Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 20:53:03 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: KAG and National Zoo/Rock Creek Park, 4/20/00 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Went to the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens at 8am yesterday and later to the National Zoo at 9:45am. KAG 1 American Bittern - flushed at swampy section 1 Green-backed Heron - river 4 Canada Goose - 2 females at nests on path 2 Mallard 1 Wood Duck - drake 1 Osprey - flyby 1 Solitary Sandpiper - flew away 1 Common Snipe 1 Ring-billed Gull - flyby 1 Mourning Dove 8 Chimney Swift 1 Downy Woodpecker 3 Barn Swallow - flyby 1 Tree Swallow - flyby 1 American Crow 1 Carolina Ckickadee 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 American Robin 1 Northern Mockingbird 5 European Starling 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Prothontary Warbler - swamp section 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Chipping Sparrow 24 species National Zoo & part of Rock Creek Park near Spectacled Bear exhibit: 6 Double-crested Cormorant - flyby in V-form 1 Great Blue Heron 388? Black-crowned Night Heron - possible 193 nests and two last year juv. (will try count again on May 21st) 1 Yellow-crowned Night Heron - Rock Creek 2 Canada Goose 41 Mallard - 26.15 8 Wood Duck - 4.4 1 Cooper's Hawk 3 Ring-billed Gull 2 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Phoebe 3 Tree Swallow 1 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 3 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1 Hermit Thrush 6 American Robin 4 Gray Catbird 2 Northern Mockingbird 34 European Starling 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Northern Parula 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 4 Northern Cardinal 2 Song Sparrow 1 "Slate-colored" Junco 5 House Finch 38 House Sparrow 33 species Will have time for all day on Sun May 21st to count the nests again and herons too. Yesterday was only short time until 1pm and had to leave for work. Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send online invitations with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com ========================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey =========================================================================