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Ft. McHenry National Monument, 5/05/04

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Kevin Graff

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Maryland Birds & Birding

Date:

Thu, 6 May 2004 04:16:30 -0700

Hi all,


Baltimore Bird Club weekly evening trip, 5/05/04

Next evening birdwalk on May 12th at 6pm

6pm-8pm - fifth of series evening weekly birdwalk
Ft. McHenry National Monument, Constellation Plaza,
at end of Fort Ave, Locust Point section of
Baltimore, MD

Leader: Jim Peters
Observer: Keith Eric Costley, Kevin Graff
Weather: PS, then increasing cloudy, 69-64 degree,
         WSW 13 mph- calm


   46  Double-crested Cormorant
    3  Great Blue Heron - flyby
    1  Great Egret - flyby
    2  Green Heron
   72  Canada Goose
   10  Mallard
    4  Osprey
    3  Killdeer
    9  Spotted Sandpiper
    1  Semipalmated Sandpiper
    3  Least Sandpiper
  878  Ring-billed Gull
  156  Herring Gull
   51  Great Black-backed Gull
    1  Forster's Tern
    7  Rock Pigeon
   13  Mourning Dove
    1  Common Nighthawk (flyby at 759pm, they're back)
    8  Chimney Swift
    2  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
    2  Eastern Kingbird
   10  Fish Crow
    4  Purple Martin
   16  Tree Swallow
    8  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
   35  Barn Swallow
    1  Carolina Wren
    1  House Wren
    1  Hermit Thrush
    1  Wood Thrush
   23  American Robin
   38  Gray Catbird
    2  Northern Mockingbird - 2nd outside fort
   63  European Starling
    2  Yellow Warbler
    3  Black-throated Blue Warbler
    1  Black-and-white Warbler
    1  American Redstart
    8  Common Yellowthroat
    1  Field Sparrow
    5  Savannah Sparrow
    1  Seaside Sparrow
    2  Song Sparrow
    6  Swamp Sparrow
   19  White-throated Sparrow
       no cardinals ????????
    9  Red-winged Blackbird
   51  Common Grackle
    4  Brown-headed Cowbird
    3  Orchard Oriole
    3  House Finch
   12  American Goldfinch
    5  House Sparrow
 1612  52 species

Mammals
    2  Eastern Gray Squirrel
    4  Red Fox (kits, no mother around, still closeby)

Butterflies
    1  Cabbage White

Not a good day for me to scope out Fort carroll due to
 heavy clouds cover. But we did have a good birdy day.
Scads of catbirds.

The Blackwater NWR report will be finish by tonight as
I'm still working on dragonflies id's. Many are new to
me for this refuge.

       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville & Ocean City, MD
       






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