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Hi to all,


    Went to Arundel Sand and Gravel Co., north of Harve De Grace with my 
aunt (she work there) to record birds and other animals for Wildlife 
Habitat Council. The Quarry is 600 acres plus 200 more acres north of it 
and the owner is building 2 wetlands, some nestboxes and bird and 
butterfly garden. The owner want to know what animals that can be found 
and what habitat they likes. My aunt and i counted 30 species of birds, 
dozens species of butterflies, 2 does (deer) and fresh tracks of 
raccoons. 

Birds seen:

Double-crested Cormorant -    6
Mallard -                     7
Turkey Vulture -              9
Black Vulture -               6
Red-tailed Hawk -             2
Ring-billed Gull -           32
Herring Gull -                1
Great Black-backed Gull -     1
Mourning Dove -               5
Downy Woodpecker -            6
C. Flicker -                  3
N. Rough-winged Swallow -     3
Am. Crow -                   21
Fish Crow -                   2
Blue Jay -                   40
Carolina Chickadee -         11
Tufted Titmouse -             1
Brown Creeper -               1*  in woods near the new wetlands
Ruby-crowned Kinglet -        3
Hermit Thrush -               1
Am. Robin -                  58
N. Mockingbird -              8
European Starling -          20
N. Cardinal -                 9
Chipping Sparrow -            5
Fox Sparrow -                 1*  in heavy thickets near new wetlands
Song Sparrow -               18
White-throated Sparrow -     33
"Slate-colored" Junco -      43
Red-winged Blackbird -        1


         Kevin Graff
         Baltimore, MD
         ggraff@erols.com

Note: This Quarry is a private land.

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