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Cromwell Valley Park "Hawkwatch & Willow Grove" 09/20/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

Date:

Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:54:57 -0700

Hi all,


   Arrived before dawn with John Dennehy for pre-dawn
flight. Heard no thrushes during that time but got
impressive # of passerines later along Minebank Trail
near abandoned house. Good strong robins, waxwings,
bluebirds, swifts, monarchs flights all day.
   We're hoping of getting more good flights for
upcoming Baltimore Bird Club trip this Sat 23rd to the
park at 8am. Meet at Willow Grove farm lot. After
birdwalk, we'll go straight to the hawkwatch site for
the rest of the day. 


09/20/06 - 6am-6pm
Cromwell Valley Park "Hawkwatch On The Hill & Willow
Grove Farm" Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore
Co., MD

OBSERVERS: 14 (hawkwatch)
WEATHER: MC/PC/MC, 59-70(245pm)-66 degrees, WNW 5 mph-
W 12 mph (peak 22 mph 10am) 


  10  Mallard
   2  Great Blue Heron
   9  Black Vulture
  24  Turkey Vulture
   3  Osprey
   1  Northern Harrier
  43  Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2 locals
   1  Cooper's Hawk 
   2  Red-shouldered Hawk
 138  Broad-winged Hawk
   5  Red-tailed Hawk - 4 locals
  11  American Kestrel 
   1  Merlin - excellent look
   1  Killdeer - near lower dam
   1  Greater Yellowlegs - near lower dam
  15  Ring-billed Gull - flyby to reservoir in am
  23  Rock Pigeon - most flyby
  16  Mourning Dove
   2  Great Horned Owl - heard calling after dawn
  78  Chimney Swift - most headed SW
   1  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
   1  Belted Kingfisher - Loch Raven
   4  Red-bellied Woodpecker
   3  Downy Woodpecker
   1  Hairy Woodpecker
  22  Northern Flicker - some headed SW   
   9  Eastern Wood-Pewee
   9  Eastern Phoebe
   1  Blue-headed Vireo
   1  Warbling Vireo
  32  Red-eyed Vireo
 136  Blue Jay - many headed SW  
   7  American Crow
   1  Barn Swallow - headed SW
   6  Carolina Chickadee
   2  Tufted Titmouse
   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
   4  Carolina Wren
   2  House Wren
   4  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  54  Eastern Bluebird 
1150  American Robin - actual #
   8  Gray Catbird
   7  Northern Mockingbird - late FL begging
   3  Brown Thrasher
  30  European Starling
 183  Cedar Waxwing
  10  Chestnut-sided Warbler
  15  Magnolia Warbler
  14  Black-throated Green Warbler
   3  Blackburnian Warbler
   1  Pine Warbler
   4  American Redstart
   1  CONNECTICUT WARBLER    
   6  Common Yellowthroat
   1  Wilson's Warbler
   6  warbler sp.
   1  Scarlet Tanager
  27  Chipping Sparrow
   1  Song Sparrow
  16  Northern Cardinal
   4  Indigo Bunting - 1 late FL begging
   6  House Finch
  46  American Goldfinch
   2  House Sparrow
2232  64 species

Mammals
   2  Eastern Cottontail
  10  Gray Squirrel
   3  White-tailed Deer

Reptiles
   1  Eastern Painted Turtle - lower dam

Amphibians
   1  American Toad

Butterflies
   1  Pipevine Swallowtail
   4  Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
   1  Cabbage White
   1  Clouded Sulphur
   8  Orange Sulphur
   1  Summer Azure - near lower dam
   1  Eastern Tailed Blue
   1  Meadow Fritillary
   5  Variegated Fritillary
   1  Question Mark
   1  American Lady
   4  Common Buckeye
 446  Monarch - steady flight all day
   1  Least Skipper
   3  Sachem

Dragonflies
   1  Halloween Pennant
  18  Black Saddlebags


       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD
       


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