On Oct 23, 12:53 am, Dave wrote:
Everytime tower or approach/departure issues a traffic alert to me and I
don't spot the traffic right away I get nervous.

I've told this story before, so will just hit the highlights:

Once I landed out of sequence after being unable to spot some of the
others I was supposed to follow. Turns out the controller was running
simultaneous left and right traffic on the same runway - and hadn't
told me.

David Johnson

There is a lot to be said for two strobes - top and bottom - and
landing lights ON, when in these traffic areas...

denny