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BBC's Mid-Winter Bird Count, 1/21/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:31:04 -0800

Hi all,


Baltimore Bird Club's Mid-Winter Bird Count, 1/21/06

7am-940am
Cromwell Valley Park "Willow Grove Farm & Sherwood
Farm" Cromwell Bridge Rd, & Loch Raven Dam
(upper/lower dams), 
Loch Raven Dr., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

OBSERVERS: Jim Meyers, Joanne Dintzis, Kevin Graff
WEATHER: PC, 33-52 degrees, calm- WSW 3 mph

  53  Canada Goose
  20  Mallard
  17  Ring-necked Duck
   2  Bufflehead
   2  Great Blue Heron 
   1  Turkey Vulture
   1  Red-shouldered Hawk
   2  Red-tailed Hawk
   7  Ring-billed Gull
   1  Herring Gull
   5  Rock Pigeon
  21  Mourning Dove - many around feeders
   2  Great Horned Owl
   1  Belted Kingfisher
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Pileated Woodpecker
   1  Blue Jay
  11  American Crow
   2  Fish Crow
   3  Carolina Chickadee
   2  Tufted Titmouse
   1  Red-breasted Nuthatch
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch - feeders
   1  Brown Creeper
   1  Carolina Wren
   1  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
   2  Eastern Bluebird
  26  American Robin
   5  Northern Mockingbird
  66  European Starling
   4  Cedar Waxwing
   1  Song Sparrow
   4  White-throated Sparrow
  22  "Slate-colored" Junco
  39  Northern Cardinal
   7  Red-winged Blackbird
   3  House Finch
   6  American Goldfinch
   4  House Sparrow
 351  40 species

Mammals
   4  Gray Squirrel
  18  White-tailed Deer - 4 herds
 
10am-1130am
Druid Hill Park "several back roads", Swann Dr,
Mansion 
House Dr, Hanlon Dr, Mondawmin section of Baltimore,
MD

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff
WEATHER: PC, 52-60 degrees, SW 6 mph- SW 7 mph
  
  46  Canada Goose
   7  Mallard  
   8  Hooded Merganser
   1  Ruddy Duck
   2  Pied-billed Grebe
   1  Turkey Vulture
   1  Red-tailed Hawk
   1  American Kestrel
  87  Ring-billed Gull
  11  Herring Gull
   4  Great Black-backed Gull
  34  Rock Pigeon
   6  Mourning Dove
   1  Belted Kingfisher
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Hairy Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
   1  Eastern Phoebe
   4  Blue Jay
   1  American Crow
   1  American Robin
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   1  European Starling
   1  Song Sparrow
  16  White-throated Sparrow
   2  "Slate-colored" Junco
   2  Northern Cardinal  
   6  Red-winged Blackbird
   3  Brown-headed Cowbird
   4  House Finch
   3  American Goldfinch
  18  House Sparrow   
 280  34 species

Mammals
  11  Gray Squirrel

1150am-150pm
Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant, Willis Ave., 
off of Eastern Ave, Eastview, Baltimore Co., MD

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff
WEATHER: MC, 61-63 degrees, SW 7 mph- SSW 8 mph

   1  ATLANTIC BRANT
  86  Canada Goose
   2  Mallard
  29  Double-crested Cormorant
   1  Great Blue Heron
   3  Turkey Vulture
   1  Bald Eagle
   2  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1  Killdeer  
  68  Bonaparte's Gull
 177  Ring-billed Gull
  13  Herring Gull
   3  Great Black-backed Gull    
  55  Rock Pigeon
   3  Mourning Dove
   1  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Hairy Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
   3  Blue Jay
  10  American Crow
  14  Fish Crow  
   3  Carolina Chickadee
   1  Tufted Titmouse
   1  Brown Creeper
   1  Carolina Wren
   1  Marsh Wren
   1  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   8  America Robin
   3  Northern Mockingbird
  85  European Starling 
  12  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   1  Field Sparrow
   1  Song Sparrow
   1  Swamp Sparrow
   7  White-throated Sparrow
  15  "Slate-colored" Junco
   9  Northern Cardinal
  12  Red-winged Blackbird
   3  Common Grackle
   2  House Finch
   3  American Goldfinch
   2  House Sparrow
 648  43 species

Mammals
   7  Gray Squirrel

150pm-230pm
Diamond Point Rd flats, Diamond Point Rd., Eastview,
Baltimore Co., MD

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff
WEATHER: MC, 63 degrees, SSW 8 mph- W 8 mph
 
  10  Canada Goose
   3  Mallard
   2  Common Merganser
 137  Bonaparte's Gull
 454  Ring-billed Gull
  46  Herring Gull
  11  Great Black-backed Gull
   2  Rock Pigeon - flyby
   1  Mourning Dove
   1  Northern Flicker
   1  Blue Jay
   6  American Crow
  31  Fish Crow
  10  crow sp.
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   5  European Starling
   1  White-throated Sparrow
   1  House Sparrow
 723  17 species

245pm-4pm
Bethlehem Steel Corp Property "Oxygen Pond" Reservoir
Rd and Penninsula Expy, Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co.,
MD

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff
WEATHER: MC/Cloudy, 63 degrees, W 8 mph- WSW 9 mph

  67  Canada Goose
  10  Mallard
   2  Greater Scaup
  11  Lesser Scaup
   2  Bufflehead
  31  Hooded Merganser
  67  Ruddy Duck
   2  Pied-billed Grebe
   9  Double-crested Cormorant
   1  GREAT CORMORANT - 1st W 
   4  Great Blue Heron
   1  BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON - imm.
  92  American Coot
  21  Ring-billed Gull
   2  Herring Gull
   1  Great Black-backed Gull
  10  Rock Pigeon
   2  Mourning Dove
   2  Song Sparrow
 337  19 species  


        Kevin Graff
        Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
        







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