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Cylburn Arboretum & beyond, 10/16/05

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:48:46 -0700

Hi all,
  

Thanks to George Jett for finding the Ruff "Reeve" and
to Walter Ellison for the goose at Great Oak Pond. 
Many more geese arrive at Great Oak Pond. Nice to have
them back. 

About 90 percent of the passerines we saw at Clyburn
was down the stump-dump trail toward the lumberyard.
51 species was the best we had in October. In the
past, we usually get an average of 40 species every
October. 

Baltimore Bird Club trip
 
8am-1130am - 10/16/05
Cylburn Arboretum, Greenspring Ave., Cold
Spring-Newtown section of Baltimore, MD
 
Leader: No designated leader for this Self-Guided 
        Walk - eighth of the series weekly birdwalk
        Next and last bird walk on Oct. 23rd at 830am 
Observers: 14   

Weather: PC, 52-62 degree, W 10 mph- W 21 mph

   1  Great Blue Heron - lumberyard
   1  Black Vulture
   2  Turkey Vulture
  12  Canada Goose - 2 flocks headed SW
   3  Wood Duck - lumberyard
   1  Mallard - lumberyard
   6  Sharp-shinned hawk - migrants
   1  Cooper's Hawk - migrants
   1  Red-shouldered Hawk - migrants
   2  Red-tailed Hawk   
  15  Rock Pigeon
   6  Mourning Dove
   2  Chimney Swift
   4  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   5  Downy Woodpecker
   6  Northern Flicker
   4  Eastern Phoebe
   1  Blue-headed Vireo
  31  Blue Jay - still headed SW 
   4  Tree Swallow   
  29  Carolina Chickadee
   2  Tufted Titmouse
   1  Red-breasted Nuthatch
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   3  Carolina Wren
   2  Winter Wren
   3  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   3  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  39  American Robin
   3  Gray Catbird
   4  Northern Mockingbird
  30  European Starling
   1  Magnolia Warbler
  52  Yellow-rumped Warbler 
   3  Palm Warbler - western
   1  Blackpoll Warbler
   1  Black-and-white Warbler
   1  Common Yellowthroat
   4  Eastern Towhee
   7  Chipping Sparrow
   1  Field Sparrow
   8  Song Sparrow
   1  White-throated Sparrow
   3  "Slate-colored" Junco
   6  Northern Cardinal
 229  Common Grackle - flyby    
   2  Brown-headed Cowbird
   5  House Finch
   4  American Goldfinch
   9  House Sparrow
 567  51 species

Mammals
  14  Eastern Gray Squirrel
   1  Eastern Chipmunk

Butterflies
   8  Cabbage White
   5  Orange Sulfer
   1  Meadow Fritillary
   4  Monarch


115pm-225pm w/ Bob Ampula
Great Oak Pond, along Great Oak Landing Rd., Melitota,
Kent Co., MD

Weather: PC, windy, 65-66 degree, W 23 mph- W 14 mph

    4  Turkey Vulture
  874  Snow Goose - "Lesser"  23 blue morph
 1745  Canada Goose - *plus 1 Barnacle Goose*
    7  Cackling "Richardson's Goose
    1  American Black Duck - flyby
    2  Mallard
   84  Green-winged Teal
   37  Ruddy Duck
    2  Bald Eagle
    2  Sharp-shinned Hawk
    1  American Kestrel
    1  Merlin
    4  Killdeer - the only shorebirds so far
  114  Laughing Gull - flyby SW
   41  Ring-billed Gull - w/ Laughing Gull
    1  Rock Pigeon
    2  Mourning Dove
  482  Tree Swallow
   41  European Starling 
    1  Palm Warbler - western
    2  Field Sparrow
   11  Red-winged Blackbird - flyby
   15  Common Grackle - flyby
    1  American Goldfinch
 3475  24 species

Butterflies
    8  Cabbage White
    4  Orange Sulfer
    1  Cloudless Sulfer   

240pm-3pm 
Chestertown Filtration Plant, John Hanson Rd.,
Chestertown, Kent Co., MD

Weather: MC, 66 degree, W 13 mph

   4  Turkey Vulture
 486  Canada Goose
  28  Mallard  
   3  Northern Shoveler - hens
   3  Northern Pintail
 104  Ruddy Duck
  11  Ring-billed Gull
   2  Herring Gull
  10  Caspian Tern
   2  Rock Pigeon
   2  Mourning Dove
   2  Chimney Swift
   1  Blue Jay
   4  American Crow
  30  Tree Swallow
   1  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
   8  European Starling
   1  Chipping Sparrow 
   1  Savannah Sparrow 
 703  19 species

410pm-440pm     
Farm fields in area of Rt 50 & near Linkwood Rd., &
along Rt 50, Linkwood-Salem to Cambridge on way home,
Dorchester Co., MD

Weather: MC-PC, 66 degree, WNW 22 mph

   3  Double-crested Cormorant - Choptank R.
   1  Great Blue Heron - flyby
   6  Black Vulture - flyby N to roost in Talbot Co.
   6  Turkey Vulture
  52  Canada Goose 
   2  Mallard - Higgins Millpond Creek at Rt 50
   4  Green-winged Teal - same as above 
   1  Bald Eagle - flyby
   1  American Kestrel
   4  Black-bellied Plover
   5  Killdeer
   8  Lesser Yellowlegs
   2  Pectoral Sandpiper
   1  RUFF "Reeve" - last date was Oct. 3rd
  57  Laughing Gull - flyby
   2  Ring-billed Gull - Choptank R., Dorchester side
  10  Herring Gull - same as above
   7  Great Black-backed Gull - same as above   
  24  Rock Pigeon - Choptank R. bridge, 16 on wires
  10  Mourning Dove - along wires 
   5  American Crow
  88  European Starling - some on wires
  55  Red-winged Blackbird
 188  Common Grackle
  10  Brown-headed Cowbird
   5  House Sparrow - in Cambridge  
 557  26 species

       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
       



		
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