 birds were seen in 3 hours, in the morning." Mr. Armis-
tead counted l60 Blue Jays in migration at Hooper's Island on Sept, 24 —
the highest one-day count ever recorded on Maryland ' s -Eastern Shore. The
second coastal record for the State was made at the Ocean City banding
station on Oct. 1, when at least 10 Blue Jays were heard repeatedly by
Mrs, Gladys Cole and others. After a gap of 8 years D. Hackman identi-
fied his second Common Raven at White Marsh, He observed the bird at lei-
sure as it alternately flapped and sailed, progressing southwestward. On
the day before the raven observation Mr, Hackman recorded his 10,000th
hawk over his property; from these figures you can make a rough estimate
of your own chances of seeing a raven locally during your lifetime.

Nuthatches . Creepers . No Red-breasted Nuthatch was sighted in Mary-
land, nor was any LTiite-breast observed on the Eastern Shore. A very
early Brown Creeper was banded at Ocean City on Sept * £ (Gordon Meade),

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Thrushes , Kinglets . A Swainson's Thrush seen in Baltimore on Aug .

24 (Mrs. Martha D. Schaffer) is the earliest State record except for the
two published in Maryland Birdlife 14: 100. Hackman saw no Eastern
Bluebird at White Marsh between July 17 and the close of the period.
Armistead saw none on the Eastern Shore. A Ruby-crowned Kinglet seen at
Ocean City on Sept , /j. is the earliest fall migrant on record for the
State (Robbins, Gordon and Jim Meade).

Warblers . Warbler migration was first detected on July 23 . when
John ,/eske banded a Magnolia Warbler at Brookeville, 4 weeks ahead of the
earliest fall record. From that date on, netting stations at Greenbelt
(David Bridge, Ronald Feller), near Tolchester (Mrs. Edward Mendinhall),
and at Ocean City, singly or in combination, kept almost continuous con-
tact with the warbler migration for a 4-aionth period. Much of the value
of these systematic records will not be realized until the daily records
have been examined in detail and studied in relation to weather conditions .
In the meantime, some of the by-products of the netting operations, sup-
plemented by a few sight observations, may be of interest. Early migrants
detected: Prothonotary Warbler banded at Brookeville on Aug . 20. and

/or m-eating Warbler and Louisiana Waterthrush banded there on July 23
(ieske); Nashville Warbler seen at Lake Roland on Sept . 2 (Charles Buch-
anan), and banded at Ocean City on the Same day (Gordon and Jim Meade,
Robbins) — one day ahead of the State record. Female Black-throated Blue
banded at Laurel, Aug. 20 (Robbins); Blackpoll Warbler seen at Liberty-
town on the record-early date of Aug . 24 (Jehl); Ovenbird banded at Ocean
City on Aug. 6 (’/eske); Northern Watert brush banded at Oreenbelt on July
31 (Bridge). High one-day counts were lacking because of the unusual ab-
sence of effective cold fronts from Sept, 2 to the end of the month. The
only count worth mentioning was 1^ Yellow-breasted Chats banded on Sept.

14 at Ocean City, tying the previous record.

Orioles , Crackles. Tanagers ; J Mine Orchard Orioles that seemed to
have been blown northward by Hurricanfe Donna were seen at Concord, Sept.
12-15 (Carol Scudder). Harry Armistead counted 41 Boat-tailed Grackles
at Hoopers Island on Sept, 16; this is a large number for that far north
in the Bay. Douglas Hackman made an interesting observation late in the
evening of Aug. 24, one day after passage of a cold front; while looking
through a 30X telescope he spotted a migrating Scarlet Tanager, "f lying
extremely high." If observers' would search the sky with telescopes just
before dark on evenings when a heavy migration is expected, we could
learn a great deal about the time of day when various birds begin migra-
tory flight.

Grosbeaks, Sparrows . A most unusual summer record of the Rose-
breasted Grosbeak was obtained by Gordon Clark, who netted and banded a
young male at Beltsville on July 6, The first nesting record of the
Henslow* s Sparrow in Caroline County was obtained on July 25 when Carol
Scudder saw a young bird being fed. A Savannah Sparrow was seen at Hooper
Island on the very early date of Sept , 7 (Armistead).

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COMING EVENTS

Jan. 20 CAROLINE monthly meeting. Meet 8 p.m. at Health Dept,., Denton.

Jan. 20 TALBOT mcnthly meeting, 8 p.m., Easton Library.

Jan. 22 SOLDIERS DELIGHT trip. Meet 2 p.m. Gwyn Brook Pond.

Jan. 23 TALBOT ornithology seminar. Meet 13 Aurora St., Easton, 8 p.m.

