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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