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Queen Anne's, Caroline, Anne Arundel, & Baltimore, 1/28/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 29 Jan 2006 17:15:50 -0800

Hi all,


705am-730am
Cabin Creek Public Landing, Cabin Creek Rd.,
Grasonville, 
Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 32-34 degrees, SSW 5 mph- calm

  17  Canada Goose
   4  Mute Swan
  17  Tundra Swan - flyby NNW, 14 & 3
   1  Mallard 
 258  Canvasback
   4  Redhead - 3 drakes, 1 hen
  10  Lesser Scaup
  41  Surf Scoter
  11  Ruddy Duck
   1  Bald Eagle - ad.
   4  Ring-billed Gull
   1  Herring Gull
   1  Mourning Dove
   1  Northern Flicker
   2  Swamp Sparrow
   4  White-throated Sparrow
   1  Northern Cardinal    
   1  Red-winged Blackbird
 379  18 species

Mammals
   1  White-tailed Deer

730am-10am
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center "Horsehead" 
Discovery Ln., off of Perry's Corner Rd., Grasonville,

Queen Anne's Co., MD

PB (Prospect Bay-private), OT (Observation Tower), MC 
(Marshy Creek), LK (Lake Knapp)

WEATHER: Fair, 34-43 degrees, calm- WSW 7 mph

 607  Canada Goose - 18 PB, 537 OT, 19 MC, 33 LK
  28  Mute Swan - 2 OT, 24 MC, 2 LK
  44  Tundra Swan - 14 OT, 30 MC (15 flyby)
   5  Gadwall - LK
   1  EURASIAN WIGEON - LK
  62  American Wigeon - 41 MC, 21 LK
 101  American Black Duck - 66 PB, 31 OT, 4 LK 
 158  Mallard - 53 PB, 22 OT, 83 LK
   1  Northern Shoveler - MC
3657  Canvasback - MC
   1  Redhead - MC
   3  Ring-necked Duck - MC
  51  Greater Scaup - 42 PB, 7 OT, 2 MC
 149  Lesser Scaup - MC
  86  Surf Scoter - PB
   2  Black Scoter - PB
  22  Long-tailed Duck - 4 PB, 18 OT
 124  Bufflehead - 61 PB, 59 OT, 2 MC, 2 LK 
  11  Common Goldeneye - 7 PB, 4 OT
   4  Hooded Merganser - LK
   1  Red-breasted Merganser - drake MC
 791  Ruddy Duck - MC, 5 LK
   2  Pied-billed Grebe - MC
   6  Horned Grebe - MC
   1  RED-NECKED GREBE - MC
   1  Double-crested Cormorant - OT
   6  Great Blue Heron
   3  Turkey Vulture
   2  Bald Eagle - 4th W
  58  Ring-billed Gull - many on jetties from OT
  22  Herring Gull - smae as above
  13  Great Black-backed Gull - same as above
   2  Rock Pigeon - flyby
   3  Mourning Dove
   1  Belted Kingfisher
   2  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
   2  Fish Crow
   3  Carolina Chickadee
   2  Tufted Titmouse
   1  Brown-headed Nuthatch
   1  Brown Creeper
   2  Golden-crowned Kinglet
   1  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
   4  Northern Mockingbird
   1  ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - offsite, private area
  33  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   2  Field Sparrow
   2  Song Sparrow
   2  Swamp Sparrow
   5  "Slate-colored" Junco
   6  Northern Cardinal
  15  Red-winged Blackbird
   6  Common Grackle
   4  House Finch
   9  American Goldfinch
6133  56 species

Mammals
   4  Gray Squirrel

1010am-1020am
Along Rt 404, Queen Anne, Queen Anne's & Talbot 
Counties, MD

WEATHER: Fair, 43-44 degrees, WSW 7 mph

   8  Canada Goose - flyby T to QA
   3  Black Vulture - b
   9  Turkey Vulture - b
   1  Bald Eagle - ad., flyby QA to T 
   1  Red-tailed Hawk - T
   1  American Kestrel - T
   4  Rock Pigeon - QA
   8  Mourning Dove - b, on wires 
   1  Northern Flicker - T
   7  American Crow - b
   8  crow sp. - in distance, T
   2  Eastern Bluebird - b
   1  Northern Mockingbird - T
  16  European Starling - b
   1  Chipping Sparrow - QA, on wires
  11  American Goldfinch - b
   8  House Sparrow - T
  90  16 species
 
1035am-1125am
Forest Retention Area & fields, along Stevenson Rd 
and Sparks Rd., Ridgely, Caroline Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 44-49 degrees, WSW 7 mph- SSW 7 mph

   2  Mallard - flyby
   2  Black Vulture
   8  Turkey Vulture
   1  Red-tailed Hawk
   1  American Kestrel
   3  Rock Pigeon
   7  Mourning Dove
   1  Belted Kingfisher - across street from pond
   1  Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Northern Flicker
   6  American Crow
   8  Horned Lark
   1  Brown Creeper
   1  Hermit Thrush
   5  European Starling
   1  American Pipit
   2  "Slate-colored" Junco
   1  Northern Cardinal
   8  Red-winged Blackbird
   3  American Goldfinch
  64  21 species

Mammals
   1  Gray Squirrel

1215pm-1245pm
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Park, Fairview Beach Rd., 
Pasadena, Anne Arundel Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 58-59 degrees, SW 10 mph

   2  Canada Goose
   1  Mute Swan
   2  Mallard 
  45  Canvasback
   4  Ring-necked Duck
  13  Lesser Scaup
   8  Surf Scoter
   2  Long-tailed Duck
  22  Bufflehead
   1  Double-crested Cormorant - White Rock
   1  Sharp-shinned Hawk - headed N
   2  Red-shouldered Hawk - headed N   
  11  Ring-billed Gull
  10  Herring Gull
   5  Great Black-backed Gull
  14  Rock Pigeon - flyby
   1  RED-HEADED WOODPECKER - took off and disappear
   1  Northern Flicker
   1  Carolina Chickadee
   1  Song Sparrow
   2  White-throated Sparrow
   1  Northern Cardinal
   2  American Goldfinch
 152  23 species

115pm-4pm (including stop at Chester Cove Marina)
Ft. McHenry National Monument, Constellation Plaza,
end of E. Fort Ave., Locust Point section of
Baltimore, MD

OBSERVERS: John Landers, Kevin Graff
WEATHER: PC, 60-63 degrees, WSW 16 mph- W 13 mph

   9  Canada Goose
  18  American Wigeon  
  42  Mallard
   6  Lesser Scaup
  33  Bufflehead
   5  Double-crested Cormorant
   1  Turkey Vulture
   1  Peregrine Falcon
   1  American Coot
  88  Ring-billed Gull
  17  Herring Gull
   1  GLAUCOUS GULL - 2nd W, marina
   9  Great Black-backed Gull
  46  Rock Pigeon
   2  Mourning Dove
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   7  Fish Crow - calling a lot and chasing one
another
   1  Northern Mockingbird
  33  European Starling
   1  Eastern Towhee - w/ sparrows
   2  Song Sparrow - scoped at wetland tr from seawall
   1  Swamp Sparrow - same as above
   3  House Finch - scoped at wetland tr from seawall
   3  American Goldfinch - same as above
  18  House Sparrow   
 349  25 species

Mammals
   6  Gray Squirrel


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


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