I stopped by Campbell Flats Road and Houghton Hill marsh briefly this morning. It was nice to be out earlier than noon (for a change), and without the gale-force wind that has been my constant companion every time I've been out recently. Highlights at Campbell Flats Road were a singing Savannah Sparrow and a Louisiana Waterthrush song (I did not hear the gnatcatcher), although there were many common birds that I had not seen or heard yet this year: Yellow Warbler, Eastern Kingbird, House Wren (not nesting in my yard this year, unfortunately), etc. At Houghton Hill marsh, I heard an American Bittern, and a Broad-winged Hawk and an unidentified Accipiter sp. flew over. David Webb Hanover