Ah, Chief Chaos, I once went Boy Scout summer camping on the C&O Canal (near Seneca) back in the 60's. When I woke up the next morning, there was scarcely a square inch of my arms, neck and face that didn't have mosquito bites!

Getting back to the topic, the pre-dawn bird activity around here is usually, in my experience, Mockingbirds singing and Woodpeckers drumming. In the "pre-spring" (late February, early March) the dawn usually brings the Cardinals, sounding like video games.

Don