MARYLAND BIRDLIFE ^Bulletin of the J)4ciri]lan<) Ornitk o logical Society, line- a tot Bolton Street, Baltimore tj, ^Maryland J THE MARYLAND ORIU T HU LOGICAL SOCIETY, INC, 2101 Bolton Street, Baltimore 17, Kd. State President: Bichard L. Eleen, St. Michaels, Md. State Secretary: Charles M. Buchanan, 10U W. Melrose Ave, Balto 10, Hi, State Treasurer: A. J. Fletcher, Route 1, Denton, Kd* First Vice President: Richard Douglas, 511 Talbot St., Cumberland, Md. Second Vice {residents: Edwin Barry, Elmer Warthley, Marvin Hewitt, Kelvin Ifcrtridge, diver Gaines, Hilda Smith, Dr. Thomas Ambler Trustees: Richard Douglas, John Workmeister, Edwin Barry, Mrs. Chase Kirtley, Elmer Warthley, Dr. Charles Stine, Marvin Hewitt, Naomi Hewitt, Dr. John Richards, William Shirey, Rebecca H h nn i khuysen , diver Grimes, Gladys Clark, Mrs. Goldie Thomsen, Edith Adkins, Dr. Thomas LOCAL UNITS Allegany Comity Bird Club Frederick Branch, H. 0. S. Avid Avista of Anne Arundel Co. Harford County Bird Club Baltimore Club of K.O.S. Takoma Park Nature Club Caroline County Bird Club Talbot County Bird Club Active .membership (including Maryland Birdlife and $2.00 membership in one of the local units) Out-of-state member ship (Maryland Birdlife only) $1.00 Junior me mb ership (under 18 years) $ .50 CONTESTS, DECEMBER 1956 Wilson's Warbler Wintering in Talbot County Jane Gffutt 99 Supplementary 1955 Rest S ummary 100 A Conservationist's Pr ayer Fr. Edward Stoehr 100 Brant from Southampton Island 101 The Season - July through September Chandler S. Robbins 102 Junior Activities - Ffcr Trip to Dorchester Co. Terry Moore 10li A Notice to Juniors Wilbur Rittenhouse 10l* A Memorial to Miss Pearl Heaps 1Q5 New Members 106 Coming Events 107 Announcements 101, 105 COVER: Laughing Gull. Photo by Charles J. Stine, Jr. HEADINGS: By Irving E. Hampe, Art Editor MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Published Quarterly by the Maryland Ornithological Society, Inc. to Record and Bicourage the Study of Birds in Maryland Editor: Chandl er S. Robbins, Patuxent Refuge, Laurel, Mi. Editorial Board: Mrs. Roberta Fletcher, Mrs. Mabel Hoyler, Richard L. Kleen, Gordon Knight, Mrs. Martina Luff, Mrs. Helen Miller, Charles Stine, W. Bryant Tyrrell Junior Editorial Board: Wilbur Rittenhouse, Gordon Knight, James Vo shell Production: Bamie Bauer, Gladys Cole, Richard Cole, Shirley Geddes, Richard Kleen, Marion Felton, James Travis MARYLAND BIRDLIFE tpulliskeJ quarterly hy tfu ^Maryland Ornilkotoyicai Society t £nc. aiof Boliou §lreci, Baltimore. tj, -Aiarylaitx) Volume 12 DECEMBER 1956 Number 4 WILSON’S WARBLER V7DJTERING IN TALBOT COUNTY Jane Offutt Someone once said to me, "Bird watchers must be terrible liars, because they never believe anyone." My friend had just reported a rare bird at her feeder and I voiced my disbelief. But how true it is that so many of us who share this marvelous interest in birding let our imagination run away with us. We are often convinced that we have seen a great rarity. Host of the time it is no rarity at all, but a misidentification instead. Bird watching has devotees in all stages of proficiency. Some of us believe a Red-bellied Woodpecker is a Red- headed. Others cannot tell a Towhee from a Robin. Is it any wonder that one of our experts raised an eyebrow when informed of the pres- ence of a Wilson’s Warbler ( Wilsonia pusilla) at my home in December? So much doubt was expressed that, when asked just how rare this was, the reply came, "Just like seeing a polar bear in the Everglades." A Wilson' s Warbler was first seen here at Llandaff Cottage three years ago, November 17, 1953, but at that time I knew no birders to impress. However, when I first heard his familiar "chit, chit, chit" this past November 30, and later spied this gleam of gold working all around the buildings, flycatcher-like, I knew at once it was the