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Loch Raven & CVP HawkWatch, 11/14/06

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:17:55 -0800

Hi all,


11/14/06 - 710am-745am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Dams" Loch Raven Dr.,
Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 57 degrees, W 5 mph

Canada Goose - 391
Mallard - 3 (2 drakes, 1 hen)
Ring-necked Duck - 14 (8 drakes, 6 hens)
Hooded Merganser - 3 (hens)
Pied-billed Grebe - 5
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 1 (late pm on way back)
Bald Eagle - 2 (adults)
Ring-billed Gull - 14
Herring Gull - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1 (male)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Blue Jay - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 7
Eastern Bluebird - 13
American Robin - 54 (flyby)
Cedar Waxwing - 4
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 16
White-throated Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 
House Finch - 4
American Goldfinch - 5
SPECIES: 28
TOTAL BIRDS: 559 (or total individual, which one is 
                  better???, reply offlist, thanks!)

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5

11/14/06 - 750am-1050am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Club"
Dulaney Valley Rd., E of Stone Hill Rd., Phoenix,
Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 57-59 degrees, W 5 mph

Canada Goose - 176
Gadwall - 10 (5 drakes, 5 hens)
American Wigeon - 139 (70 drakes, 69 hens)
American Black Duck - 4 (2 drakes, 2 hens)
Mallard - 3 (2 drakes, 1 hen)
Redhead - 6 (5 drakes, 1 hen)
Ring-necked Duck - 72 (40 drakes, 32 hens)
Lesser Scaup - 9 (4 drakes, 5 hens)
Bufflehead - 17 (6 drakes, 11 hens)
Hooded Merganser - 5 (3 drakes, 2 hens)
Common Merganser - 1 (hen)
Common Loon - 3
Pied-billed Grebe - 27
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1 (imm)
Northern Harrier - 1 (imm)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 1186
Ring-billed Gull - 5
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1 (female)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 4
Pileated Woodpecker - 3
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 17
Carolina Chickadee - 7
Tufted Titmouse - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2
Field Sparrow - 1
Fox Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 18
White-throated Sparrow - 118
"Slate-colored" Junco - 58
Northern Cardinal - 38
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 (w/ grackles)
Common Grackle - 11 (flyby)
Purple Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 9
SPECIES: 52
TOTAL BIRDS: 2000

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 7
White-tailed Deer - 5   

11/14/06 - 1050am-1120am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Fishing Center/#2
Bridge" Dulaney Valley Rd., W of Stone Hill Rd.,
Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 59 degrees, W 5- WSW 4 mph

Canada Goose - 67
American Wigeon - 8 (4 drakes, 4 hens)
American Black Duck - 7 (4 drakes, 3 hens)
Mallard - 2 (1 pair)
Ring-necked Duck - 15 (7 drakes, 8 hens)
Bufflehead - 9 (3 drakes, 6 hens)
Ruddy Duck - 2 (pair, #2 bridge)
Common Loon - 2 (#2 bridge)
Pied-billed Grebe - 12
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 10 (#2 bridge)
Rock Pigeon - 16
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 5 (#2 bridge)
Fish Crow - 4 (calling, chasing heron, Fishing Ctr)
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 3
"Slate-colored" Junco - 3
SPECIES: 21
TOTAL BIRDS: 172

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 3

11/14/06 - 1130am-4pm
Cromwell Valley Park "HawkWatch On The Hill" Cromwell
Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/PC, 59-61 degrees, WSW 4 mph- ESE 5

OFFICIAL COUNTERS: Jim Meyers, Kevin Graff
OBSERVERS: 3
VISITOR: 1

Mute Swan - 2 (headed SSW, 155pm, rare in area)
Mallard - 4 (flyby toward Loch Raven Dams)
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 9
Bald Eagle - 1 (imm, migrants)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 8 (migrants)
Cooper's Hawk - 3 (2 migrants, 1 local)
Red-tailed Hawk - 6 (4 migrants, 2 locals)
Ring-billed Gull - 17
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 5854 (headed to roost, many calling)
Fish Crow - 8 (headed to roost)
Crow sp. - 566 (headed to roost)
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 16
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 96
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 32
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 5
Field Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - 8
White-throated Sparrow - 8
"Slate-colored" Junco - 11
Northern Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 18
House Finch - 5
American Goldfinch - 28
SPECIES: 40
TOTAL BIRDS: 6749

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 6


       Kevin Graff
       Jarrettsville, MD
       



 
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