May Count

Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Sun, 10 May 1998 23:23:36 -0400 

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