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Lake Roland, 09/12/06 & 09/19/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Wed, 20 Sep 2006 16:04:11 -0700

Hi all,


Last week trip wasn't posted while I was in Wildwood,
NJ for Firemen's Convention. The Internet Cafe I went
to had price for it went up than previous year. 


Baltimore Bird Club's second in a series of weekly
walks to follow the progress of Fall Migration, next
walk on 09/19/06, at 830am.

09/12/06 - 8am-1130am
Robert E. Lee Park "Lake Roland" Hollins Ave &
Lakeside Dr., Riderwood, Baltimore Co., MD

LEADER: Kevin Graff
OBSERVER: 13

WEATHER: MC/Cloudy, 62-66 degrees, E 10 mph

   3  Canada Goose
  13  Mallard 
   4  Great Blue Heron
   2  Great Egret
   3  Green Heron
   1  Black-crowned Night Heron
   1  Turkey Vulture - seen by one observer
   1  Bald Eagle - seen by one ob.
   1  Osprey
   1  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1  Cooper's Hawk
   1  Red-shouldered Hawk
   1  Red-tailed Hawk
   1  Killdeer
   1  Lesser Yellowlegs
   2  Spotted Sandpiper
   1  Ring-billed Gull
  11  Mourning Dove
  46  Chimney Swift - single kettle
   2  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
   3  Belted Kingfisher
   3  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   2  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Hairy Woodpecker
   2  Northern Flicker
   1  Pileated Woodpecker
   1  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher - seen by one ob.
   2  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   1  Great-crested Flycatcher
   1  Yellow-throated Vireo - heard only
   1  Warbling Vireo - heard only
   1  Blue Jay
   4  American Crow - seen by one ob.
   5  Carolina Chickadee
   4  Tufted Titmouse
   2  White-breasted Nuthatch
   3  Carolina Wren
   1  Wood Thrush
 112  American Robin
   7  Gray Catbird
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   7  European Starling
   3  Cedar Waxwing
   2  Northern Parula - seen by others after trip
   2  Chestnut-sided Warbler
   3  Black-throated Blue Warbler
   1  Black-throated Green Warbler - seen by one ob.
   1  Black-and-white Warbler - seen by one ob.
   1  Ovenbird
   2  Eastern Towhee - seen by one ob.
   1  Chipping Sparrow
   9  Northern Cardinal
   3  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
   2  Red-winged Blackbird
   1  Common Grackle
   1  Brown-headed Cowbird
   5  American Goldfinch   
 299  57 species

Mammals
  10  Gray Squirrel   

Reptiles
   1  Snapping Turtle

Butterflies
   1  Cabbage White
   3  Monarch

   
Baltimore Bird Club's third in a series of weekly
walks to follow the progress of Fall Migration, next
walk on 09/26/06, at 830am.

09/19/06 - 8am-1115am
Robert E. Lee Park "Lake Roland" Hollins Ave &
Lakeside Dr., Riderwood, Baltimore Co., MD

LEADERS: Debbie Terry/Kevin Graff (1015am-1115am)
OBSERVER: 12

WEATHER: MC/Cloudy, 74-75 degrees, SSW 3 mph-WSW 6 mph

  12  Canada Goose - flyby leaving L Roland, Falls Rd.
  13  Mallard
   1  Green Heron
   3  Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 ad and 1 imm.
   2  Osprey
   2  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1  Red-shouldered Hawk
   1  Killdeer
  12  Mourning Dove
  52  Chimney Swift
   1  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
   2  Belted Kingfisher
   3  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   3  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Hairy Woodpecker
   3  Northern Flicker
   2  Pileated Woodpecker
   2  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   1  Least Flycatcher - brief view, seen by two ob.
   1  Eastern Phoebe
   2  Warbling Vireo - heard only
   1  Red-eyed Vireo
   6  Blue Jay
  10  Carolina Chickadee
   6  Tufted Titmouse
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch 
   2  Carolina Wren
   1  House Wren
  34  American Robin
   4  Gray Catbird
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   1  Brown Thrasher
   2  European Starling
   1  Magnolia Warbler
   1  Black-throated Blue Warbler - seen by one ob.
   1  Black-and-white Warbler
   7  Northern Cardinal
   3  Rose-breasted Grosbeak
   2  Red-winged Blackbird
  96  Common Grackle
   5  American Goldfinch
   1  House Sparrow  
 307  42 species

Mammals
   15  Gray Squirrel

Amphibians
    4  American Toad

Butterflies
   10  Monarch

Dragonflies
    1  Eastern Amberwing
    1  Wandering Glider


09/19/06 - 1145am-1pm
Paper Mill Flats, along Paper Mill Rd., Cockeysville,
Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Cloudy/MC, 76-77 degrees, WSW 6 mph-NNW 7 mph
         (brief drizzle at arrival)

   7  Mallard
  24  Green-winged Teal
   4  Great Blue Heron
   9  Great Egret
   1  Green Heron
   7  Black Vulture
   3  Turkey Vulture
   1  Sharp-shinned Hawk
   1  Semipalmated Plover
  19  Killdeer
   5  Greater Yellowlegs
  82  Lesser Yellowlegs
   9  Semipalmated Sandpiper
  53  Least Sandpiper
   1  White-rumped Sandpiper
  14  Pectoral Sandpiper
 110  Stilt Sandpiper - impressive #, awesome!!!
   1  BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER - juv.
   4  Short-billed Dowitcher
   1  Wilson's Snipe
   3  Rock Pigeon
   1  Mourning Dove
   1  Yellow-billed Cuckoo
   2  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   1  Downy Woodpecker
   2  Eastern Phoebe
   1  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   3  Blue Jay
   5  American Crow
   9  Eastern Bluebird
   1  Veery
   2  American Robin
   1  Northern Mockingbird
   1  Magnolia Warbler
   1  Black-and-white Warbler
   5  American Goldfinch
 395  36 species

Reptiles
   2  Eastern Painted Turtle
   1  Snapping Turtle - seen again above water

Butterflies
   6  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
   1  Cabbage White
   1  Orange Sulphur
   1  Gray Hairstreak
   2  Red Admiral
   1  Red-spotted Purple
  16  Monarch 
   3  Silver-spotted Skipper

Dragonflies
   2  Common Green Darner
   1  Needham's Skimmer

Earleir today at Cromwell Valley Park, good warbler
flights after dawn downstream and some steady hawk
flight. Will post in the morning. 


       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD
       




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