Wil- son's Warbler again. On a number of occasions it appeared not more than. three feet from me, just outside an upstairs window where it was giving the ra ingutter and the shingles of the roof a thorough going over. Here I could see the black patch on its yellow head, the diag- nostic field mark for this species. I noted, as in 1953, that it seemed to stay ten to fifteen feet above the ground when insecting on the barn, studio, or house, and even lower when searching in the bushes. It never came to any of the many feeders in the yard though it often appeared near the house. I do not recall its date of depar- ture in 1953, but this year it remained until December 30. It obliged by appearing a number of times when various members of the Talbot County Eird Club came to view it, so there could not be any doubts as to its identification. I was requested not to leave the vicinity of my home until I had spotted him for sure on December 29, official Christmas Count day for the St. Michaels area. It would seam he understood the situation, for on this day he came to the back steps end gave his characteristic call. There he was working around a group of iris not six feet from where I stood in the "Bird Room." Besides the Wilson's Warbler, three handsome Baltimore Orioles (Icterus galbula ) , a fully-colored male, a female, and an immature male, showed up faithfully at my feeder on the day of the Count. Easton 100 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 12, No. 4 SUPPLEMENTARY 1955 NEST SUMMARY A total of 81 nesting records from Baltimore County, contributed by the Elmer Worthley family and F. S. end W. Reese, were accidentally omitted from the 1955 Nest Summary published in Maryland Blrdllfe 12: 41. Unless otherwise stated, the records are from Owings Mills. KILT PEER - Two nests reported in May. FLICKER - Nest found on May 10; young in nest on June 6. DOWNY WOODPECKER - Young in nest on May 7. EASTERN KINGBIRD - Nest on May 28, feeding young on June 20. EASTERN PHOEBE - Five nests reported from Baltimore County and one from Carroll County, from April 9 to June 25. Height ranged from 4 ft. to 10 ft. Two nests were successful. BARN SWALLOW - Twenty nests from July 5 to August 2. Six eggs in one nest. BLUE JAY - Nest on May 1, about 30 ft. up. HOUSE WREN - Eight nests reported at heights from 3 ft. to 7 ft., from May 30 to August 3. One nest was found in a clothes bag. MOCKINGBIRD - On April 15 nest found. Young left nest on May 22. CATBIRD - Six nest 8 from May 21 to July 4. BROWN THRASHER - Four nests reported, the earliest on May 2. One nest had 5 young. ROBIN - Two nests. EASTERN BLUEBIRD - Three reports, the earliest on April 11. RED-WING - Three nests in hayfields as early as May 11. ORCHARD ORIOLE - Building on June 5, feeding young on June 27. BALTIMORE ORIOLE - Building nest on May 9, 14 ft. up; feeding young on June 27. PURPLE GRACKLE - One record. CARDINAL - Three eggs on June 4. GOLDFINCH - Nest finished in buttonbush in meadow on July 29. Five eggs, August 3; 3 well-feathered young, August 23; empty, Aug. 30. CHIPPING SPARROW - Three nests. FIELD SPARROW - One record. SONG SPARROW - Eight nests, May 2 to August 14. * * * ********* * * * A CONSERVATIONIST’S PRAYER Fr. Edward Stoehr, o.f.m.cap. 0 good Saint Francis of Assisi, ardent lover of nature, who didst recognize infinite power in all creatures animate and inanimate. Infinite wisdom ruling and governing them, and who didst break forth into a hymn of praise and thanksgiving for so great goodness and widdom on the part of the Creator, PRAY that we might be led by His creatures as by so many steps to the knowledge of Him, and, aid us in our program to conserve these God-given wonders of nature, so that we and others might be enlight- ened in mind, that we, too, might see Him in all creation, and thus may know, love, and praise Him upon