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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