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Frederick Mid-Winter Bird Count, 1/29/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Mon, 30 Jan 2006 07:54:20 -0800

Hi all,


730am-12pm one way, returned non-stop
Frederick Mid-Winter Bird Count

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff
WEATHER: Fair/PC, then Cloudy, 32-45 degrees, calm- 
         S 6 mph, rain/light rain 1010am-1120am

Monocacy River Aqueduct at county border-Mile Marker 
43
  
   2  Canada Goose
   2  Red-shouldered Hawk
  68  Ring-billed Gull - headed NWW
   1  Mourning Dove
   3  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Pileated Woodpecker     
  16  American Crow
   1  Fish Crow
   2  Tufted Titmouse
   1  Carolina Wren
   2  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   3  "Slate-colored" Junco
   1  Northern Cardinal
 107  16 species

Mammals
   3  Gray Squirrel   

Mile Marker 43-44

  14  Canada Goose - headed N
   1  Red-shouldered Hawk
   1  Red-tailed Hawk - flyby from VA to MD
   1  ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - returned trip, over field
  30  Ring-billed Gull - headed NWW
   6  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   2  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Hairy Woodpecker
   2  Northern Flicker
   2  American Crow
  12  Carolina Chickadee
  15  Tufted Titmouse
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   6  Brown Creeper
   3  Carolina Wren
   3  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   1  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  28  Cedar Waxwing - returned trip
   6  American Robin
   3  European Starling
   9  White-throated Sparrow
 148  21 species

Mammals
  9  Gray Squirrel

Mile Marker 44-45 "Nolands Ferry"

   3  Tundra Swan - headed N from VA
   1  Northern Harrier - gray ghost, flyyby
  12  Ring-billed Gull - headed NWW
   5  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   2  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Hairy Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
   1  Blue Jay
   3  American Crow
   1  Fish Crow
   3  Carolina Chickadee
   7  Tufted Titmouse
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   1  Brown Creeper
   2  Carolina Wren
   1  Winter Wren
   6  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   1  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  25  European Starling 
   1  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   1  Song Sparrow
   1  Northern Cardinal
  81  22 species   

Mammals
   8  Gray Squirrel

Mile Marker 45-46

   1  Red-tailed Hawk
  10  Ring-billed Gull - headeed NW 
   1  Mourning Dove - flyby
   6  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   2  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Northern Flicker
   2  Carolina Chickadee
   3  Tufted Titmouse
   6  White-breasted Nuthatch
   1  Brown Creeper
   1  Carolina Wren
   5  Golden-crowned Kinglet 
   1  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
   2  American Robin - flyby
   2  European Starling
   1  "Slate-colored" Junco
   3  Northern Cardinal
  49  17 species

Mammals
   6  Gray Squirrel

Mile Marker 46-47, slowed down due to rain

   7  Ring-billed Gull - headed NW
   1  Barred Owl
   3  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   2  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
   2  American Crow
   2  Carolina Chickadee
   5  Tufted Titmouse
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   1  Carolina Wren
   5  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   3  European Starling - flyby
   1  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   2  Song Sparrow
   2  Northern Cardinal
  38  15 species

Mammals
   1  Gray Squirrel
  
Mile Marker 47-48 - a lot of action after rain
  
   1  Turkey Vulture
   1  Red-shouldered Hawk
   1  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   7  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   2  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   2  Downy Woodpecker
   3  Hairy Woodpecker
   5  American Crow
   1  COMMON RAVEN
  10  Carolina Chickadee
   1  BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE 
  19  Tufted Titmouse
   1  Red-breasted Nuthatch
   5  White-breasted Nuthatch
   4  Brown Creeper
   3  Carolina Wren
   1  Winter Wren
  10  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   2  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
   7  Eastern Bluebird - flyby
   5  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   1  White-throated Sparrow
   4  Northern Cardinal
  96  23 species

Mammals
   9  Gray Squirrel

Total overall     **11 miles? roundtrip**

  16  Canada Goose 
   3  Tundra Swan
   1  Turkey Vulture
   1  Northern Harrier
   1  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   4  Red-shouldered Hawk 
   2  Red-tailed Hawk 
   1  ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK - light morph
 127  Ring-billed Gull 
   2  Mourning Dove 
   1  Barred Owl
  30  Red-bellied Woodpecker 
   3  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 
  11  Downy Woodpecker 
   7  Hairy Woodpecker 
   6  Northern Flicker 
   2  Pileated Woodpecker
   1  Blue Jay     
  28  American Crow 
   2  Fish Crow 
   1  COMMON RAVEN
  29  Carolina Chickadee 
   1  BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE
  51  Tufted Titmouse
   1  Red-breasted Nuthatch
  14  White-breasted Nuthatch 
  12  Brown Creeper 
  11  Carolina Wren 
   2  Winter Wren 
  31  Golden-crowned Kinglet 
   5  Ruby-crowned Kinglet 
   7  Eastern Bluebird
   8  American Robin 
   1  Northern Mockingbird
  33  European Starling 
  28  Cedar Waxwing
   7  Yellow-rumped Warbler 
   3  Song Sparrow 
  10  White-throated Sparrow 
   4  "Slate-colored" Junco 
  11  Northern Cardinal 
 519  41 species

Mammals
  36  Gray Squirrel    



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

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