Did some birding at Cromwell Valley Park in the morning and at Baltimore Zoo in the afternoon. Cromwell Valley Park - Cromwell Bridge Rd. 12 Common Loon - breeding plumage flyby north 3 Great Blue Heron 20 Canada Geese 1 Mallard 7 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 1 Spotted Sandpiper 9 Ring-billed Gull 22 Mourning Dove - many at nest 1 Yellow-billed Cuckoo - lifelist #303 13 Chimney Swift 2 Belted Kingfisher 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Phoebe 4 Eastern Kingbird 18 Tree Swallow 1 N. Rough-winged Swallow 24 Barn Swallow 2 Blue Jay 15 Am. Crow 1 Carolina Chickadee 1 Carolina Wren 2 House Wren 1 Golden-crowned Kinglet 1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 9 Eastern Bluebird 15 Am. Robin 8 Gray Catbird 9 N. Mockingbird 11 European Starling 1 White-eyed Vireo 1 Yellow-throated Vireo - a pair was building nest a week ago 1 Red-eyed Vireo 1 Nashville Warbler 2 Northern Parula 11 Yellow Warbler 1 Cape May Warbler 7 "Yellow-rumped" Warbler (I like this name better than Myrtle) 8 Black & White Warbler 5 Am. Redstart 3 Louisiana Waterthrush 4 Common Yellowthroat 10 Northern Cardinal 1 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1 Blue Grosbeak 1 Indigo Bunting 8 Chipping Sparrow 4 Song Sparrow 3 Bobolink 17 Red-winged Blackbird 1 Eastern Meadowlark 10 Common Grackle 2 Brown-headed Cowbird 6 Orchard Oriole - 1 nest building 17 Baltimore Oriole - 5 nest building 4 House Finch 8 Am. Goldfinch 9 House Sparrow The Baltimore Zoo 1 Great Blue Heron 1 Green-backed Heron 1 Black-crowned Night Heron 6 Canada Geese - a pair with 4 gosling 2 Wood Duck 60 Mallard 1 Turkey Vulture 1 Red-tailed Hawk 2 Spotted Sandpiper 21 Ring-billed Gull 5 Herring Gull 28 Rock Dove 10 Mourning Dove 1 Great Horned Owl 11 Chimney Swift 1 Belted Kingfisher 2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 1 Downy Woodpecker 1 Northern Flicker 2 Eastern Phoebe 1 Eastern Kingbird 2 Rough-winged Swallow 2 Barn Swallow 4 Blue Jay 25 Am. Crow 4 Carolina Chickadee 1 White-breasted Nuthatch 1 Carolina Wren 2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7 Veery 1 Hermit Thrush 2 Wood Thrush 10 Am. Robin 44 Gray Catbird 13 N. Mockingbird 56 European Starling 4 White-eyed Vireo 1 Philadelphia Vireo 2 Northern Parula 1 Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 Magnolia Warbler 2 Black-throated Blue Warbler 2 "Yellow-rumped" Warbler 1 Bay-breasted Warbler 5 Black & White Warbler 4 Am. Redstart 1 Ovenbird 1 Northern Waterthrush 1 Louisiana Waterthrush 5 Common Yellowthroat 1 Canada Warbler 1 Scarlet Tanager 15 Northern Cardinal 1 Eastern Towhee 1 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 6 Red-winged Blackbird 5 Common Grackle 5 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 Baltimore Oriole 4 House Finch 58 House Sparrow The total species at Cromwell Valley was down and was up at the Baltimore Zoo during May Count. 59 species at Cromwell Valley (65 in 1997) and 64 species at Baltimore Zoo (54 in 1997). Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD ggraff@erols.com