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May Count: Cromwell Valley & The Maryland Zoo, 5/14/05

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 15 May 2005 18:48:03 -0700

Hi all,


International Migratory Bird Day - 5/14/05
My 10th May Count for Cromwell Valley Park since '96
    8th May Count for The Maryland Zoo since '96 

730am-1230pm
Cromwell Valley Park "Willow Grove Farm & Sherwood
Farm" Cromwell Bridge Rd & along Loch Raven Dr. from
lower dam to Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore
Co., MD

Leaders: Kate Manrodt for WBC/Kevin Graff for BBC
Observers: 9 plus 7 visitors

Weather: MC/PC, 58-69 degree, S 6 mph- ESE 6 mph

   4  Double-crested Cormorant
   5  Great Blue Heron - 2 headed SW, 3 headed SE
   1  Green Heron
   3  Turkey Vulture
   6  Canada Goose
   3  Mallard
   2  Osprey
   2  Cooper's Hawk
   2  Red-tailed Hawk
   1  Killdeer
   5  Solitary Sandpiper
   6  Spotted Sandpiper
   2  Least Sandpiper
   1  Rock Pigeon
  13  Mourning Dove
   1  Common Nighthawk - roosting
   2  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
   3  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
   1  Pileated Woodpecker
   3  Acadian Flycatcher
   1  Eastern Phoebe
   1  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   2  Great-crested Flycatcher
   6  Eastern Kingbird
   2  White-eyed Vireo
   6  Warbling Vireo
  11  Red-eyed Vireo
 454  Blue Jay - migrating, headed NE
   8  American Crow
  27  Tree Swallow  
  19  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
   2  CLIFF SWALLOW - finally back after '03
  30  Barn Swallow
  16  Carolina Chickadee
   8  Tufted Titmouse
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   2  Carolina Wren
   4  House Wren
  41  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  12  Eastern Bluebird
   6  Wood Thrush
  21  American Robin
  16  Gray Catbird 
   5  Northern Mockingbird
  36  European Starling
  46  Cedar Waxwing
   2  Northern Parula
   5  Yellow Warbler
   4  Black-throated Blue Warbler
   1  Prairie Warbler
   5  Black-and-white Warbler
   1  American Redstart
   4  Ovenbird
   1  Kentucky Warbler
   8  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Yellow-breasted Chat
   2  Scarlet Tanager
   6  Eastern Towhee
   3  Chipping Sparrow
   2  Field Sparrow
  22  Northern Cardinal 
   4  Blue Grosbeak
   9  Indigo Bunting
   3  Bobolink
  15  Red-winged Blackbird
  36  Common Grackle
  28  Brown-headed Cowbird
   8  Orchard Oriole
  17  Baltimore Oriole
   2  House Finch   
  37  American Goldfinch
   3  House Sparrow
1079  73 species

Mammals
   3  Eastern Chipmunk
   4  Gray Squirrel
  14  White-tailed Deer

Amphibians
   1  Green Frog
  90  American Toad "tadpoles"
  
Butterflies
   6  Black Swallowtail
   2  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - female
  32  Cabbage White
  28  Orange Sulfer 
  11  Eastern Tailed Blue  
   9  Pearl Crescent

Dragonflies 
   2  Common Green Darner

1pm-5pm
The Maryland Zoo "The Baltimore Zoo" and Druid Hill
Lake, Greenspring Ave, and Hanlon Dr., Mondawmin
section of Baltimore, MD

Observers: 2

Weather: PC/MC, haze late, 75-79 degree, SW 7- SE 9 

   1  Great Blue Heron
   1  Turkey Vulture
  14  Canada Goose
  12  Mallard
   2  Least Sandpiper
  32  Ring-billed Gull - #74
  18  Herring Gull - #75
   5  FORSTER'S TERN - #76 headed NW
  33  Rock Pigeon
  11  Mourning Dove
  55  Chimney Swift - #77
   3  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Eastern Wood-Pewee 
   1  Acadian Flycatcher
   1  Eastern Phoebe
   2  Eastern Kingbird
   2  Red-eyed Vireo
   5  American Crow
   1  Tree Swallow
  22  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
   9  Barn Swallow
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   1  Carolina Wren 
   5  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
   1  Veery - #78
   1  Swainson's Thrush - #79
   3  Wood Thrush
  19  American Robin
  43  Gray Catbird
   3  Northern Mockingbird
   1  Brown Thrasher - #80  
  59  European Starling
   3  Northern Parula
   1  Yellow Warbler
   2  Black-throated Blue Warbler
   2  Yellow-rumped Warbler - #81
   7  Blackpoll Warbler - #82
   1  American Redstart
   2  Ovenbird
   4  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Wilson's Warbler - #83
   4  Scarlet Tanager
   1  Eastern Towhee
   2  Song Sparrow - #84
  13  Northern Cardinal
   1  Indigo Bunting
  12  Red-winged Blackbird 
  30  Common Grackle
   9  Brown-headed Cowbird
   3  Baltimore Oriole
   1  House Finch
   5  American Goldfinch
  28  House Sparrow
 500  53 species, 84 species overall, low

Mammals
   3  Eastern Chipmunk
  11  Gray Squirrel 

Butterflies
   6  Cabbage White

       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean CIty, MD
       


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