Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 17:01:24 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Horsehead Wetlands Center 10/14/01 In-Reply-To: <20011013214337.92109.qmail@web20807.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This is the report for Wildfowl Trust of North America at Horsehead Wetlands Center in Grasonville, Queen Anne's County, Maryland on 10/14/01 Observer: Kevin Graff 3 Double-crested Cormorant 2 Great Blue Heron 1 Snowy Egret 5 Mute Swan 1,557 Canada Goose (Kent Is., seen from tower) 61 Mallard 8 American Black Duck 2 Wood Duck 3 American Wigeon (landed at Visitor Center Pond) 90 Ruddy Duck (Canoe Landing: Marshy Creek) 5 Turkey Vulture 1 Northern Harrier (male) 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-tailed Hawk (town) 1 Osprey 1 Greater Yellowleg 1 Lesser Yellowleg 1 Solitary Sandpiper 8 Laughing Gull 9 Ring-billed Gull 12 Herring Gull 2 Great Black-backed Gull 13 Forster's Tern 8 Mourning Dove 1 Great Horned Owl 9 Chimney Swift 1 Downy Woodpecker 6 Northern Flicker 1 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 1 Eastern Phoebe 17 Blue Jay 5 American Crow 3 Fish Crow 156 Tree Swallow (many headed south) 1 Northern Rough-winged Swallow (with Tree Sw.) 2 Carolina Chickadee 1 Brown-headed Nuthatch 8 Golden-crowned Kinglet 6 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1 Veery (woods at Cabin Creek Rd.) 2 Hermit Thrush 1 American Robin (Cabin Creek Rd.) 3 Gray Catbird (all at Cabin Creek Rd.) 10 Northern Mockingbird 2 American Pipit (flyby) 107 European Starling 52 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Chipping Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 12 "Slate-colored" Junco 6 Northern Cardinal 31 Red-winged Blackbird 64 Common Grackle 7 House Finch 29 American Goldfinch 57 species Mammals 12 Gray Squirrel 7 Eastern Cottontail 1 White-tailed Deer (doe) Butterflies 1 American Lady 11 Painted Lady 1 Red Admiral 5 Monarch 1 Variegated Fritillary 1 Meadow Fritillary Plan to expand wildlife inventory including adding fishes. Saw three different kinds, one was Striped Killifish. Will ask my boss about the other two. Reminder to all that the Baltimore Bird Club is having a birdwalk here at Horsehead and optional trip to Terripan on Nov. 10. Meeting place at Nursery Rd Park and Ride at 7am or at the gate in Horsehead at 8am. Bring lunch or get one at several fast food places on Rt 50. We will be looking for rafts of ducks, wintering sparrows, and other species. Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================