[MDOsprey] Western Maryland - 7/14

Gregory B Miller (gregorym@erols.com)
Sun, 18 Jul 1999 20:30:05 -0400


Howdy All!

Did some July exploration on Wednesday, July 14, visiting Garrett sites
at Backbone Mtn, Oakland area, Cranesville Swamp, Swallow Falls St Pk,
New Germany St Pk, and Allegany sites including Rocky Gap St Pk and
Fifteen-mile Creek Rd, and Frederick areas including Nolan's Ferry,
Lilypons, & Oland Rd.  Partly cloudy and cool in morning 60-75 F with
spotty rain & fog.  Much warmer in afternoon, 80-90 F and sunny.  87
total species:

Great Blue Heron	cranesville
Green Heron		smouse fly-by
Turkey Vulture	
Canada Goose	
Mallard			rocky gap
Cooper's Hawk		maple glade-wet area
Broad-winged Hawk	swfalls
Red-tailed Hawk		lilypons
American Kestrel	
Ruffed Grouse		snaggy
Wild Turkey		gravel hill rd
Killdeer	
Rock Dove	
Mourning Dove	
Black-billed Cuckoo	backbone
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	lilypons
Chimney Swift		twin churches rd
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	sanders ln fly-by
Belted Kingfisher	lilypons
Red-bellied Woodpecker	15-mile creek rd
Downy Woodpecker	maple glade
Hairy Woodpecker	snaggy
Northern (Yellow-shafted) Flicker	swfalls camping
Eastern Wood-Pewee	
Acadian Flycatcher	
Eastern Phoebe	
Great Crested Flycatcher	sanders ln - lilypons
Eastern Kingbird	park mills rd
Blue-headed Vireo	N end of snaggy-swfalls
Red-eyed Vireo	
Blue Jay	
American Crow	
Fish Crow		lilypons
Common Raven		n end of snaggy-sw falls
N. Rough-winged Swallow	nolan's ferry - lilypons
Cliff Swallow		1st red barn on chestnut ridge rd
Barn Swallow	
Black-capped Chickadee	
Tufted Titmouse	
White-breasted Nuthatch	
Brown Creeper		n end of snaggy
House Wren	
Winter Wren		backbone at steepest incline
Golden-crowned Kinglet	swallow falls- swfalls / cheeks rd
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	15-mile creek rd
Eastern Bluebird	
Veery	snaggy
Hermit Thrush		behind md motel on 50 / table rock rd
Wood Thrush	
American Robin	
Gray Catbird	
Northern Mockingbird	cranesville
European Starling	
Cedar Waxwing	
Golden-winged Warbler	n end of snaggy
Northern Parula		sw falls trail
Yellow Warbler	
Chestnut-sided Warbler	backbone trailer
Magnolia Warbler	swfalls
Black-throated Blue Warbler	backbone-table rock/50-maple glade-swfalls
Black-throated Green Warbler	snaggy-backbone-maple glade-swfalls
Blackburnian Warbler	maple glade-s.f. campground
Cerulean Warbler	maple glade s.f. parking-0.4
American Redstart	maple glade-swfalls
Ovenbird		backbone
Common Yellowthroat	
Hooded Warbler		snaggy-backbone-maple glade
Canada Warbler		backbone (near trailer)
Scarlet Tanager	
Eastern Towhee	
Chipping Sparrow	
Field Sparrow		backbone-cranesville
Savannah Sparrow	smouse-jasper riley
Grasshopper Sparrow	cranesville
Song Sparrow	
Swamp Sparrow		snaggy-cranesville
Northern Cardinal	
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	cranesville
Indigo Bunting	
Dickcissel		oland rd
Red-winged Blackbird	
Eastern Meadowlark	
Common Grackle	
Brown-headed Cowbird	
House Finch	
American Goldfinch	
House Sparrow	

-- 
Greg Miller
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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