earth, until we have the happiness of knowing, loving, and praising Him with thee forever in Heaven, Amen. December 1956 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 101 BRANT FROM SOUTHAMPTON ISLAND, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES WEAR YELLOW NECK-BANDS Where do the Brant from the Maryland coast spend the summer? At least one, and probably many more, go to Southampton Island, a large island in northern Hudson. Bay, some 1,700 miles north of here. During the Ocean City Christmas Count a Brant with a yellow neck- band was seen in a flock of 30 Brant by the Assateague Island party. This was one of several hundred birds marked this past summer on their nesting grounds by an expedition sponsored by Cornell University and the Canadian Wildlife Service. The bands, which consist of a slip- proof neck loop with a four-inch streamer, can be seen up to a mile through binoculars . Keep an eye pealed for these neck-banded Brant and report all ob- servations to Thomas Vf. Barry, Fernow Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. Record the date, place, number with neck bands and number without. * * * ********* * * * MR. R. J. REICHERT, a recognized authority on BINOCULARS, is speaking to most of our local clubs in March. His talk will include: How to use your glass to best advantage, how to choose the model best suited to your purpose, and how to check a glass — both for condition and for the claims made for it. He will also briefly review the bin- oculars currently available, with reference to their country of origin. He will have a simple chart and diagram to illustrate details every birder should know, and an assortment of binoculars and tele- scopes of various types and powers, including a couple of "phonies” as examples of misrepresentation. Mr. Reichert will also show some color slides of birds he has photographed through binoculars (the new Bino-Fotography) . Members who would like to ask Mr. Reichert about their personal glasses may bring them along and consult him after the meeting. Mr. Reichert is the author of "Know Your Binoculars" published in Audubon Magazine, as well as numerous other articles, and is listed in "Who Knows - And What" as an authority on binoculars. 102 MARYLAND BIRDLIPE Vol. 12, No. 4 JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, 1956 Chandler S. Robbins Although no full-fledged hurricane crossed Maryland’s borders this season, we had more than our share of violent local storms and floods. Many late nests were doubtless destroyed by the high gusts and rushing torrents. Temperatures were a little on the cool side during all three months, and during July the precipitation was well above normal. In fact, Maryland did not have a single rain-free day in July. Cormorants and Pelicans . Although frequently seen along the coast and around Chesapeake Bay during the summer months, the Double-crested Cormorant is rare in other Maryland areas at all seasons. One was seen at Preston on Sept. 17, the first September record for Caroline County (Marvin Hewitt). The Brown Pelican is a southern species which most of us have not had the pleasure of seeing in Maryland; one was noted circling St. Michaels harbor on Sept. 2 by a score of observers, several of whom were familiar with the bird in the deep south. Geese and Ducks . Small flocks of Canada Geese again arrived from the north in mid-3eptember, the earliest report coming from Talbot County on Sept. 12 (Richard Kleen). A Sept. 3 arrival date for the Buffle-head in Preston (Hewitt) was unusually early. Hawks . The southward flight of Broad-winged Hawks in mid-Septem- ber was disappointing this year, not only in Maryland but at Hawk Mountain and other eastern locations as well. The most significant observations reported this year did not involve large numbers, but , revealed a new migration pathway