Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 17:44:27 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Woodstock/Granite - SW Baltimore County, 4/27/03 In-Reply-To: <3EAC5969.9631214D@bcpl.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all Today, Baltimore Bird Club trip led by Keith Eric Costley and 11 observers saw 69 species at Woodstock/Granite area of Patapsco Valley State Park. Location: entire trails of Woodstock/Granite around Woodstock Job Corps Center, roughly about 5 miles walked. Weather: low 60 early, chilly, fog lifted by 7am, rose to 70 degree and warm, MS 6 Common Loon (flyby north) 1 Great Blue Heron 7 Canada Goose 1 Mallard (probably 2, since hen at nest) 3 Wood Duck 6 Black Vulture 16 Turkey Vulture 1 Northern Harrier 2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 2 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Osprey 1 Rock Dove 8 Mourning Dove 12 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 5 Eastern Phoebe 5 Tree Swallow 6 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 17 Barn Swallow 47 Blue Jay (2 prs. nest carrying, rest headed N) 15 American Crow 1 Fish Crow 9 Carolina Chickadee 2 Tufted Titmouse 1 Carolina Wren 1 House Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 2 Hermit Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 14 American Robin 3 Northern Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 3 European Starling 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Blue-headed Vireo 4 Yellow-throated Vireo 1 Red-eyed Vireo 9 Northern Parula 2 Yellow Warbler 43 Yellow-rumped Warbler 1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Pine Warbler 7 Prairie Warbler (6 prs. claimed territories) 3 Palm Warbler 3 Black-and-white warbler 1 Prothonotary Warbler 5 Ovenbird 4 Louisiana Waterthrush 1? Common Yellowthroat 1 Scarlet Tanager 8 Northern Cardinal 1 Eastern Towhee 7 Chipping Sparrow 14 Field Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 19 White-throated Sparrow 6 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Common Grackle 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 5 American Goldfinch 3 House Sparrow 69 species Mammals 2 Gray Squirrel 2 White-tailed Deer 1 Red Fox Amphibian 1 American Toad 1 Southern Leopard Frog? Butterflies 2 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 2 Spring Azure 1 Common Buckeye 10 Cabbage White Kevin Graff Jarrettsville, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================