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Black Hill Regional Park, 1/2/05

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Kevin Graff

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Maryland Birds & Birding

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Sun, 2 Jan 2005 13:06:44 -0800

Hi all,


    Looks like I may stick around longer as I get
loads of support from private emails, Thanks for all
your support guys.   

   First time I saw a Golden Eagle west of Baltimore
area. It was seen in woods area near end of Ganley Rd
overlook the water west of Rt 121 bridge, probably
same area where one of the counters saw it earlier
this morning during their CBC. Did not see a
Long-tailed Duck reported there yesterday. 


8am-1030am
Black Hill Regional Park, Lake Ridge Dr., & Rt 121
(Clarksburg Rd) and the mud trail across from Ridge 
Oak Dr on Rt 121 , Boyds, Montgomery Co., MD

Weather: won't be ready until tomorrow for hourly
report from weather.com

    
    3  Pied-billed Grebe
    1  Horned Grebe
    1  EARED GREBE - best viewing from boat dock
    1  Great Blue Heron
    1  Turkey Vulture
  301  Canada Goose - many flyby in all directions
    5  Tundra Swan - seen flyby on my way to Rt 121 
    1  TRUMPETER SWAN - i may not add it until it's
                        confirmed by others today
    9  Mallard - 5 drake, 4 hen
   13  Canvasback - 9 drake, 4 hen
   63  Ring-necked Duck - 31 drake, 32 hen
  100  Bufflehead - 43 drake, 57 hen
    1  Common Goldeneye
    1  Red-breasted Merganser
   60  Ruddy Duck - 33 drake, 27 hen  
    1  GOLDEN EAGLE - adult
    1  Red-tailed Hawk
   44  American Coot
   37  Ring-billed Gull
    2  Rock Pigeon - on wire w/ M. Doves
   12  Mourning Dove - on wire along W. Old Balto Pike
    2  Belted Kingfisher
    1  Downy Woodpecker
    1  Pileated Woodpecker
   28  American Crow - leaving roost from south
    2  Carolina Chickadee
    1  Carolina Wren 
    1  Brown Creeper
    9  Eastern Bluebird   
    5  American Robin - flyby east
    2  Northern Mockingbird
    3  European Starling - on wire w/ doves
    4  Cedar Waxwing - flyby south
    1  Eastern Towhee
    3  Song Sparrow
   33  White-throated Sparrow
    1  White-crowned Sparrow - mud trial along Rt 21
   71  "Slate-colored" Junco - many at and near feeder
   27  Northern Cardinal
    2  House Finch
   11  American Goldfinch
  866  41 species

Mammals
    1  White-tailed Deer
    1  Gray Squirrel


        Kevin Graff
        Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
        




	
		
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