Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 19:31:42 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Loch Raven Reservoir, 1/1/04 In-Reply-To: <006d01c3d0bc$f5146750$3d551a40@your6kr4zxld90> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, Loch Raven Reservoir, "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Club," Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore Co., MD - 1/1/04 Time: 8:30am-1130am Observers: Elliot & Nancy Kirschbaum, Kevin Graff, John Landers & Paul Noell Weather: MS, 37 to 50 degree, N 15-20 mph early, increasing clouds with WNW 5 mph later 2 Pied-billed Grebe 1 Horned Grebe 1 Great Blue Heron 2 Black Vulture 3 Turkey Vulture 4456 Canada Goose 3 Tundra Swan 4 Gadwall 120 American Wigeon 2 American Black Duck 10 Mallard 81 Redhead 360 Ring-necked Duck 1 Lesser Scaup 9 Bufflehead 28 Hooded Merganser 3 Common Merganser 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk 596 American Coot 25 Ring-billed Gull 1 Herring Gull 1 Mourning Dove 1 Belted Kingfisher 5 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Hairy Woodpecker 5 Northern Flicker 1 Pileated Woodpecker 6 Blue Jay 9 American Crow 11 Carolina Chickadee 3 Tufted Titmouse 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch 2 White-breasted Nuthatch 3 Carolina Wren 5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6 Eastern Bluebird 1 American Robin 4 Northern Mockingbird 11 European Starling 2 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Eastern Towhee 10 Chipping Sparrow 2 Field Sparrow 1 Fox Sparrow 22 Song Sparrow 1 Swamp Sparrow 68 White-throated Sparrow 14 "Slate-colored" Junco 26 Northern Cardinal 3 American Goldfinch 5938 52 species Mammals 4 Gray Squirrel 9 White-tailed Deer 1 Red Fox Also earlier I had 409 Canada Goose, 2 Mallard, 87 Ring-necked Duck, 7 Hooded Merganser, 13 Common Merganser, 6 Ring-billed Gull, 9 Rock Pigeon, 1 Northern Flicker, 6 Am. Crow, & 5 European Starling at 745am at Dulaney Valley Road bridge and the other group had a Bald Eagle at #1 bridge. We met at a wrong bridge. I was told that every Tues they meet at Loch Raven Dr bridge#1 at 745, not at #2 bridge. Earlier Elliot posted some birds and mention about me on another trip. After Loch Raven, I went home for lunch and headed north for Long-eared Owls reported at Octoraro Lake at Lancaster/Chester Counties border. Nothing found. I spent many years trying to get Long-eared Owls in Maryland and other states. The birding was bad at the lake so I move on to Muddy Run Reservoir in southwest Lancaster County and got better birds there. 6,988+ Snow Geese, 1 Ross' Goose, 1914 Canada Goose, 424 Am. Black Duck, 259 Mallard and few ducks, 1 Great Horned Owl and 1 Short-eared Owl with a total of 36 species there. I cannot post full list because this is out of state ****Offlist**** Kevin Graff Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made the Top Yahoo! Searches of 2003 http://search.yahoo.com/top2003 ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================