May Count list

Geoff Graff (ggraff@erols.com)
Sat, 08 May 1999 20:59:56 -0400 

This is the May Count report at Crmwell Valley Park:

Birds seen or heard:

   9  Double-crested Cormorant
   1  Great Blue Heron
   1  Green-backed Heron
  14  Canada Goose 
   4  Mallard
   1  Wood Duck
   8  Turkey Vulture
   2  Black Vulture
   1  N. Harrier (seen by other groups)
   1  Cooper's Hawk (seen by other groups)
   2  Am. Kestrel
   4  Solitary Sandpiper
   1  Spotted Sandpiper
   3  Semipalmated Sandpiper
  14  Mourning Dove
   2  Great Horned Owl (one owlet seen on top of nest)
  13  Chimney Swift
   1  Ruby-throated Hummingbird (seen by others)
   1  Belted Kingfisher
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   2  N. Flicker
  *1  E. Wood-Pewee (I haven't seen this bird in years)
   1  E. Pheobe (this bird has a albino left wing)
   3  E. Kingbird
  38  Tree Swallow
   6  N. Rough-winged Swallow
  24  Cliff Swallow (12 nests found under bridge at Loch Raven Drive 
      near Cromwell Bridge Rd.) 
  48  Barn Swallow
   7  Am. Crow
  26  Blue Jay
   5  Carolina Chickadee
   1  Tufted Titmouse
   3  Carolina Wren
   4  House Wren 
   2  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  17  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  10  E. Bluebird
   1  Veery
  27  Am. Robin
  32  Gray Catbird
   6  N. Mockingbird
  11  European Starling
   7  White-eyed Vireo
   3  Warbling Vireo
   2  Red-eyed Vireo
   1  Blue-winged Warbler (seen by others)
   1  N. Parula
  10  Yellow Warbler
   1  Chestnut-sided Warbler
   2  Magnolia Warbler
  10  Black-throated Blue Warbler
   7  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   1  Prairie Warbler
  14  Blackpoll Warbler
  17  Black-and-white Warbler
  38  Am. Redstart
   1  Worm-eating Warbler
   1  Ovenbird
   5  N. Waterthrush
   1  Louisiana Waterthrush
  42  C. Yellowthroat
   1  Canada Warbler
  *1  Yelow-breasted Chat - lifelist   
   2  Scarlet Tanager (seen by others)
  10  N. Cardinal
   2  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
   2  Indigo Bunting
   1  E. Towhee
  19  Chipping Sparrow
   2  Field Sparrow
   6  Song Sparrow
   7  Swamp Sparrow
   4  White-throated Sparrow
 120  Bobolink (scattered across last field on left upstream)
  43  Red-winged Blackbird
  22  C. Grackle
   2  Brown-headed Cowbird
  10  Orchard Oriole
  22  Baltimore Oriole
   2  House Finch
  26  Am. Goldfinch
   4  House Sparrow


A total of 82 species counted from 8am to 1:30pm. This is the best walk 
in the history of Cromwell Valley Park. Two years ago, we had a high 
count of 65 species.  


        Kevin Graff
        Baltimore, MD
        ggraff@erols.com