Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 18:56:16 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Hawk Watch Ridge bird survey report MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sorry for the late report, been busy on the Hawk Watch Project everyday trying to finish up before the meeting with the park director, design planner, planning zoning person and possible the city council at the Rec. and Park building on Thurs May 25th at 9am (the meeting was suppose to be on Wed at 10am, but was changed). Birds seen at Hawk Watch Ridge: 5/3 (9am-11:30am) = 43 species 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle - 2nd 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 4 Mourning Dove 8 Chimney Swift 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Great-crested Flycatcher 3 Least Flycatcher 3 Acadian Flycatcher 23 Empidonax flycatcher sp. (unusual numbers) 1 Tree Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 8 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 1 Fish Crow 2 Carolina Chickadee 2 Veery 1 Wood Thrush 2 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 7 European Starling 1 White-eyed Vireo 8 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Northern Parula 6 Yellow Warbler 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler - female 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Black-and-white Warbler 2 Ovenbird 1 Common Yellowthroat 2 Northern Cardinal 4 Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2 pairs 4 Eastern Towhee 2 Chipping Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 9 White-throated Sparrow 2 Common Grackle 1 Baltimore Oriole - male 2 House Finch 5 House Sparrow 5/5 (8:30am-11am) = 28 species w/ Elliot Kirschbaum 1 Rock Dove 3 Mourning Dove 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Blue Jay 4 American Crow 2 Carolina Chickadee 1 Carolina Wren 1 House Wren 1 Veery 1 American Robin 5 Gray Catbird 2 European Starling 3 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Yellow Warbler 10 Yellow-rumped Warbler 3 Black-throated Blue Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 3 Scarlet Tanager 4 Eastern Towhee 4 Northern Cardinal 1 Song Sparrow 3 White-throated Sparrow 1 Baltimore Oriole - male 10 House Finch 9 House Sparrow 5/8 (9am-11:30am) = 31 species 1 Rock Dove 4 Mourning Dove 3 Chimney Swift 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Barn Swallow 2 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 2 Carolina Chickadee 2 Veery 1 Wood Thrush 1 Swainson's Thrush 1 Gray-cheeked Thrush (new ridge list #122?) 2 American Robin 6 Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 3 European Starling 2 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Yellow Warbler 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Ovenbird 2 Common Yellowthroat 4 Eastern Towhee 4 Northern Cardinal 2 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 7 House Finch 1 American Goldfinch 10 House Sparrow 5/18 (11:30am-1:30pm) = 29 species w/ John Fishback 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Rock Dove 4 Mourning Dove 4 Chimney Swift 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 2 Blue Jay 7 American Crow 2 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 1 Veery 2 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 1 Northern Mockingbird 1 Cedar Waxwing 8 European Starling 2 Red-eyed Vireo 2 Yellow Warbler 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Yellow-throated Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 2 Common Yellowthroat 4 Northern Cardinal 2 Eastern Towhee 4 Common Grackle 1 House Finch 6 House Sparrow Also I had a new yard list on 5/5 at 8:09pm, an adult Black-crowned Night Heron on a pond edge and he probably caught some baby goldfish and took off and landed at nearby tree at the ridge (now #121 at the site), my yard list now more than 100. I went to see the heron nests at Wyman Park on 5/4 and saw three pairs of YCNH on nests and about 35-40 species total including a pair of Cerulean Warbler. On Thurs, John Fishback came to help to identify plants and trees. He is a Natural Resource Ecologist. we had about 90 species of plants and trees and still there are more but are not ready to bloom until late summer and we can check on more later on. Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================