Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 18:12:06 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: BBC trip: VA and MD In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20010422202338.00796100@mail.bcpl.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, A little late. Things to do last night. Baltimore Bird Club had a birdwalk yesterday morning with 7 observers attended. Highlight of the day at the Huntley Meadows Park was a Hooded Warbler seen well by all and a Pileated Woodpecker on ground behind Visitor Center. No King Rail or Am. Bittern there. Highlight at the Piscataway Park was several singing Prothonotary Warblers in breeding territories and seen well, and a Barred Owl heard. Also after Osprey caught a fish, an imm. Bald Eagle try to grab it but the fish fell into the river. A total of 70 species seen or heard unless I'm missing any other birds at one of these three sites or missing some numbers. Nursery Rd Park and Ride (BBC carpool headquarters) Anne Arundel County, MD 2 Common Loon 2 Double-crested Cormorant 3 Great Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron (Rt 295 S, near park and ride) 2 Wood Duck 2 Black Vulture (6pm, flew over Pete Webb's gas station, across street from mine on Nursery Rd) 4 Rock Dove 1 Mourning Dove 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 11 Blue Jay 3 American Crow 1 Carolina Wren 4 American Robin 16 Cedar Waxwing 8 European Starling 1 Common Yellowthroat 10 American Goldfinch 18 species Huntley Meadows Park (VA) 7 Great Blue Heron - flyby 5 Great Egret 1 Green-backed Heron 26 Canada Goose 10 Mallard 1 Wood Duck 2 Green-winged Teal 4 Blue-winged Teal 1 Hooded Merganser 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 2 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Osprey 2 American Coot 1 Killdeer 3 Ring-billed Gull 5 Mourning Dove 1 Chimney Swift - outside of the park 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Downy Woodpecker 3 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 3 Eastern Phoebe 4 Tree Swallow 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 Barn Swallow 13 Blue Jay 66 American Crow - mobbed owl/hawk?? behind center 9 Fish Crow 8 Carolina Chickadee 5 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Carolina Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 21 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Eastern Bluebird 4 American Robin 3 White-eyed Vireo 5 Red-eyed Vireo 8 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 3 Palm Warbler - near observation tower 1 Black-and-white Warbler 1 Ovenbird 8 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler 8 Northern Cardinal 6 Swamp Sparrow 4 White-throated Sparrow 35 Red-winged Blackbird - some flyby 2 Rusty Blackbird - flyby 5 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 7 American Goldfinch 55 species Piscataway Park "Hard Bargain Farm Environmental Center - Accokeek Creek", Prince George Co., MD 4 Common Loon 7 Double-crested Cormorant 8 Great Blue Heron 6 Canada Goose 3 Greater Scaup - 2 drakes 1 Canvasback 2 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 2 Osprey 1 Caspain Tern 1 Barred Owl - heard 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 5 Tree Swallow 1 Blue Jay 6 American Crow 1 Carolina Wren 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4 Eastern Bluebird 1 Northern Parula 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 Prothonotary Warbler 3 Northern Cardinal 2 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 5 Red-winged Blackbird 26 species Several snapping turtles seen at Huntley Meadows inclu ding one right next to a boardwalk. Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD hawkwatch_21206@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================