Birds seen at Cromwell Valley today: 1 Great Blue Heron 6 Canada Goose 2 Mallard 17 Turkey Vulture 11 Black Vulture 1 Bald Eagle (ad.) 1 Cooper's Hawk 1 Broad-winged Hawk 3 Red-tailed Hawk (female seen near nest) 1 Am. Kestrel 3 Rock Dove 16 Mourning Dove 1 Great Horned Owl 48 Chimney Swift 2 Belted Kingfisher 4 N. Flicker 1 E. Phoebe 2 E. Kingbird 12 Tree Swallow 15 N. Rough-winged Swallow 22 Barn Swallow 17 Am. Crow 25 Blue Jay 1 Carolina Chickadee 4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet 43 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8 E. Bluebird 18 Am. Robin 1 Gray Catbird 8 N. Mockingbird 1 Brown Thrasher 7 European Starling 1 White-eyed Vireo 2 Yellow Warbler 3 Yellow-rumped Warbler 2 Palm Warbler 1 N. Waterthrush 8 N. Cardinal 16 Chipping Sparrow 2 Song Sparrow 2 White-throated Sparrow 15 Red-winged Blackbird 4 C. Grackle 1 BH Cowbird 2 Orchard Oriole 4 Baltimore Oriole 4 House Finch 13 Am. Goldfinch 10 House Sparrow Kevin Graff Baltimore, MD ggraff@erols.com