Backyard Hawk Watch (est. 1992) 3812 White Ave. between Belair Rd. and Walther Ave. Just inside Interstate 695 Beltway in NE Baltimore City SPECIES SEASON 1998 1997 TV+ 593* 525 362 BV+ 36 49 13 GE (imm.) 1 1 3 BE (11 ad. & 21 imm.) 32* 22 9 NH+ 37 48 25 SS+ 384* 260 106 CH+ 229* 153 82 NG (2 ad. males & 2 imm.) 4* 1 2 RS+ 194* 108 51 BW+ 12,113* 11,782 4,324 RT+ 890* 526 339 RL 5 7 14 OS+ 84* 48 20 AK+ 136* 64 23 ML 36* 15 7 PG 5* 4 2 SW - 1 n/a UA+ 2 3 4 UB 8 3 3 UF 2 1 n/a UR 2 n/a n/a 14,793* 13,621 5,338 Non-Raptor SEASON 1998 Common Loon 41* 21 Red-throated Loon 4* 2 Double-cr. Cormorant 95 141 Great Blue Heron 12* 4 Tundra Swan 75 78 Canada Goose 2,338 2,934 Snow Goose 149 230 Am. Black Duck 2 n/a Northern Pintail 4 n/a Short-billed Dowitcher 9 n/a Common Snipe 1 n/a Laughing Gull 1 n/a Ring-billed Gull 135 467 Common Nighthawk 63 188 Chimney Swift+ 2,082 4,486 Ruby-th. Hummingbird 7* 1 Belted Kingfisher 1 (male) n/a Downy Woodpecker 1 2 Northern Flicker+ 18* 5 Eastern Phoebe 3 ? Least Flycatcher 1 n/a Eastern Kingbird 3 n/a Purple Martin 5 n/a Barn Swallow 175* 3 Tree Swallow+ 149* 5 N. Rough-winged Swallow 35 n/a Am. Crow 699 n/a Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 n/a Ruby-crowned Kinglet 107* 11 Golden-crowned Kinglet 48* 7 Eastern Bluebird 6 n/a Gray Catbird 8 ? N. Mockingbird 2 n/a Hermit Thrush 3 4 Am. Robin+ 1,281* 866 Blue Jay+ 2,914* 576 Cedar Waxwing 170* 30 Red-eyed Vireo 1 n/a Nashville Warbler 1 n/a Yellow Warbler 1 (imm.) 1 Black-th. Blue Warbler 1 (female) n/a Black-and-white Warbler 2 n/a Am. Redstart 4 n/a Bobolink 3 n/a Am. Tree Sparrow 1 ? Chipping Sparrow 7 ? Song Sparrow 28 ? White-throated Sparrow 103* 63 Swamp Sparrow 1 n/a "Slate-colored" Junco 95* 51 Unid. sparrow sp. 281 ? Red-winged Blackbird 60 n/a Common Grackle+ 84 n/a Pine Siskin 3 n/a Am. Goldfinch+ 136* 50 Evening Grosbeak 1 n/a Scarlet Tanager+ 1 (female) n/a House Finch+ 26 n/a Purple Finch 3 3 Unid. non-raptor sp.+ 1,502 4,283 (including sparrow) 13,001 14,539 (33 species) Butterfly SEASON 1998 Monarch+ 6,595 7,399 Question Mark 1 n/a Mourning Cloak 5 n/a Red Admiral 4 n/a American Lady 11 n/a 6,616 7,399 + reported by other observers Standard hawk species identifier codes used: TV= Turkey Vulture, BV= Black Vulture, GE= Golden Eagle, BE= Bald Eagle, NH= N. Harrier, SS= Sharp-shinned Hawk, CH= Cooper's Hawk, NG= N. Goshawk, RS= Red-shouldered Hawk, BW= Broad-winged Hawk, RT= Red-tailed Hawk, RL= Rough-legged Hawk, OS= Osprey, AK= Am. Kestrel, ML= Merlin, PG= Peregrine Falcon, SW= Swainson's Hawk, UA= Unidentified Accipiter, UB= Unidentified Buteo, UF= Unidentified Falcon, UR= Unidentified Raptor.