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Woodstock/Granite & McKeldin Area of Patapsco Valley SP, 4/25/04

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Kevin Graff

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Mon, 26 Apr 2004 17:07:08 -0700

Hi all,


Baltimore Bird Club trip, 4/25/04

Leader: Keith Eric Costley
Observers: Steve Sanford, Kevin Graff, Cathy Carroll,

           Debbie Terry, Peter Lev, Josie Gray, Anne
           Brooks, Ben Poscover Jr., Peter Asher,
           Colin Green, Joe Corcoran, Ray Mignini,
           Bill Tittle, Anthony Spano, Terry Johnson,
           Dixie Mullineaux, John Corame

730am-1230pm
Patapsco Valley State Park "Woodstock/Granite Area"
along Old Court Rd., Woodstock, Baltimore County, MD
Weather: MC, overcast, 56-62 degree, E 16 mph- ESE 14
         mph

  33  Common Loon
   9  Double-crested Cormorant
   1  Great Blue Heron
   6  Black Vulture
   8  Turkey Vulture
   4  Canada Goose
   1  Wood Duck
   3  Mallard
   1  Bald Eagle - seen by Steve S. only
   1  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1  Cooper's Hawk
   2  Red-shouldered Hawk
  18  Broad-winged Hawk
   4  Red-tailed Hawk
   2  Ring-billed Gull
   2  Rock Pigeon
   3  Mourning Dove
   5  Chimney Swift
   1  Belted Kingfisher
   3  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   2  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
   2  Eastern Phoebe
   2  Yellow-throated Vireo
   2  Blue-headed Vireo
   1  Warbling Vireo
   2  Blue Jay
   3  American Crow
   2  Fish Crow
   1  Tree Swallow (high flyover)
   3  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
   5  Barn Swallow
   8  Carolina Chickadee
   4  Tufted Titmouse
   2  White-breasted Nuthatch
   2  Carolina Wren
   2  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  25  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
   2  Wood Thrush
   5  American Robin
   2  Gray Catbird
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   1  Brown Thrasher
   7  European Starling
   6  Cedar Waxwing
  11  Northern Parula
 149 Yellow-rumped Warbler
   1  Blackburnian Warbler
   1  Pine Warbler
   4  Prairie Warbler
   2  Cerulean Warbler
   2  Black-and-white Warbler
   4  Ovenbird
   2  Louisiana Waterthrush
   1  Scarlet Tanager
   2  Eastern Towhee
   2  Field Sparrow
   1  Song Sparrow
   1  Swamp Sparrow
  14  White-throated Sparrow
   7  Northern Cardinal
   1  Indigo Bunting
   8  Red-winged Blackbird
   7  Common Grackle
   8  Brown-headed Cowbird
   4  Baltimore Oriole
   4  House Finch
  18  American Goldfinch
   3  House Sparrow
 461  69 species

Mammals
   4  White-tailed Deer
   1  Eastern Cottontail
   3  Red Fox
   1  Eastern Chipmunk

Amphibians
   1  American Toad  +58 tiny tadpoles
                     + 1 Bullfrog tadpole

Butterflies
  11  Cabbage White
   1  Mourning Cloak
   2  Eastern Tailed Blue
   2  Juvenal's Duskywing

After our trip, Steve Sanford, Keith Eric Costley,
Cathy Carroll and I went to McKeldin to search for
Yellow-throated Warbler reported earlier by Carroll
Co. Bird Club trip

1pm-3pm
Patapsco Valley State Park "McKeldin Area" along
Marriottsville Rd., Marriottsville, Carroll County, MD
Weather: MC, then PC (briefly), 62 degree, ESE 14 mph-

         ESE 12 mph

   1  Black Vulture
   1  Turkey Vulture
   2  Canada Goose
   2  Mallard
   2  American Kestrel
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Pileated Woodpecker
   1  Yellow-throated Vireo
   1  Barn Swallow
   4  Carolina Chickadee
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
  16  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
   2  Gray Catbird
   1  European Starling
   1  Yellow Warbler
  58  Yellow-rumped warbler
   2  Yellow-throated Warbler
   1  Black-and-white Warbler
   1  American Redstart
   1  Hooded Warbler
   1  Scarlet Tanager
   1  Eastern Towhee - heard
   1  White-throated Sparrow
   2  Northern Cardinal
 105  24 species

Butterflies
   2  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
   5  Cabbage White

       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville & Ocean City, MD
       









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