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Baltimore Harbor Christmas Bird Count, 12/17/05

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 18 Dec 2005 16:29:48 -0800

Hi all,

Sorry for the late report, just got back from a long
12 hrs
Elkton CBC with Sean McCandless. Will have the report
tomorrow morning.

Baltimore Harbor Christmas Bird Count, 12/17/05
Area covered: Back River Waster Water Treatment Plant,
Diamond Point Rd mudflats, Sparrows Point Country
Club, 
Oxygen Pond, Old Road Bay & Herring Run Park

0730am-1030am
Back River Waster Water Treatment Plant, along Willis
Ave & Activated Way off Rt 150, Eastpoint, Baltimore
Co., MD    1.5 miles on foot, 3 miles by car

Weather: MC, 31-36 degree, calm

  194  Canada Goose - 8 in area, rest headed NWW
    1  Wood Duck
   44  Mallard
    1  Lesser Scaup - drake
   41  Common Merganser - 25 drake N, rest in area
    4  Red-breasted Merganser - all hens
    2  Pied-billed Grebe
    1  Horned Grebe
   97  Double-crested Cormorant
    3  Great Blue Heron
    2  Sharp-shinned Hawk
    1  Red-tailed Hawk
   62  Bonaparte's Gull
   82  Ring-billed Gull
   26  Herring Gull
    9  Great Black-backed Gull
   79  Rock Pigeon
    2  Mourning Dove
    1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
    1  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
    2  Downy Woodpecker
    4  Northern Flicker
    2  Blue Jay
   11  American Crow
    1  Fish Crow
    4  Carolina Chickadee
    1  White-breasted Nuthatch
    5  Carolina Wren
    3  Marsh Wren
   34  American Robin
    2  Gray Catbird
    5  Northern Mockingbird
  176  European Starling
    2  AMERICAN TREE SPARROW
    1  FOX SPARROW
   26  Song Sparrow
   12  White-throated Sparrow
    1  "Slate-colored" Junco
   11  Northern Cardinal
   29  Red-winged Blackbird
    3  Rusty Blackbird 
    2  Common Grackle   
    1  Purple Finch
    1  American Goldfinch  
    3  House Sparrow 
  995  45 species

Mammals: 8  Gray Squirrel
 
1035am-11am
Diamond Point Rd mudflats, along Diamond Point Rd,
Eastpoint, Baltimore Co., MD    1/2 mile on foot

Weather: MC, 37 degree, calm- WSW 7 mph

    1  American Black Duck
    4  Mallard
    1  Common Merganser
    1  Double-crested Cormorant
    1  Sharp-shinned Hawk 
  107  Bonaparte's Gull
  263  Ring-billed Gull
   98  Herring Gull 
   41  Great Black-backed Gull
    1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
    1  Downy Woodpecker
    2  Northern Flicker
   26  American Crow
    3  Carolina Chickadee
    2  Tufted Titmouse
    1  Carolina Wren
    3  Golden-crowned Kinglet
    1  Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
    1  Northern Mockingbird
    1  Song Sparrow
    1  Swamp Sparrow
    3  White-throated Sparrow
   11  "Slate-colored" Junco
    6  Northern Cardinal
  580  24 species

Mammals: 5  Gray Squirrel

1110am-1225pm
Sparrows Point Country Club, Wise Ave., Dundalk,
Baltimore Co., MD    1.5 miles by foot

Weather: MC, 37-44 degree, calm- WSW 7 mph (on/off)

  36  Canada Goose
  19  Lesser Scaup 
   2  Common Goldeneye - both hens
   1  Pied-billed Grebe
   1  Turkey Vulture
   2  Ring-billed Gull
  10  Herring Gull
   1  Great Black-backed Gull
  21  Rock Pigeon
  78  Mourning Dove
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
  38  Northern Flicker
  25  Blue Jay
   1  Carolina Chickadee
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   1  Golden-crowned Kinglet
 113  American Robin
  33  European Starling
   1  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   2  Song Sparrow
   1  White-throated Sparrow
  20  "Slate-colored" Junco
 116  Red-winged Blackbird
  68  Common Grackle
  39  Brown-headed Cowbird    
 633  27 species

Mammals: 21  Gray Squirrel, 1  Red Fox

1240pm-150pm
Bethlehem Steel Corp. Property "Oxygen Pond",
Reservoir Rd and along Peninsula Expressway, Sparrows
Point, Baltimore Co., MD  1/4 mile(foot), 1 mile (car)

Weather: MC, 44-45 degree, WSW 7 mph- WSW 12 mph

  13  Canada Goose
   3  Mute Swan
   6  Gadwall
   2  American Wigeon
  28  Mallard
   1  Green-winged Teal 
   2  Redhead
   5  Ring-necked Duck
   2  Lesser Scaup
   1  Bufflehead - hen
   1  Common Goldeneye - hen
  83  Hooded Merganser
  70  Ruddy Duck  
   1  Common Loon - flyby
  11  Pied-billed Grebe
  51  Double-crested Cormorant
   2  GREAT CORMORANT - both 1st year
   8  Great Blue Heron
   1  American Kestrel
   1  Merlin - flyby
  73  American Coot
  67  Ring-billed Gull
   3  Herring Gull
   1  Great Black-backed Gull
  15  Rock Pigeon
   1  American Crow
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   2  Song Sparrow
 455  28 species
  
2pm-210pm
Old Road Bay, Lodge Farm Rd & Bayfront Rd, Edgemere,
Baltimore Co., MD             1/4 mile by foot, 1 mile
by car

Weather: MC, 45 degree, WSW 12 mph

  42  Lesser Scaup
   7  Bufflehead
   1  Double-crested Cormorant
   8  Ring-billed Gull
   1  Herring Gull
   1  Great Black-backed Gull
   9  Rock Pigeon
  15  Mourning Dove
   2  American Crow
   1  American Robin
   1  Northern Mockingbird
  59  European Starling
   2  Common Grackle
   1  House Finch
   2  House Sparrow 
 152  15 species

Mammals: 3  Gray Squirrel

245pm-420pm
Herring Run Park, near intersection of Harford Rd and
Parkside Dr., & Lake Montebello, Whitman Dr./Lake Dr.,
Lauraville/Mayfield/Armistead Garden section of
Baltimore, MD        2 miles by foot

Weather: MC/PC, 43-41 degree, WNW 7 mph- NW 5 mph

 104  Canada Goose - lake
   8  Mallard 
   1  Great Blue Heron - lake
   1  Sharp-shinned Hawk - lake
   1  Red-shouldered Hawk
  72  Ring-billed Gull - 68 lake 
  20  Herring Gull - lake
   4  Great Black-backed Gull - lake
   3  Rock Pigeon
   9  Mourning Dove
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   2  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Hairy Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
  66  American Crow
   4  Fish Crow
   1  Carolina Chickadee
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   2  Brown Creeper
   2  Carolina Wren
   1  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   1  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
   1  American Robin
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   5  European Starling
   4  Eastern Towhee
   6  White-throated Sparrow
   1  "Slate-colored" Junco
   3  Northern Cardinal
   1  Common Grackle - flyby
   2  House Sparrow  
 330  31 species

Mammals: 18  Gray Squirrel


        Kevin Graff
        Jarrettsville, MD & Ocean City, MD
        








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