used by this species. A flock of 9 was seen in Talbot County on Sept. 9 (Kleen, Edith Adkins, Stewart DeButts and Caroline Borden-Smith) , and several people reported small flocks moving southward just east of Kent Harrows, Queen Annes County (Martha Dubois, Paul Springer). Shoreblrda . Inland shorebird records of interest included a Knot and 7 Sanderlings on the Choptank River shore below Cambridge on Aug. 27 (Harry Armistead) , and 5 to 8 Dowitchers on Tilghman's Island, Aug. 28-31 (Kleen and Armistead) . Gulls and Terns . Dick Kleen made his regular summer trip to Sharp's Island on July 1. His party found the island now covers less Dec enter 1956 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 103 than half the area It did the previous summer. However, the Herring Gull population rose from 3 nests In 1955 to 6 this year. One of the young Herring Gulls was handed. Fifteen Common Tern nests were found on the island, but the shell areas formerly used by the Least Terns were submerged. Four pairs of the latter species were found nesting together with 12 pairs of Common Terns, 2 of Black Ducks, 4 of Green Herons and 35 of Red-wings eight miles to the northeast on one-acre Nelson's Island off Neavitt by Armistead. This same observer made a high count for the Bay of 30 Royal Terns at Tilghman's Island, Aug. 31. Cuckoos . Many nesting-season reports of Black-billed Cuckoos were received, showing that this species was more common than usual, es- pecially in Coastal Plain areas where it is generally a scarce brdeder. Flycatchers . More Arkansas Kingbirds than usual were seen along the Atlantic coast this fall. Although Marylanders generally see many fewer of this species than do people In coastal states Just to our north, we shared in the 1956 reports. Two individuals were closely observed at Wye Island in Queen Annas County on Sept. 9 (Ronnie and Nita Nevius, Miss Adkins and KLeen) . Two others were seen on the barrier beach north of Ocean City, Sept. 17, by Richard Cole and others, and one was banded there the next day (Gladys Cole) . Systematic trap- ping and banding in the thickets on the barrier beach north of Ocean City, Sept. 8-23, rewarded "Operation Recovery" participants with 5 Yellow-bellied, 5 Acadian, 2 Alder and 4 Least Flycatchers. The only Olive-sided Flycatcher reported was seen near Easton by Edith Adkins; Talbot County now has more records of this species than all other Eastern Shore counties combined. Nuthatches . A flock of 3 Brown-headed Nuthatches was found at the Ocean City trapping site in mid-September by Stephen Simon and the Coles; this is the first time they have been seen on the barrier beach north of Ocean City. This was an off year for Red-breasted Nuthatches. Warblers . These species were generally late in arriving from the north and several observers commented that numbers were below normal. The Ocean City banding crew trapped 27 species of warblers Including such rarities for the Eastern Shore as the Tennessee (3), Nashville (3), Connecticut (7), Mourning (1), and Wilson's (4). The species most commonly trapped there were the American Redstart (132) and Yellow- breasted Chat (66). Red-eyed Vlreos and Catbirds showed a marked decrease from the same period in 1955. W. M. Davidson, trapping at Claiborne, banded an Orange -crowned Warbler on Sept. 10 and 2 the fol- lowing day. Blackbirds, Tanagers, Finches and Sparrows . Highlights in these families included an early migrating Bobolink over Laurel on July 4 (Robbins); a late Summer Tanager at Denton on Sept. 28 (Alicia Knotts); 3 Red Crossbills at the Ocean City banding site throughout mid-Septem- ber; single Dickcissels at Laurel, Sept. 2, and Chestertown, Sept. 4 (Robbins) and banded at Ocean City, Sept. 21 (Coles); and several Lark Sparrows at Ocean City, one of which was banded on Sept. 17 (Coles). 