Hi all,
I made several stops for Baltimore Bird Club's
Mid-Winter Bird Count yesterday. Few open waters,
small patch at upper/lower dam, large open area around
treatent plant concrete pier.
All waterfowl ponds 100% frozen over at the zoo,
50% at Druid Hill Lake frozen.
Treatment Plant was shut down due to ice builts up
at several trails and back roads. Most birds at
trreatment plant seen mostly around nature trail, the
hill overlook the plant at end of trail and heavy pine
forest inside the entrance.
0735am-1035am
Cromwell Valley Park "Willow Grove Farm", Cromwell
Bridge Rd., and pond between upper and lower dam at
Loch Raven, along Loch Raven Dr., Carney, Baltimore
Co., MD & brief feeder visit at Sherwood Mansion
Weather: Sunny, 12-25 degree, calm
1 Great Blue Heron - Gunpowder Falls
4 Canada Goose
18 Gadwall
6 American Black Duck
17 Mallard
16 Ring-necked Duck
5 Bufflehead
5 Hooded Merganser - 1 drake, 4 hen
32 Common Merganser - 2 drake, 30 hen
1 Red-breasted Merganser - hen
1 Bald Eagle - adult, below lower dam
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
13 Ring-billed Gull
7 Mourning Dove
1 Great Horned Owl
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
4 Downy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
28 American Crow
12 Carolina Chickadee
10 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
12 American Robin - flyby
3 Northern Mockingbird
7 Song Sparrow
6 White-throated Sparrow
12 "Slate-colored" Junco
21 Northern Cardinal
51 Red-winged Blackbird - flyby N
100 Common Grackle - flyby N
6 Brown-headed Cowbird - flyby N
3 House Finch
2 American Goldfinch
3 House Sparrow
415 37 species
Mammals: 18 White-tailed Deer, 2 Red Fox, 1 Gray Sq.
11am-1pm
The Baltimore Zoo & Druid Hill Lake, Druid Hil Lake
Dr, Swann Dr, Mansion House Dr...., Mondawmin section
og=f Baltimore, MD
Weather: PC, 27-31 degree, WSW 3 mph- SW 7 mph
1 Double-crested Cormorant - flyby SE
2 Turkey Vulture
43 Canada Goose
75 Mallard
1 Green-winged Teal - drake
2 Hooded Merganser - a pair
3 Ruddy Duck - 1 drake, 2 hen
2 Red-tailed Hawk
3 American Coot
852 Ring-billed Gull
24 Herring Gull
12 Great Black-backed Gull
17 Rock Pigeon
6 Mourning Dove
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
9 American Crow
7 Carolina Chickadee
5 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
2 Northern Mockingbird
29 European Starling
1 Fox Sparrow
8 Song Sparrow
8 White-throated Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
11 "Slate-colored" Junco
8 Northern Cardinal
2 Common Grackle - flyby
12 House Finch
32 House Sparrow
1185 34 species
Mammals: 2 Gray Squirrel
130pm-2pm
Cox's Point Park, Riverside Dr., Essex, Baltimore Co.,
Weather: MC, 30 degree, SE 9 mph- ESE 9 mph
2 Common Loon
41 Double-crested Cormorant - BRWWTP concrete pier
1 Great Cormorant - 1st year, same as above
55 Canada Goose
51 Mallard
2 Bufflehead
38 Common Merganser
4 Ruddy Duck
3 Bald Eagle - 1 ad & 2 2nd winter
1 Northern Harrier - cruise along at old landfill
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
104 Bonaparte's Gull
409 Ring-billed Gull
87 Herring Gull
58 Great Black-backed Gull
18 Rock Pigeon
8 Mourning Dove
116 American Crow - many at old landfill
4 Fish Crow
15 American Robin - flyby W
5 House Sparrow
1023 21 species
2pm-3pm (including Diamond Pt Rd, 5 min. there)
Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant, off Eastern
Ave, Eastview, Baltimore Co., MD
-Same weather report as Cox's Point
1 Turkey Vulture
98 Canada Goose
1 Bald Eagle - 1st winter (Diamond Pt Rd)
1 Cooper's Hawk
1 Red-tailed hawk - Diamond Pt Rd
132 Bonaparte's Gull
139 Ring-billed Gull
17 Herring Gull
18 Rock Pigeon
2 Mourning Dove
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Downy Woodpecker
3 American Crow
3 Carolina Chickadee
1 Tufted Titmouse
1 Brown Creeper
2 Carolina Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5 American Robin - flyby
1 Northern Mockingbird
31 European Starling - flyby
10 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee
2 Field Sparrow
5 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
7 White-throated Sparrow
8 "Slate-colored" Junco
9 Northern Cardinal
15 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Rusty Blackbird
19 Common Grackle
3 House Finch
547 35 species
315pm-415pm
Bethlehem Steel Corp Property "Oxygen Pond" Reservoir
Rd and Penninsula Expy, Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co.,
MD
Weather: MC, 30 degree, ESE 9 mph
9 Pied-billed Grebe
7 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
25 Canada Goose
9 Gadwall
30 Mallard
1 Green-winged Teal - drake
8 Ring-necked Duck
1 Lesser Scaup
75 Hooded Merganser
214 Ruddy Duck
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk - a pair
1 Red-tailed Hawk
58 American Coot
37 Ring-billed Gull
1 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull - adult
7 Rock Pigeon
1 Belted Kingfisher
1 American Robin
2 Northern Mockingbird
1 American Tree Sparrow
8 Song Sparrow
7 White-throated Sparrow
508 24 species
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
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