Hi all,
Outdoor chores cutting woods and clear leaves again
and ran one fire call prevent me to post until late
this evening. Miserable weather in the piedmont area
all day.
11/12/06 - 845am-915am
Along Ruggles Rd., Taneytown, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: Light drizzle, 46 degrees, N 4 mph- calm
76 Canada Goose
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
3 American Kestrel
1 Wilson's Snipe - puddle in weedy field
1 Mourning Dove
1 Red-headed Woodpecker (adult)
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Blue Jay
1 American Crow
1 Carolina Chickadee
3 Tufted Titmouse
1 Brown Creeper
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
2 Eastern Bluebird
17 American Robin
8 European Starling
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler
3 Palm Warbler (2 yellow, 1 western)
18 White-throated Sparrow
4 "Slate-colored" Junco
7 Northern Cardinal
1 Red-winged Blackbird
3 American Goldfinch
159 25 species
Mammals
2 Gray Squirrel
11/12/06 - 925am-10am
Along Shriver Rd., Emmitsburg, Frederick Co., MD
WEATHER: Light rain/Rain, 46-48 degrees, calm- ENE 5
mph
1 Turkey Vulture
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Red-tailed Hawk
4 Rock Pigeon
1 Mourning Dove
1 NORTHERN SHRIKE (imm. short stay, then to cover)
61 Horned Lark (almost bare field near Harney Rd)
3 Eastern Bluebird
2 Northern Mockingbird
7 European Starling
3 American Pipit (w/ larks)
1 Palm Warbler (yellow)
2 Savannah Sparrow
1 Song Sparrow
2 White-throated Sparrow
22 "Slate-colored" Junco
6 Red-winged Blackbird
119 17 species
Mammals
1 Gray Squirrel
11/12/06 - 1055am-1155am
Waring Station Park "Gunners Lake" Waring Station Rd.,
Germantown, Montgomery Co., MD
WEATHER: Light rain/Rain, 46-48 degrees, NNW 16 mph
25 Canada Goose
20 Mallard (16 drakes, 4 hens)
4 Ring-necked Duck (3 drakes, 1 hen)
28 Ruddy Duck (15 drakes, 13 hens)
11 Pied-billed Grebe
1 Great Blue Heron
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk - along Rt 124
1 Red-shouldered Hawk
2 American Coot
1 Ring-billed Gull
1 Blue Jay
3 American Crow
1 Carolina Chickadee
2 Tufted Titmouse
1 Carolina Wren
1 Hermit Thrush
39 American Robin
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Fox Sparrow
11 White-throated Sparrow
1 "Slate-colored" Junco
16 Northern Cardinal
32 American Goldfinch
205 23 species
Mammals
3 Gray Squirrel
3 White-tailed Deer
11/12/06 - 1230pm-2pm
Triadelphia Watershed "Pig's Tail (P)" Green Bridge
Rd., Dayton, Howard Co., MD (quick stop at Brighton
Dam (B), Montgomery Co)
WEATHER: Overcast, 50 degrees, N 8 mph- NNW 10 mph
2 Canada Goose (P)
2 American Black Duck (a pair, B)
11 Ring-necked Duck (6 drakes, 5 hens, 8 P, 3 B)
23 Bufflehead (9 P, 14 B)
5 Hooded Merganser (3 P, 2 B)
5 Common Merganser (county line at B)
13 Ruddy Duck (7 drakes, 6 hens, P)
9 Pied-billed Grebe (8 P, 1 B)
3 Horned Grebe (2 B and 1 county line)
3 Black Vulture (B, both counties)
8 Turkey Vulture (B, both counties)
1 Bald Eagle (adult cruise by 3x, county line)
16 American Coot (P)
2 Ring-billed Gull
40 Rock Pigeon - Brighton Dam (quick stop)
1 Belted Kingfisher - Brighton Dam (quick stop)
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker (P)
1 Downy Woodpecker (P, flyby toward Mont)
2 Hairy Woodpecker (P)
2 Carolina Chickadee (B, near visitor center)
4 Tufted Titmouse (P)
1 White-breasted Nuthatch (P)
6 Golden-crowned Kinglet (P)
2 Ruby-crowned Kinglet (P)
18 American Robin (P, coming in from Mont)
6 Cedar Waxwing (P, coming in from Mont)
6 Yellow-rumped Warbler (P)
2 Eastern Towhee (1 at visitor center, 1 P)
2 Song Sparrow (P)
5 White-throated Sparrow (P)
8 "Slate-colored" Junco (P)
4 Northern Cardinal (P)
3 House Finch (P)
1 American Goldfinch (P, flyby)
219 34 species
Mammals
5 Gray Squirrel
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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