Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 18:51:33 -0800 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Kevin Graff Subject: Balto. & Anne Arundel Counties, 3/17 & 3/19 In-Reply-To: <007f01c40ee0$1a496fa0$cf63a3d1@oemcomputer> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hi all, After making deliveries in northern Baltimore County on Wed and in northern Anne Arundel County yesterday. But on Wed was no lunch break, mostly from roadside birding and a brief walk at the dam. 3/17/04 - 1045am-11am Prettyboy Reservoir "Prettyboy Dam & along road" Prettyboy Dam Rd, Parkton, Baltimore County, MD Weather: MC, heavy overcast, a sprinkle of sleet, 33-34 degree, ENE 5 mph, some sleet up to quarter of inch on ground all over Hereford, Parkton... 1 Great Blue Heron 3 Turkey Vulture 2 Canada Goose 2 Mallard 2 Bufflehead 19 Common Merganser 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 American Kestrel 1 Ring-billed Gull - flyby N 12 Mourning Dove 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 1 Blue Jay 2 American Crow 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 11 American Robin 1 Northern Mockingbird 4 European Starling 1 Song Sparrow 8 "Slate-colored" Junco 13 Common Grackle 2 Purple Finch - private feeder 3 House Finch 93 23 species 3/19/04 - 1130am-12pm Patapsco Valley State Park "Belle Grove area", Belle Grove Rd., Brooklyn, Anne Arundel Co., MD Weather: PC, 42 degree, NNE 10 mph 3 Great Blue Heron 2 Turkey Vulture 13 Canada Goose 1 Mallard 1 Ruddy Duck 1 Red-tailed Hawk 26 Ring-billed Gull - all gulls at east side 2 Herring Gull 2 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Rock Pigeon 7 Mourning Dove 1 American Crow 2 Carolina Chickadee 3 Carolina Wren 10 Hermit Thrush 1 Northern Mockingbird 6 European Starling 1 Field Sparrow 2 Fox Sparrow 5 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 1 "Slate-colored" Junco 5 Northern Cardinal 2 House Sparrow 101 24 species Mammals 1 Gray Squirrel At Belle Grove, most of the passerines was busy feeding in the middle of the island, past the first tower along the path. This morning I was planning to go to Blackwater with Cecil Bird Club, but the groups had left and I miss them. So I decide to do some birding along southern Harford County. A lot of good birds at Rt 24/Rt 40 pond. Up to 14 Tree Swallows there as well as several nesting birds. 1 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW with couple Tree Swallows at Rumsey Island (Gunpowder Falls State Park) in Joppa area. Full report to come up tomorrow as soon as I check on weather report in the morning. Kevin Graff Jarrettsville & Ocean City, MD ocean_city2001@yahoo.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================