Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 18:33:46 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Loch Raven Reservoir 1/28/03 In-Reply-To: <011501c2c719$d44114e0$aaa1c7cf@mdatlasxz1p6g> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Club" Observers: Elliot Kirschbaum, Paul Noell, Gail Frantz & Kevin Graff Weather: MC, very cold, 15 degree Ice cover in reservoir increasing to 90 percent 1 Common Loon (seen by others) 2 Pied-billed Grebe 3980 Canada Goose (90 flocks to nearby field) 12 Mallard 6 American Black Duck 4 Gadwall 21 American Wigeon 63 Ring-necked Duck 1 Bufflehead? (in distance) 3 Common Merganser 6 Hooded Merganser 4 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 8 Ring-billed Gull 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 17 Northern Flicker 3 Downy Woodpecker 8 Blue Jay 15 American Crow 6 Carolina Chickadee 4 Tufted Titmouse 1 Brown Creeper 6 Carolina Wren 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Eastern Bluebird 5 American Robin 4 Northern Mockingbird 7 European Starling 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler 10 Northern Cardinal 1 Song Sparrow 1 Fox Sparrow 11 "Slate-colored" Junco 35 White-throated Sparrow 36 species Very poor birding day, lack of sparrows. One Gray Squirrel was the only mammal today. Later in the day at the meadow, we were delighted to see thousands of Canada Geese headed over to nearby field. Last week I didn't have time to post Loch Raven on 1/21/03. So here is the highlight see by Paul Noell, Gail Frantz, Mary Chetelat and myself. 1 drake Canvasback, 2 Pileated Woodpeckers, 3 Hermit Thrush, more than 100 White-throated Sparrows.... Reminder to all that today trip will be my last one for our weekly trip as I have a full time job starting this Thursday. But I will be around for bird club trip on weekends. Kevin Graff Jarrettsville, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================