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May Count: Cromwell Valley & Baltimore Zoo

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Kevin Graff

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Tue, 11 May 2004 19:08:58 -0700

Hi all,

International Migratory Bird Day, 5/8/04

730am-1130am - my 9th May Count here since 1996
Cromwell Valley Park, "Willow Grove Farm/Sherwood Farm
Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

Observers: Jim Meyers, Kevin Graff, Marty Brazeau,
           John Dennehy, Kate Manrodt, Carol Schreter
Weather: PC, 59-63 degrees, calm - ESE 10 mph

   3  Great Blue Heron
   2  Black Vulture
   9  Turkey Vulture
   4  Canada Goose
   2  Mallard - along creek at Cromwell Bridge Rd
   1  Osprey
   2  Cooper's Hawk
   4  Red-tailed Hawk
   1  Solitary Sandpiper
   1  Spotted Sandpiper
   1  Rock Dove - flyby
  19  Mourning Dove
   9  Chimney Swift
   2  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
   1  Pileated Woodpecker
   1  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   1  Acadian Flycatcher
   2  Eastern Phoebe
   3  Eastern Kingbird
   5  White-eyed Vireo
   1  Warbling Vireo
   2  Red-eyed Vireo
   2  Blue Jay
   8  American Crow
   9  Tree Swallow
   4  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  12  Barn Swallow
   3  Carolina Chickadee
   2  Tufted Titmouse
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   2  Carolina Wren
   1  House Wren
  15  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
   9  Eastern Bluebird
   5  Wood Thrush
  19  American Robin
   5  Gray Catbird
   4  Northern Mockingbird
   3  Brown Thrasher
  28  European Starling
   2  Northern Parula
   1  Yellow Warbler
   2  Black-throated Blue Warbler
   2  American Redstart
   3  Ovenbird
   2  Kentucky Warbler
   8  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Hooded Warbler
   1  Yellow-breasted Chat
   3  Scarlet Tanager
   6  Eastern Towhee
   9  Chipping Sparrow
   1  White-throated Sparrow
   8  Northern Cardinal
   4  Indigo Bunting
  55  Bobolink
  12  Red-winged Blackbird
  31  Common Grackle
   4  Brown-headed Cowbird
   5  Orchard Oriole
   9  Baltimore Oriole
   4  House Finch
  26  American Goldfinch
   3  House Sparrow
 413  67 species

Mammals
   7  Eastern Gray Squirrel
  11  White-tailed Deer - 2 young bucks

Amphibians
  50  American Toad "tadpoles"

Butterflies
   1  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
   3  Cabbage White



12pm-530pm - my 7th May Count here since 1996
The Baltimore Zoo at Druid Hill Park, Greenspring Ave,
Druid Park Lake Dr., Swan Dr., and private road at
East Rd, Mondawmin section of Baltimore, MD
Observer: Kevin Graff

Weather: PC-PS, 60-63 degrees, ESE 8 mph- SE 10 mph

   1  Great Blue Heron
   1  Green Heron
   2  Turkey Vulture
  20  Canada Goose
  22  Mallard
   1  American Black Duck
   1  Bald Eagle -adult high flying headed SW
   1  Red-shouldered Hawk
   1  Red-tailed Hawk
   1  Spotted Sandpiper
  10  Ring-billed Gull
   8  Herring Gull
  16  Rock Pigeon
   8  Mourning Dove
  17  Chimney Swift
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Northern Flicker
   3  Eastern Phoebe
   1  Eastern Kingbird
   1  Yellow-throated Vireo
   3  Red-eyed Vireo
   6  American Crow
  38  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
  13  Barn Swallow
   2  Carolina Chickadee
   2  Tufted Titmouse
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   1  Carolina Wren
   1  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
   3  Wood Thrush
  68  American Robin - many along private road in park

  77  Gray Catbird - same as above
   7  Northern Mockingbird
   2  Brown Thrasher
  81  European Starling
   2  Chestnut-sided Warbler
   2  Black-throated Blue Warbler
   1  Bay-breasted Warbler
   1  Blackpoll Warbler
   1  Black-and-white Warbler
   3  Ovenbird
   1  Northern Waterthrush
   2  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Scarlet Tanager
   1  Eastern Towhee
   1  Chipping Sparrow
  10  Northern Cardinal
   1  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
   7  Red-winged Blackbird
  40  Common Grackle
   3  Brown-headed Cowbird - flyby
   3  Baltimore Oriole
   8  House Finch
   8  American Goldfinch
  76  House Sparrow
 595  55 species, lowest   56 in 1996

Mammals
  38  Eastern Gray Squirrel
   1  Eastern Cottontail
   3  Red Fox - mother with 2 kits

Reptiles
   5  Red-eared Turtle
  21  Eastern Painted Turtle
   1  Northern Water Snake

Amphibians
   2  Southern Leopard Frog - pool at Edmund's Well
   2  American Toad - a pair, not yet laying eggs

Butterflies
   3  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
   6  Cabbage White
   1  Orange Sulfer
   1  American Copper
   2  Silver-spotted Skipper


80 species total overall, down from 95 last year. 14
warblers species, down from 21 last year. 2004 was a
bad year for May Count due to weather and major
fallout have yet to come.

      Kevin Graff
      Jarrettsville & Ocean City, MD
      






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