Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 19:44:31 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Lake Roland trip 5/9/01 In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20010510135706.00a0f930@pop.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi, Yesterday, I joined Peter Martin and 5 other observers from Irvine Nature Center on a birdwalk to Lake Roland and got 59 species. Highlight was 11 species of warblers. Although, the group left about a quarter mile before the loop at north end near the marsh. We had 9 species of warblers. I went on to complete the loop and try out the lower trail along side of the creek, just below the loop trail, I had Kentucky Warbler and Louisiana Waterthrush. At the concrete box where we get good view of the marsh, an 3rd year Bald Eagle was flushed and mobbed by blackbirds and several Solitary Sandpiper seen there. Before the loop, I checked the mudflats from the steps off the trail and got 2 Killdeer, 20+ Solitary Sandpiper, 2 Spotted Sandpiper, and a Least Sandpiper. Very good day after a small delay of our trip early that morning by light rain that ended at 8am. 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Green-backed Heron 1 Yellow-crowned Night Heron 14 Canada Goose 10 Mallard 1 Wood Duck 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Bald Eagle 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Killdeer 29 Solitary Sandpiper 2 Spotted Sandpiper 1 Least Sandpiper 8 Mourning Dove 2 Yellow-billed Cuckoo 13 Chimney Swift 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 2 Northern Flicker 1 Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 14 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 20 Barn Swallow 2 Blue Jay 8 American Crow 2 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 House Wren 2 Eastern Bluebird 1 Veery 6 American Robin 1 Gray Catbird 4 Northern Mockingbird 7 European Starling 1 Cedar Waxwing 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 2 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Northern Parula 1 Black-throated Blue Warbler 34 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Blackburnian Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Blackpoll Warbler 2 American Redstart 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 1 Kentucky Warbler 3 Common Yellowthroat 1 Canada Warbler 4 Northern Cardinal 1 Scarlet Tanager 1 Chipping Sparrow 1 Song Sparrow 6 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Common Grackle 4 Baltimore Oriole 4 House Finch 5 American Goldfinch 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================