Just a note to say that the Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory's spring migration banding station at First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach opens on Wed. 3/14. Peter Doherty, a very friendly fellow with many years of banding experience, is manning the station daily through 5/31. Jethro is doing high elevation bird surveys for the Idaho Game Department this spring, but will return to Kiptopeke this fall. There were many pine warblers singing at FLSP this morning, as well as a noisy group of brown-headed nuthatches. Bob Reilly