104 MARYLAND BIHDLIFE Vol. 12, No. 4 MY TRIP TO DORCHESTER COUNTY Terry Moore On November 4, Ronnie Beaven, Michael Messix, my father, and I left Queen Anne and started out for Golden Hill in Dorchester County. We wanted especially to see the Red-cockaded Woodpecker which had been seen there earlier this fall. About one mile below Easton we saw an adult Bald Eagle. We did not see much more until we reached the Choptank River Bridge at Cam- bridge. There we saw several Ring-billed Gulls and Common Terns in with some Herring Gulls. A little past Golden Hill we saw a male Belted Kingfisher, which was perched on a power line, and some Greater Yellow-legs. We drove on. Soon we saw a Great Blue Heron which looked us right in the eye! On our way back we stopped at the South Dorchester High School. Here there was a pond with some Mallards in it. As we watched the Mallards, we saw three other ducks fly over. They circled several times and landed. They turned out to be Gadwalls, a new bird for all of ue. In all we saw forty-three species. Although we did not see the Red-cookaded Woodpecker, we all thought the trip was a successful one. Queen Anne A NOTICE TO JUNIORS Wilbur Rlttenhouse Let's make our section of Maryland Blrdllfe the part that every- body reads first. We can do this if every junior member who sees, hears, or does something interesting will write it up for our section. Surely you can write at least a short article and send It to me. My address is below. Remember, this is your section. The more things and the better things you write, the better our section will be. Queen Anne December 1956 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE 105 A MEMORIAL TO MISS PEARL HEAPS In addition to the active part Miss Heaps played in the Maryland Ornithological Society, she was Bird Chairman of the Cylburn Wildflower Preserve and Garden Center, a recent addition to the Baltimore Depart- ment of Parks* Anyone wishing to contribute to a group planting of American hollies at Cylburn in her memory please contact Mrs* Robert E. Kaestner, 6005 Lakehurst Drive, Baltimore 10, Md. STATE DUCK TRIP The regular state duck trip will take place on March 10th. The place of meeting will be St. Michaels High School at 10 A,M. Boats will leave from various places in Talbot County to cover the Chesa- peake Bay, Miles River and other tidal inlets and estuaries. The charge for the boat trip will be two dollars per person. Wonderful observation of Old Squaws, Scoters, Mergansers and other water birds are promised. Register with Mrs. Ronald Nevius, Easton, by March Uth. 1956 COUNTY BIRD LISTS The 1956 tabulation will be compiled by Richard L. Kleen, St. Mich- els. Please send him before February 15 a list of all species you ob- served in your county during the past year. And if you have records of birds seen in other Maryland counties, send these along too. The county tabulation is already well under way. Worcester County is in the lead with 227 species reported so far; Talbot is second with 22U; Anne Arundel is third with 195, followed closely by Frederick, Prince Georges, and Baltimore. Cecil County, with only 59 species to its credit, is in last place. Other counties that have not yet passed the 100 mark for 1956 are Somerset, Calvert, Carroll, Kent and Allegany. Fourteen species have already been checked off for all 23 counties. ADVERTISING Starting with the March 1957 issue, MARYLAND BIRDLIFE will carry a limited amount of advertising. The following rates were approved by the Editorial Board at their October 29 meeting: $15 per issue for full page (except $20 for back cover), $8 for half page, $5 for quarter page; 10j£ discount far full year contract (U issues). An additional fee $2 is charged for the first time each add appears and for any subsequent change in ad (to cover cost of setting up the ad); this fee is waived if advertiser furnishes finished copy suitable for photographing. Send all communications to Dr. Charles J. Stine, Chairman, Advertising Committee, 6305 Belair Road, Baltimore 6, Md. 1956 NEST RECORDS Last call for 1956 nest records. Send to Mrs. A. J. Fletcher, Denton, Maryland. 