Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 20:16:55 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: IMBD - Cromwell Valley Park/Baltimore Zoo - 5/10/03 long In-Reply-To: <000d01c3135f$9438ff10$867021a2@DOWNSTAIRS> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii International Migratory Bird Day - May 10, 2003 Cromwell Valley Park - my 8th May Count since 1996 Location: Willow Grove Farm & Sherwood Farm section of Cromwell, wooded section near Sanders Restaurant and Gunpowder Falls along Loch Raven Dr. Observers: 1st party - Kevin Graff, Carol Schreter, Simon & Cecilia Calle 2nd party: Jim & Joanne Meyers Weather: overcast at 730am, rain at 845am and stop after 11am, weak sun through clouds at 1115am, around noon clouds broke up and sun came, low cloud cover, 60 to 72 degree, chilly to warm Time: 730am to 2pm, usually finsih by 1130am,but with rain, it slowed us down, we didn't give up while counting in the rain 10 Common Loon 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Snowy Egret (flyby at 730am) 12 Canada Goose (1m, 1f, 5babies; 1m, 1f, 3babies) 2 Wood Duck 1 Black Vulture 6 Turkey Vulture 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Red-shouldered Hawk 2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Osprey 1 Solitary Sandpiper 1 Rock Dove 8 Mourning Dove 2 Chimney Swift 1 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Great-crested Flycatcher 3 Eastern Kingbird 11 Tree Swallow 19 Barn Swallow 3 Blue Jay 9 American Crow 5 Carolina Chickadee 1 Tufted Titmouse 2 Carolina Wren 2 House Wren 16 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9 Eastern Bluebird 1 Wood Thrush 27 American Robin 8 Gray Catbird 8 Northern Mockingbird 2 Brown Thrasher 17 European Starling 1 Cedar Waxwing 4 White-eyed Vireo 4 Warbling Vireo 1 Blue-winged Warbler 10 Yellow Warbler 2 Chestnut-sided Warbler 2 Magnolia Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 3 Black-throated Green Warbler 1 Pine Warbler 1 Prairie Warbler 9 Black-n-white Warbler 20 American Redstart 1 Worm-eating Warbler 2 Ovenbird 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 22 Common Yellowthroat 1 Hooded Warbler - female 2 Wilson's Warbler 1 Canada Warbler 3 Scarlet Tanager 6 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Blue Grosbeak 4 Indigo Bunting 4 Eastern Towhee 14 Northern Cardinal 12 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 Swamp Sparrow 6 White-throated Sparrow 16 Bobolink 31 Red-winged Blackbird 21 Common Grackle 1 Brown-headed Cowbird 8 Orchard Oriole 11 Baltimore Oriole 4 House Finch 31 American Goldfinch 1 House Sparrow 77 species - second best, first was 82 in 199? Mammals 1 Eastern Chipmunk 6 Gray Squirrel 4 White-tailed Deer Amphibians 6 American Toad Butterflies 3 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 3 Cabbage White 1 Clouded Sulfer 2 Eastern Tailed Blue 18 Spring Azure 3 Pearl Cresent 1 Red Admiral Dragonflies - I'm still learing about them 1 Common Green Darner The Baltimore Zoo - my 6th? May Count since 1996 Location: the zoo, Druid Hill Lake, and the northern part of the Druid Hill Park Observer: Kevin Graff Weather: Mostly Cloudy, warm, 70 degree Time 230pm to 630pm 1 Double-crested Cormorant 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 12 Canada Goose 21 Mallard 2 American Black Duck 1 Wood Duck 4 Ruddy Duck (Druid Hill Lake) 3 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 5 Ring-billed Gull 5 Herring Gull 2 Great Black-backed Gull 35 Rock Dove 13 Mourning Dove 1 Common Nighthawk (catching flies at 350pm) 37 Chimney Swift 1 Northern Flicker 3 Eastern Phoebe 2 Eastern Kingbird 5 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 Barn Swallow 3 Blue Jay 14 American Crow 6 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 15 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 19 American Robin 44 Gray Catbird (most common at zoo since 1990's) 5 Northern Mockingbird 41 European Starling 1 Yellow-throated Vireo 4 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow Warbler 1 Cape May Warbler 6 Black-throated Blue Warbler 11 Yellow-rumped Warbler 5 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 Bay-breasted Warbler 6 Black-n-white Warbler 10 American Redstart 3 Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush (on puddle on roadside at northern part of Druid Hill Park) 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 3 Common Yellowthroat 1 Scarlet Tanager 2 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 3 Eastern Towhee 9 Northern Cardinal 6 Chipping Sparrow 3 Song Sparrow 6 Red-winged Blackbird 10 Common Grackle 4 Baltimore Oriole 13 House Finch 14 American Goldfinch 34 House Sparrow 58 species - low count, last was 56 in 1996 Mammals 38 Gray Squirrel Reptiles 9 Eastern Painted Turtle 1 Northern Water Snake Butterflies 1 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 4 Cabbage White Very unusual day with 21 species of warblers on a cloudy day and 95 species total both Cromwell and the zoo. The highest I ever had in my 7 years of May Count survey. 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 ======================================================================= =========================================================================