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Western MD - Part II, Saturday 6/4/05

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:31:59 -0700

Hi all,


1125am-120pm - 6/4/05 Part II
Along Old Legislative Rd., Frostburg, Allegany Co., MD
   
Weather: MC, 66-67 degree, calm- NW 7 mph

   1  Turkey Vulture
   1  Broad-winged Hawk
   2  Red-tailed Hawk   
   3  Wild Turkey
   1  Black-billed Cuckoo
   2  Yellow-billed Cuckoo
   4  Chimney Swift
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Hairy Woodpecker
   1  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   1  Acadian Flycatcher
   1  Willow Flycatcher
   1  Least Flycatcher
   1  Eastern Phoebe
   1  Red-eyed Vireo
   2  American Crow
   2  House Wren
   1  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
   4  American Robin
   1  Gray Catbird
   2  Brown Thrasher
  21  European Starling
   1  Golden-winged Warbler - singing loudly
   4  Yellow Warbler
   1  American Redstart
   1  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Scarlet Tanager 
   2  Eastern Towhee
   5  Field Sparrow
   3  Grasshopper Sparrow
   3  HENSLOW'S SPARROW - excellent look at one bird
   3  Song Sparrow
   3  Northern Cardinal
   4  Red-winged Blacknbird
   4  Eastern Meadowlark
   4  Common Grackle
   2  Indigo Bunting
  10  American Goldfinch
   2  House Sparrow
 109  40 species
 
Mammals: 2 Woodchuck

Butterflies: 1 Mourning Cloak, 62 Pearl Crescent,
             7 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, 1 Orange
             Sulfer   

150pm-220pm
Savage River State Forest "Swamp Rd." Merrill, Garrett

Co., MD

Weather: Cloudy, 67 degree, NW 7 mph

   1  Chimney Swift
   1  Northern Flicker
   1  Blue-headed Vireo
   3  Red-eyed Vireo
   2  Common Raven   
   1  Barn Swallow
   1  House Wren
   1  Veery
   1  Wood Thrush
   2  American Robin
   1  Black-throated Blue Warbler
   2  Blackburnian Warbler
   2  Cerulean Warbler
   1  Black-and-white Warbler
   2  Ovenbird
   1  Hooded Warbler
   1  Scarlet Tanager
   1  Song Sparrow
   1  House Sparrow
  26  19 species 

Butterflies: 4 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

220pm-4pm
Savage River State Forest & private farms, Westernport
Rd., Merrill, Garrett Co., MD (several species seen in
one small area at intersection of Westernport Rd &
Savage River or Run Rd.)

Weather: Cloudy/PC/Haze, 67-68 degree, W 5 mph- WNW 7 

   2  Red-shouldered Hawk
   2  Red-tailed Hawk 
   1  Killdeer
   2  Rock Pigeon
   1  Mourning Dove
   2  Black-billed Cuckoo
   1  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
   1  Northern Flicker
   2  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   1  Least Flycatcher
   2  Eastern Kingbird
   1  Blue-headed Vireo
   2  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
   5  Barn Swallow
   2  Gray Catbird
   4  European Starling
  10  Cedar Waxwing
   1  Eastern Towhee
   2  Northern Parula
   3  Yellow Warbler
   4  Chestnut-sided Warbler 
   5  Blackburnian Warbler
   2  Black-and-white Warbler
   2  Ovenbird
   2  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Hooded Warbler
   4  Chipping Sparrow
   3  Song Sparrow
   3  Indigo Bunting
   3  Bobolink
  11  Red-winged Blackbird
   2  Eastern Meadowlark
   1  Orchard Oriole
   2  Baltimore Oriole
   2  American Goldfinch
  94  35 species

Mammals: 1 Woodchuck

Butterflies: 17 Eastern Swallowtail, 1 Pipevine  
             Swallowtail, 2 Juvenal's Duskywing

4pm-415pm
Twin Churches Rd, New Germany, Garrett Co., MD

Weather: Haze, 67 degree, WNW 7 mph

   1  Wood Duck
   1  Mourning Dove
   1  Chimney Swift
   1  White-eyed Vireo
   1  American Crow
   3  Tree Swallow
   1  Barn Swallow
   1  Black-capped Chickadee
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   2  American Robin
   1  Gray Catbird
   1  European Starling
   3  Cedar Waxwing
   1  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Song Sparrow
   1  Swamp Sparrow
   1  American Goldfinch
  22  17 species

Butterflies: 4 E Tiger Swallowtail, 26 Pearl Crescent

Amphibians: 1 Striped Newt, 1 Green Tree Frog

420pm-510pm
New Germany State Park, McAndrews Hill Rd., New
Germany, Garrett Co., MD
    
Weather: PC, 66-69 degree, NW 9 mph- variable 7 mph

   1  Chimney Swift
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   3  Blue-headed Vireo
   2  Red-eyed Vireo
   1  Blue Jay
   1  American Crow
   1  Tree Swallow
   1  Black-capped Chickadee
   1  House Wren
   1  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
   7  American Robin
   4  Northern Parula
   1  Magnolia Warbler
   1  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   2  Black-throated Green Warbler
   4  Blackburnian Warbler
   1  Scarlet Tanager
   3  Chipping Sparrow
   1  Northern Cardinal
   1  House Sparrow
  38  20 species   

Mammals: 1 Gray Squirrel

535pm-650pm
Finzel Swamp Nature Preserve & nearby abandoned
ballfield (i hope!?), Cranberry Run Rd., Finzel,
Garrett Co., MD

Weather: PC/Haze, 70-68 degree, NNW 6 mph- NNW 7 mph 

   5  Turkey Vulture 
   1  Wood Duck
   2  Mallard
   1  Hooded Merganser 
   1  Cooper's Hawk
   1  Red-tailed Hawk
   2  Killdeer - nearby ballfield
   1  Mourning Dove
   1  Black-billed Cuckoo
   1  Yellow-billed Cuckoo - nearby ballfield 
   2  Chimney Swift
   3  Alder Flycatcher
   4  Blue Jay - 3 flyby
   1  American Crow
   1  Northern Rough-winged Swallow?????
   2  House Wren
   1  Eastern Bluebird - nearby ballfield
   5  American Robin
  32  Cedar Waxwing 
   4  Yellow Warbler
   5  Common Yellowthroat
   2  Chipping Sparrow
   2  Field Sparrow
   3  Swamp Sparrow
  12  Red-winged Blackbird
   1  Brown-headed Cowbird
  96  26 species

Mammals: 2  Eastern Chipmunk

Reptiles: 1 Eastern Painted Turtle

Amphibians: 71 Striped Newts, 1 Bullfrog, 1 Green   
            Frog, 68 American Toad tadpoles

Fishes: 5 Bluegill, 8 Largemouth Bass

      
       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
       



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