Glen Eller and I led one of the TOS/VSO Joint Meeting field trips today to Western Washington County. We had a group of 17 excellent birders, and together we found our target birds for the trip and some bonuses: Thompson Lane Green Heron GRASSHOPPER SPARROW Blue Grosbeak Charlie Carson Road BOBOLINK Conklin Rd, and Bush Hog Pond WARBLING VIREOS Corby Bridge Rd./Berryhill Rd DICKCISSELS John Carson Rd. Yellow-billed Cuckoo Yankee Camp Rd. Baltimore Oriole D. Ward Rd. N. Bobwhite Loggerhead Shrike Chapel Hill Rd. Yellow-breasted Chat Red-headed Woodpeckers (also one along Washington College Rd.) In addition, we had Killdeer, Spotted Sandpipers, and Least Sandpipers at Westview Ponds and at Bush Hog Pond. We had a species total of 69. Roy Knispel Johnson City