Hi all,
Went down to Patterson Park hoping to find the
bittern. I found a medium size heron (most likely a
bittern) with tanish/brown streaking body flushed by
an idiot who wander off the boardwalk into the marsh
with a puppy and almost grab a Great Blue Heron. I
lost track of the medium heron/bittern as I was facing
the sun. Bad choice. According to David Curson, it
should be a bittern, as he has no other medium size
heron this time of year. Would this countable on my
list???
10/29/06 - 615am-7am
Patterson Park "mostly around pond", S. Patterson Park
Ave., Highlandtown? section of Baltimore, MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 46 degrees, WSW 14 mph- WSW 13 mph
2 Canada Goose
1 Wood Duck
104 Mallard
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
20 Ring-billed Gull
3 Herring Gull
32 Rock Pigeon
6 Mourning Dove
1 Downy Woodpecker
7 Northern Flicker - some flyby
2 American Crow
3 Carolina Chickadee
3 Golden-crowned Kinglet
4 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
21 American Robin
2 Northern Mockingbird
16 European Starling
1 ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - behind wooded bench
7 Yellow-rumped Warbler
8 Chipping Sparrow
1 Field Sparrow
6 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
8 White-throated Sparrow
1 White-crowned Sparrow
8 House Finch
23 House Sparrow
293 28 species
Mammals
13 Gray Squirrel
10/29/06 - 735am-1pm Baltimore Bird Club trip
Cromwell Valley Park "Willow Grove Farm & Sherwood
Farm" Cromwell Bridge Rd. & lower dam of Loch Raven
Reservoir, Loch Raven Dr., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD
LEADER: Kevin Graff
OBSERVERS: 4 (+3 for hawkwatch)
WEATHER: Sunny/PC, 46-57 degrees, S 8 mph- W 20 mph
28 Canada Goose - dam area
1 Mallard
3 Hooded Merganser - all drakes
1 Pied-billed Grebe
6 Double-crested Cormorant
25 Black Vulture
20 Turkey Vulture
2 Osprey
2 Bald Eagle
2 Northern Harrier - migrants
16 Sharp-shinned Hawk - 15 migrants, 1 local
1 Cooper's Hawk - migrants
19 Red-tailed Hawk - 16 migrants, 3 locals
1 Unidentified Buteo
11 Ring-billed Gull - some flyby
1 Rock Pigeon - lower dam
10 Mourning Dove
2 Belted Kingfisher
7 Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 Downy Woodpecker
2 Hairy Woodpecker
11 Northern Flicker - some flyby
3 Eastern Phoebe
14 Blue Jay
12 American Crow - several calling
13 Carolina Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
2 Carolina Wren
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet - seen by one observer
15 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
53 Eastern Bluebird
54 American Robin - many headed SW
5 Northern Mockingbird
7 European Starling
1 Cedar Waxwing
4 Yellow-rumped Warbler
2 Palm Warbler (yellow & western)
1 Eastern Towhee
43 Chipping Sparrow
2 Field Sparrow
1 Savannah Sparrow
107 Song Sparrow
231 White-throated Sparrow
8 White-crowned Sparrow - 1 adult seen by one ob
11 "Slate-colored" Junco
8 Northern Cardinal
88 Red-winged Blackbird - most flyby
53 Common Grackle - same as above
8 Brown-headed Cowbird
27 House Finch
8 American Goldfinch
2 House Sparrow - horse pasture
960 52 species
Mammals
8 Gray Squirrel
4 White-tailed Deer
Butterflies
2 Orange Sulphur
Dragonflies
1 Yellow-legged Meadowhawk
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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