March 1 - RIVER & EAST - The official Weed Walks started out with a bang coming up with three unusual birds: Tundra Swan, C.Pedpoll and Raven. Adding Pine Siskins, Rough-legged Hawks and N.Flicker along with more common birds brought our total species to 31, a good start on the new year.

March 8 - CENTRAL BROOME - Ice still covered most of Boland Pond but we found Am.Wigeons, Am.Black Ducks and Mallards squeezed into a patch of open water. On the Chenango River were a pr. of Hooded Merganser, C.Mergansers and a B.Kingfisher. One Pine Siskin was still at our favorite feeder in Chenango Forks. Over the line in Cortland County we saw an Am.Kestrel and a Pileated Woodpecker for a total count of 28 species.

March 15 - INTERRUPTED ROAD TRIP - A bad tire on Dan's van delayed us an hour waiting as it was fixed. Still, we saw 37 species including many ducks such as Wood, N.Pintails, Ring-necked and Ruddy, plus a pair of Killdeer, Am.Kestrels while Am.Robins were everywhere.

March 22 - RIVER & NORTHWEST - Along with Green-winged Teals, Bufflehead, Pied-billed Grebe, Cooper's Hawk and Pileated Woodpecker we saw many Tree Swallows searching for insects over the water. A cold day gave us 42 species.

March 29 - BOLAND POND - Turkey Vultures over the Mall started us out, still many ducks and a Great Blue Heron at Boland. W.Turkeys, Red-breasted Nuthatch and our first Yellow-rumped Warbler added to our total species count of 36. We tried for the Red Crossbills at CVSP but found they were no longer there.

Weed Walk Diary is provided by members of the Naturalists' Club of Broome County. This Weed Walk Diary was written by Marie Petuh and Dan Watkins. For information on the Naturalists Club, write P.O. Box 191, Vestal, N.Y. 13850.