106 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 12, No. li NEW MEMBERS Mrs, Chas. R, Baldwin, 7 Eo 13th St,, Frederick, Mohawk 3-.9I436 Mrs, Ho Wehr Bartlett, Easton Mrs, Carroll Bright, Second St,, Denton Mr. William Buser, Quietwater Farm, P.0. 197, Annapolis Miss Elizabeth Cannon, Denton Mrs. C. B. Cates, Arnold Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Collmus, 117 W. 3rd St., Frederick, Mohawk 309li36 Mrs. Mabel Comegys, Easton Mr. Louis Conklin, c/o CM ncoteague Wildlife Refuge, Chincoteague, Va. Mr. Merrill S. Cottrell, E. Forest Glen Drive, Millville, N, J. Mrs. C. H. Curry, Jr., Easton Mr. Kenneth E. Davis, R.F.D. #h, Box 177, Annapolis Mr. Ralph Deal, 3301 St. Paul St.., Baltimore 18 Mrs. John Dorsey, Easton Mr. & Mrs. S. W. Edwards, Grindstone Run Farm, Myersville, Md. Miss Geraldine Farmer, St. Michaels Mro Sc Mrs. R. M. Ferry, Easton Mrs. George R. Fessenden, 1703 Northern Pkwy., Baltimore 12 Miss Alix Fisher, 7918 Sherwood Road, Ruxton h Mro Robert Fletcher, Route 1, Denton Mrs. Harry Gallagher, Easton Mrs. Geneva Garner, 608 Monterey Ave., Annapolis Mr. Harry Hause, St. Michaels Capt. F. M. Keyes, h6 Rodgers Road, tjsnA, Annapolis Mr. Milton A. Kline, 1S6 Stanmore Road, Baltimore 12 Mrs. Polis Komianos, £08 Hilton Ave., CatonsviUe 28 Mr. Hans Krimm, 3301 St. Paul St., Baltimore 18 Mrs. Eugenia Lang, St. Michaels Mrs. Harold Langdon, 12E>07 S. SOth Ave., Palos Park, T?_l. Mr. Meade Lloyd, Newcomb, Md. Mr. Richard Lord, hi 9 Shogan Drive, Creensburg, Pa. Mrs. Frances H. Mahaffey, "Quaker Hill ", Wrights Mill Rd., Balto.7 Mr. Iynn A. May, 1713 Brisbane St., Silver Spring Mrs. Sam W. Maples, 30^ Upper College Terr., Frederick. Mohawk 2-3!>lh Prof. & Mrs. Eugene S. Mayer, F.^.D. #h. Box 99, Annapolis Mrs. Drusilla S. Mazur, 6o£ Culler Ave., Frederick Mrs. Philip Myers, Jr., £0h Hampton Lane, Towson h Mr. 5r Mrs. Douglas F. Miner, Bill Littlejohn Hill, Sherwood Forest, Md. Mrs. John W. Nicol, 227 W. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore 17 Mrs. J. C. O'Donovan, Riva, Anne Arundel Co 0 Mr. J- Mrs. Henry Page, liih? Orden St., N.W., Washington, D.0. Mrs. J, H. Prest, R.D. 1, Bear, Del. Miss Angela Remsberp, Oakland Farm, Middletown, Md. Mrs. Charles H. Remsberp, Oakland Farm, Middletown Mr. Robert Remsberp, Oakland Farm, Middletown Mrs. Doris Rend, Easton Miss Alice M. Ropers, 291 W. Main St., #8, Morrestown, N. J. Miss Edith E. Schaffer, 27 Fusting Ave., CatonsviUe 28 December 1956 MARYLAND BIEDLIFE 107 Miss Adele Senior, Easton . Mrs, William R. Slemmer, 225 E. Second St,, Frederick Mrs. Lida Smith, Claiborne, Md, Hiss Marian Smith, Hood College, Frederick, Mohawk 3-3131 Dr. -John C. Stauffer, <07 Milford Mill Rd., .Pikesville 8, Md, Mr, Bryan Steilkie, Bozman, Md« Dr. Albert Steiner, ii301 Miami Place, Baltimore 7 Mr, M arc Steiner, U301 Miami Place, Baltimore 7 Father Edward Stoehr, St. Conrad’s "friary, Annapolis COMING EVENTS Feb. 2 Anne Arundel Club field trip, meet at Santy Point, 8 a.m. U Talbot Club Seminar, Bird Songs, 13 Aurora St., 8 p.m, 10 Baltimore Club field trip to Kent Island, meet Sam Smith Bark, 8 a.m. 10 Talbot Club Field trip to Tilghnan’s Island, meet St. Michaels High School, 9 a.m. 11 Talbot Club Seminar, Bird Songs, 13 Aurora St., 8 p.m. 11 Takoma Park regular meeting. 