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Granite Area / Hernwood (10-08)

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Keith Eric Costley

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Keith Eric Costley

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Mon, 9 Oct 2006 22:29:23 -0400

Yesterday, with sparrows on my mind, I walked through the Granite Area of
Patapsco Valley State Park then into the Hernwood Area. In Granite I found
five species of sparrows and six warbler species. Hernwood had six sparrows
and six warblers.

Sparrows: 2 Chipping Sparrow, 4 Field Sparrow, 9 Savannah Sparrow, 11 Song
Sparrow, 8 - Swamp Sparrow, 94 White-throated Sparrow, 2 White-crowned
Sparrow   

Warblers: 1 Northern Parula, 2 Magnolia Warbler, 17 Black-throated Blue
Warbler, 5 Myrtle Warbler, 1 Black-throated Green Warbler, 2 Pine Warbler, 1
American Redstart, 1 Ovenbird, 1 Common Yellowthroat

G* - H** - Species
10 -   0 - Double-crested Cormorant
52 -   0 - Canada Goose
12 -   9 - Black Vulture
16 - 15 - Turkey Vulture
  0 -   1 - Osprey 
  2 -   1 - Sharp-shinned Hawk
  4 -   3 - Cooper's Hawk
  4 -   2 - Broad-winged Hawk
  6 -   3 - Red-tailed Hawk
  2 -   0 - Merlin 
  1 -   1 - Mourning Dove
  1 -   0 - Barred Owl
  5 -   3 - Chimney Swift
  1 -   0 - Belted Kingfisher
  5 -   2 - Red-bellied Woodpecker
  2 -   1 - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
  4 -   1 - Downy Woodpecker
  1 -   1 - Hairy Woodpecker
  7 -   3 - Northern Flicker
  2 -   1 - Pileated Woodpecker
  3 -   1 - Eastern Phoebe
24 - 10 - Blue Jay 
  6 - 45 - American Crow
  2 -   0 - Common Raven
15 -   2 - Carolina Chickadee
  4 -   3 - Tufted Titmouse
  4 -   1 - White-breasted Nuthatch
  9 -   2 - Carolina Wren
39 - 11 - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
12 -   0 - American Robin
  8 -   4 - Gray Catbird
  6 -   2 - Northern Mockingbird
12 -   1 - Cedar Waxwing
  1 -   1 - Blue-headed Vireo
  0 -   1 - Northern Parula
  0 -   2 - Magnolia Warbler
13 -   4 - Black-throated Blue Warbler
  4 -   1 - Myrtle Warbler
  0 -   1 - Black-throated Green Warbler
  2 -   0 - Pine Warbler
  1 -   0 - American Redstart
  1 -   0 - Ovenbird
  1 -   0 - Common Yellowthroat
  2 -   0 - Scarlet Tanager
21 - 10 - Northern Cardinal
  1 -   0 - Blue Grosbeak
  1 -   1 - Indigo Bunting
  6 -   1 - Eastern Towhee
  0 -   2 - Chipping Sparrow
  3 -   1 - Field Sparrow
  0 -   9 - Savannah Sparrow
  6 -   5 - Song Sparrow
  8 -   0 - Swamp Sparrow
74 - 20 - White-throated Sparrow
  2 -   0 - White-crowned Sparrow
  2 -   0 - Dark-eyed Junco
  0 - 33 - Brown-headed Cowbird
  0 -   2 - House Finch
  4 -   5 - American Goldfinch
50 - 44 ­ Species (59 combined)

*Granite Birds
**Hernwood

Keith Eric Costley

Randallstown, Baltimore County, MD