Jill and I stopped by Acton this morning on the way in (as we usually 
do).  An adult Herring Gull was on a pole by the marsh. A Red-winged 
Blackbird was singing in the marsh.  The Yellow-bellied Sapsucker was 
working a tree by the dredge and the rest of the lake (aside from many 
dozens of Canada Geese and a few Mallards) was devoid of ducks.
Dave

PS The Chili Challenge board now has new (not dried up) pens. Please use 
the appropriate color for your team in the correct column--I've given Team 
2 [Hickey's and Kolbe] black to avoid all the problems we've experienced in 
previous years!!![looking at the number of species they have I don't think 
there is any worry of the wrong blocks being filled in!!!) If you would 
like to send up-dates to me I'll get them on the board. I want to send out 
the current totals but I've only heard from 5 of 10 teams.