12 Anne Arundel regular meeting. Waterfowl Management by- Vernon Stotts, Presbyterian Church, Annapolis, 8 p.m. 13 Frederick Club regular meeting , Migration of Waterfowl , by Seth Low, Dr. Tanner’s residence, 8 p.m. 15 Baltimore Club regular meeting. Relationship of Birds and Manuals by Dr. Kyle Barbehenn, Pratt Library, 8p.m. 15 Talbot Club regular meeting. Binding From Cuba to Canada by Richard L. Kleen, Easton Library, 8 p.m. 18 Talbofe Club seminar. Bird Songs, 13 Aurora St., 8 p.m. 20 Allegany Club regular meeting. Recordings, Board of Education Building, 7:30 p.m. 2li Baltimore Club field trip to Bombay Hook, meet Edgewood Diner, 8 a.m. 25 Talbot Club seminar. Ferns of TaJbot County , 13 Aurora St., 8 p.m. 28 Caroline Club regular meeting. Birds in the Hand by Stephen Simon, Greensboro High School, 8 p.m. Mar. 2 Anne Arundel Club field trip, meet Upper Patuxent, 8 a.m. Ij Harford Club regular meeting. Binoculars by the Reicherts, Belair Library, 7:30 p.m. 6 Baltimore Club seminar. Birds of Gaspe Peninsula by Roland Clement, Natural History Building, tJ p.m. 8 Baltimore Club regular meeting. Binoculars by the Reicherts, Pratt Library, 8 p.m. 10 State Duck Trip, meet at St. Michaels Higi School, 10 a.m. two dollars per person. U Takoma Park regular meeting. 13 Frederick Club regular meeting. Binoculars by the Reicherts, the Shirey's residence, 8 p.m. 13 Baltimore Club seminar. Natural History Society, 8 p.m. Ill Talbot and Caroline Clubs coribined meeting. Binoculars by the Reicherts, Denton, R p.m.. 16 Arme Arundel Scavenger Hunt, 137 Monticello Ave., 3 p.m. 17 Frederick Club field trip, meet Band Shell, 2 p.m. 108 MARYLAND BIRDLIFE Vol. 12 , No. It Mar. 17 20 21 2h 2k 25 27 31 Apr. 3 ' 6 6 6 7 8 10 12 12 13 13 13 13 Ui 17 20 20 21 2k 25 26 27 27 27 28 28 28 Baltimore Club field trip to Sandy Point, meet Sam Smith Park, 8 a.m. Baltimore Club Seminar, Natural History Society, 8 p.m. Talbot Club Special Meeting, Birds in the Back Yard by Miss Esther Heacock, Easton Library, fcTp^nu Takoma Park field trip to Rocky Gorge. Baltimore Club field trip for evening Woodcock flight, meet Hutzler's parking lot, Towson, 5 p.ra. Caroline Club regular meeting. Chandler S. Robbins, Ridgely Methodist Church, 8 p.m. Baltimore Club Seminar, Natural History Society, 8 p.m. Allegary Club field trip to Koon Dam, 2 p.m. Baltimore Club Seminar, Bird Behavior by Harvy Kirk Natural History Society, 8 p.m. Frederick Club field trip, meet at Band Shell, 8 a.m. Baltimore Club field trip to Loch Raven, meet north end Cockeysville underpass 8 a.m. Anne Arundel Club Boat Trip, City Pier, 8 a.m. Talbot Club Boat Trip to Poplar Island Heroney, meet at St. Michaels High School, 10 a.m. Takoma Park Club regular meeting. Baltimore Club Seminar, Natural History Society, 8 p.m. Baltimore Club regular meeting, Pratt Library, 8 p.m. Frederick Club regular meeting, Birding from Cuba to Canada by Richard L. Kleen, Francis Scott ley Hotel, 8 p.m. Frederick Club field trip, meet at Band Shell, 8 a.m. Allegany Club field trip to C & 0 Canal, meet at Millstone Filling Station, 8 a.m. Talbot Club migrant hike, Easton Library, 8 a.m. Baltimore Club migrant walks. Lake Roland, Wyman Park and Loch Raven, 8 a.m. Baltimore Club bus trip to Biological Station, Solomon ' b I sland, meet Sam Smith Park, 7:30 a.m. register by April 10, with Dr. Charles Stine. Baltimore Club seminar, Natural History Society 8 p.ra. Anne Arundel Club supper, Truxton Park, 3 P.m. Frederick Club field trip, meet at Band Shell, 8 a.m. Baltimore Club migrant walks, see April 13 for details. Baltimore Club seminar, Natural History Society, 8 p.m. Caroline Club regular meeting, Bombay Hook Refuge , Camp Mar dell a, 8 p.m. Talbot Club regular meeting. Wild Flowers , Easton Library, 8 p.m. Talbot Club Wild Flower Hike, Easton Library, 9 a.m. Baltimore Club migrant hikes, see April 13 for details. Allegany Club field trip to C & 0 Canal, meet at Millstone Filling Station, 8 p.m. Talbot Club migrant hike & lunch, Easton Library 8 a.m. Takoma Park field trip. Baltimore Club field trip to C & 0 Canal, meet at Great Falls parking area, Maryland side, 8:30 a.m., register Miss Burner, Liberty 2-0797.