Hi all,
Well here is it. It's not easy being a firefighter
and birder at same time, trying to get the report done
when the pager goes off for a call. Hopefully we'll
get relief tomorrow, if calls for rain/snow shower.
More brush fires again here. Over 460 across MD since
Mar 5th.
Back to birding, it been about 15 years since I
visit Morgan Run NEA, last time was deer hunting.
Covers every trails all over Morgan Run, most bird
activity was on west side near the main highway and to
the east-southeast of parking lot in the woods/field
area.
630am-830am
Patapsco Valley State Park "McKeldin Area"
Marriottsville Rd & along Marriottsville Rd No. 2,
Marriottsville, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 42-40 degrees, NE 5 mph- NE 7 mph
6 Tundra Swan - headed NW
1 Wood Duck - drake flyby upstream, Balt/Carr
2 Mallard
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Belted Kingfisher
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
3 Downy Woodpecker
2 Northern Flicker
1 Pileated Woodpecker
2 Eastern Phoebe
6 American Crow
1 Common Raven - headed NWW, Balto to Carroll
5 White-breasted Nuthatch
1 Winter Wren
3 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
6 Eastern Bluebird
7 American Robin
2 Northern Mockingbird
6 European Starling
8 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee
2 Chipping Sparrow
2 Fox Sparrow
3 Song Sparrow
9 White-throated Sparrow
16 "Slate-colored" Junco
9 Northern Cardinal
109 28 species
Mammals
4 Gray Squirrel
850am-950am
Unknown trail off Deer Park Rd in Liberty Watershed,
Finksburg, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: MC/Fair, 40-45 degrees, N 10 mph- NW 7 mph
2 Mute Swan
2 Turkey Vulture
3 Mourning Dove
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
1 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
1 Eastern Phoebe
1 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
2 Fish Crow
11 Carolina Chickadee
4 Tufted Titmouse
2 Red-breasted Nuthatch
1 Carolina Wren
1 Winter Wren
4 Golden-crowned Kinglet
1 Hermit Thrush
1 Northern Mockingbird
1 Pine Warbler
1 Eastern Towhee
2 Song Sparrow
3 "Slate-colored" Junco
1 Northern Cardinal
52 24 species
Mammals
1 Gray Squirrel
Butterflies
1 Question Mark
10am-215pm (covers all trails; 15 min at Nic. Rd)
Morgan Run Natural Environment Area, end of Ben Rose
Ln., & north section off Nicodemus Rd., Westminster,
Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 41-47 degrees, N 9 mph- NNW 12 mph
5 Black Vulture - 3 off Nicodemus Road, N section
7 Turkey Vulture - 2 same as above
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
2 Cooper's hawk - headed NE
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 Red-tailed Hawk
10 Mourning Dove
6 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
3 Downy Woodpecker
1 Hairy Woodpecker
4 Northern Flicker - 1 off Nicodemus Road
1 Pileated Woodpecker - off Nicodemus Road
5 Eastern Phoebe - 2 off Nicodemus Road
5 Blue Jay
10 American Crow
2 Fish Crow - off Nicodemus Rd.
14 Carolina Chickadee
7 Tufted Titmouse
4 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Brown Creeper - 1 off Nicodemus Road
9 Carolina Wren - 1 off Nicodemus Road
1 Winter Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet
5 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
5 Eastern Bluebird
4 American Robin
7 Northern Mockingbird
3 European Starling - flyby
11 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Pine Warbler
2 Eastern Towhee
2 American Tree Sparrow - mixed w/ other sparrows
5 Field Sparrow
1 Fox Sparrow
25 Song Sparrow
2 Swamp Sparrow
27 White-throated Sparrow
15 "Slate-colored" Junco
16 Northern Cardinal
2 Common Grackle - private feeders along Nic. Rd
1 Purple Finch - private feeders along Nic. Rd
3 House Finch - private feeders along Nic. Rd
7 American Goldfinch
249 44 species
Mammals
7 Gray Squirrel
2 White-tailed Deer
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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