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Lake Roland, 4/25/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:41:21 -0700

Hi all,

   
Baltimore Bird Club's fourth of the series weekly
birdwalk, next walk on May 2 at 830am.

8am-12pm
Robert E. Lee Park "Lake Roland" Hollins Ave. &
Lakeside Dr., Riderwood, Baltimore Co., MD

LEADER: Dot G.
OBSERVERS: 13

WEATHER: MC/PC, 53-70 degrees, calm- WNW 13 mph


  21  Canada Goose
   4  Wood Duck
  13  Mallard
   1  Blue-winged teal
   4  Common Loon - single flock headed N
   7  Double-crested Cormorant - single flock N
   1  Great Blue Heron
   1  Green Heron
   1  Black-crowned Night Heron
   1  Yellow-crowned Night Heron
   1  Black Vulture
   1  Turkey Vulture
   1  Cooper's Hawk
   2  Red-tailed Hawk 
   1  Killdeer
  14  Solitary Sandpiper
   1  Spotted Sandpiper
   8  Mourning Dove
   3  Chimney Swift
   2  Belted Kingfisher
   2  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   7  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Hairy Woodpecker
   2  Northern Flicker
   1  Pileated Woodpecker
   1  Eastern Phoebe
   1  Eastern Kingbird
   1  White-eyed Vireo
   1  Blue-headed Vireo
   3  Red-eyued Vireo
  43  Blue Jay
   6  American Crow
   9  Fish Crow
   6  Northern Rough-winged Swallow 
   2  Barn Swallow
  13  Carolina Chickadee
  10  Tufted Titmouse
   3  White-breasted Nuthatch
   3  Carolina Wren
   1  House Wren
   1  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  20  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  
  39  American Robin
   2  Northern Mockingbird
  23  European Starling 
   1  Blue-winged Warbler
   3  Northern Parula
   1  Yellow Warbler
   7  Yellow-rumped Warbler
   1  Palm Warbler
   1  Black-and-white Warbler
   3  Louisiana Waterthrush
   3  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Scarlet Tanager
   3  Eastern Towhee
   7  Chipping Sparrow
   3  Song Sparrow 
   1  Swamp Sparrow
  20  White-throated Sparrow
  15  Northern Cardinal
   4  Red-winged Blackbird
   7  Brown-headed Cowbird
   1  Baltimore Oriole
  19  American Goldfinch
   1  House Sparrow 
 392  65 species

Mammals
    7  Gray Squirrel

Reptiles
    8  Eastern Painted Turtle
    1  Snapping Turtle - monsterous head above water

Butterflies
    5  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
    8  Cabbage White
    5  Falcate Orangetip - seen by Paul only
    4  Spring Azure
    2  Question Mark
    2  Juvenal's Duskywing - seen by Paul only

 
On my way to Lake Roland yesterday morning, there are
big waves of cormorants headed north along with 3
Common Loons and many dozens Blue Jays along
Jarrettsville Pike and Dulaney Valley Rd. Before
leaving home, had one flock of 8 Double-crested
Cormorant. 


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




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