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Queen Anne's, Caroline, & Prince George's Counties, 10/15/05

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 16 Oct 2005 15:59:12 -0700

Hi all,


8am-1030am
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center "Horsehead"
Discovery Ln., off Perry's Corner Rd., Grasonville,
Queen Anne's Co., MD

Weather: Fair, 61-66 degree, NW 10mph- NW 16 mph

   4  Pied-billed Grebe
   2  Double-crested Cormorant
   2  Great Blue Heron
   3  Great Egret
   1  Snowy Egret
   7  Turkey Vulture
 142  Canada Goose - small flocks headed SE
  27  Mute Swan
  10  American Black Duck
 128  Mallard
   2  Northern Pintail
   2  Green-winged Teal
   2  Osprey
   1  Bald Eagle
   2  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   3  Laughing Gull
   2  Ring-billed Gull
  21  Herring Gull
   2  Great Black-backed Gull
   1  Forster's Tern
   4  Mourning Dove
   2  Chimney Swift
   2  Red-bellied Woodpecker
  18  Northern Flicker
  62  Blue Jay - headed SW
  21  Fish Crow
   1  Tree Swallow
  22  Carolina Chickadee
   1  Red-breasted Nuthatch
   1  Brown-headed Nuthatch
   2  Carolina Wren
   1  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   6  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
   1  Veery
   5  American Robin - w/ jays
   5  Gray Catbird
   2  Northern Mockingbird
   1  Brown Thrasher
  37  European Starling
   1  American Pipit 
   1  Yellow Warbler - lingering
   1  Cape May Warbler
  25  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   6  Pine Warbler
   5  Palm Warbler - 4 western & 1 yellow   
   1  Eastern Towhee
   9  Chipping Sparrow
   3  Field Sparrow
   1  Savannah Sparrow
   1  LINCOLN'S SPARROW
   1  Swamp Sparrow
   4  Northern Cardinal
  61  Red-winged Blackbird
  84  Common Grackle
  19  Brown-headed Cowbird
   5  House Finch
   5  American Goldfinch 
 791  57 species

Mammals
   6  Eastern Gray Squirrel
   
Reptiles
   1  Black Rat Snake

Amphibians
   3  Southern Leopard Frog

Butterflies
   6  Cabbage White
   8  Orange Sulfer
   1  Question Mark
  59  Monarch - still on the move to the warm climate 

Dragonflies
   1  Wandering Glider

Damselflies
   2  Familiar Bluets   


1055am-1125am - very slow birding 
Tuckahoe State Park - lake area, Crouse Mill Rd., &
brief stop at Adkins Arboretum, along Eveland Rd.,
Ridgely, Caroline Co., MD

Weather: Fair, 67-68 degree, NW 16 mph- WNW 12 mph

   7  Turkey Vulture
 110  Canada Goose - lake at county border
   8  Mallard
   1  Green-winged Teal
   1  Cooper's Hawk
   2  Ring-billed Gull
   3  Mourning Dove
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Blue Jay
   1  American Crow
   1  Tree Swallow
   2  Carolina Chickadee
   1  Red-breasted Nuthatch
   1  Carolina Wren
   1  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   5  Eastern Bluebird 
   1  Northern Mockingbird
  11  European Starling 
   1  Pine Warbler
   2  Field Sparrow - arboretum
   1  Song Sparrow
   2  Northern Cardinal
  20  Red-winged Blackbird
  82  Common Grackle
   1  American Goldfinch
 269  26 species
  
Reptiles
   1  Rough Green Snake - Woodland Trail

Amphibians
  57  Bullfrog tadpoles
 
Butterflies
  14  Cabbage White
   6  Orange Sulfer
  10  Meadow Fritillary - garden at Adkins Arboretum
   9  Variegated Fritillary - same as above
   3  Pearl Crescent
   2  Question Mark
   1  Monarch 

Dragonflies
   1  Yellow-legged Meadowlark - pond at Adkins

Damselflies
   1  Familiar Bluet - pond at Adkins

1230pm-3pm - w/ Dennis Kirkwood on a bus tour
Patuxent Research Refuge "South Tract" & "Central
Tract" bus tour (2pm-3pm), Scarlet Tanager Loop off of
Powell Mill Rd., Laurel, Prince George's Co., MD

Weather: Fair-PC, 72-74 degree, W 16 mph- WNW 14 mph

   1  Pied-billed Grebe
   6  Great Blue Heron
  11  Turkey Vulture
  66  Canada Goose
   8  Mallard
   3  Bald Eagle - flyby during bus tour
   2  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1  Red-tailed Hawk
   9  Rock Pigeon
  10  Mourning Dove
 251  Chimney Swift - bus tour     
   1  Belted Kingfisher
   1  Hairy Woodpecker
  15  Blue Jay
   6  American Crow
  11  Tree Swallow - w/ swifts at "crane rearing area"
   2  Northern Rough-winged Swallow - w/ swifts
  11  Carolina Chickadee
   2  Tufted Titmouse
   2  White-breasted Nuthatch
   2  Carolina Wren
   7  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
   8  Eastern Bluebird
   1  Hermit Thrush
   8  American Robin
   1  Gray Catbird
   3  Northern Mockingbird
  62  European Starling
   2  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   1  Palm Warbler - western
   1  Swamp Sparrow
   1  White-throated Sparrow
   1  "Slate-colored" Junco
   8  Northern Cardinal
  32  Common Grackle - flyby at South Tract 
   5  Brown-headed Cowbird - flyby w/ grackles
   2  House Finch - flyby
   3  American Goldfinch - South Tract
 567  38 species

Mammals
   6  Eastern Gray Squirrel

Butterflies
   6  Cabbage White
   2  Orange Sulfer


       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
       





		
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