Jan. 29 BALTIMORE trip to Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Meet

parking lot, lower lab at Center. Leader: Mr. Frederick Schmid.

Jan. 30 TALBOT ornithology seminar. Meet 13 Aurora St., Easton, 8 p.m.

Feb. 2 FREDERICK monthly meeting. Meet C. Burr Artz Library, 8 p.m.

Feb. 4 BALTIMORE trip to Lake Roland. Meet Lake & Roland Aves., 2:30
p.m. Covered dish supper to follow at Betty Fisher's.

Feb. 6 SOLDIERS DELIGHT monthly meeting. Meet home of Mrs. Martin
Larrabee, 1907 South Rd., Balto. 9, 8:30 p.m. Topic, "Moths
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Feb. 8 BALTIMORE walk at Cylburn and Lake Roland. Meet 9 a.m. Cylbum
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Feb. 10 BALTIMORE monthly meeting. Auditorium, Pratt Library, 8 p.m.

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Feb. 13 TALBOT ornithology seminar. Meet 13 Aurora St., Easton, 8 p.m.

Feb. 15 ALLEGANY monthly meeting. Board of Education. 7:30 p.m. Speaker
Mrs. Lillian Frankhouser, "Bush Trip in Canada."

Feb. 17 TALBOT mcnthly meeting, Easton Library, 8 p.m.

Feb. 18-19 BALTIMORE trip to Ocean City, Elliott Island, Blackwater.

Lodgings at Hastings House Satxarday night. Members of all
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Meet Sam Smith Park, 7:30 a.m. or Sandy Point parking area at
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Feb. 19 TALBOT trip to Ocean City. Meet Easton Library, 8 a.m.

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Feb. 22 BALTIMORE feeding station trip to Cylburn, Kaestners', Andrews'
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Feb. 24 BALTIMORE sparrow seminar by Mr. Chandler Robbins. Meet at
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Feb. 27 TALBOT ornithology seminar. Meet 13 Aurora St., Easton, 8 p.m.

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Mar. 3 BALTIMORE monthly meeting, Pratt Library, 8 p.m.

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BALTIMORE lecture by Mr. Hal Harrison. "Beyond the Shining
Mountains" to be hold at the Woodbourne Junior High School,

8 p.m. Contact Mrs. Robert Kaestner, DR. 7-8990 for details.
TALBOT ornithology seminar. Meet 13 Aurora St., Easton, 8 p.m.
ALLEGANY monthly meeting. Board of Education, 7:30 p.m. Seminar
by William Leeson, "Food and Feeding Habits of Birds".

CAROLINE monthly meeting at Health Dept., Denton, 8 p.m.

ANNE ARUNDEL monthly meeting.

TALBOT monthly meeting at Easton Library, 8 p.m.

? FREDERICK trip to Rock Run Sanctuary.

SOLDIERS DELIGHT trip to Soldiers Delight. Meet Sight #1, 2p.m.
TALBOT ornithology seminar. Meet 13 Aurora St., 8 p.m.

TALBOT Audubon Screen Tour, Mt. Pleasant School, 8 p.m.

SOLDIERS DELIGHT monthly meeting. Warbler Warm-up, with slides,
at home of Mrs* Edgar Poe, Academy Ave., Owings Mill3.

BALTIMORE walk Cylburn. Meet 7-9, 9-lla.m. Leader: Mrs.
Lubbert.

BALTIMORE walk at Lake Roland,
a.m. Leader: Mrs. Kaestner.

FREDERICK monthly meeting at C.

ANNE ARUNDEL annual election of officers.

J. E. M. Wood.

ALLEGANY trip to Lake Gordon. Meet Naves Crossroads, 2 p.m.
BALTIMORE walk at Cylburn, 8-10, 10-12. Members of Kent, Talbot,
and Caroline County Chapters invited to see Cylburn. Bird
banding demonstration by Gladys Cole. Leader: Charles Euchanan.
CAROLINE monthly meeting at home of Mrs, Poore, Greensboro, 8 p.m,
BALTIMORE monthly meeting. Election of officers.

BALTIMORE trip to Camp Wo-Me-To. Meet Hutzler parking lot. Tow-
son, 7:30 a.m. Leader: Charles Buchanan.

BALTIMORE trip to Patuxent Refuge. Meet at Refuge 8:30 a.m.
Leader: Chan Robbins.

TALBOT spring migrant hike. Meet Easton Library, 7 HO a.m.
SOLDIERS DELIGHT trip to Hollofield. Meet 2 p.m. Owings Mills.

SPECIAL FIELD TRIPS FOR NEW MEMBERS

Meet Lake & Roland Aves. 7:30

Burr Artz Library, 8 p.m.

Meet home of Capt.

As a special service to beginning birders and people new to the Bal-
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