Hi all,


  Warm weather has taken its toll on our bird count,
fewer total # individual, lack of good birds, not
much. Spent less time at Sparrow Point Country Club
due to golfers out in full force (last year was closed
due to ice, but has granted permission there).  

12/16/06 - 730am-1035am
Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant, Willis Ave. &
Activated Way, off of Eastern Ave (Rt. 150),
Eastpoint, Baltimore Co., MD (2 miles by foot, 4 miles
by car)

WEATHER: Fair, 39-50 degrees, calm- NW 13 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 143
Wood Duck - 1 (drake)
American Black Duck - 2 (prs.)
Mallard - 19
Hooded Merganser - 1 (drake)
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 4
Bald Eagle - 2 (adults)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 111
Ring-billed Gull - 55
Herring Gull - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 5
Rock Pigeon - 31
Mourning Dove - 17
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 4
Eastern Phoebe - 1
American Crow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 5
House Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 5
Hermit Thrush - 2
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 36
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 6
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow- 29
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2 
Northern Cardinal - 12
Red-winged Blackbird - 12
American Goldfinch - 4
SPECIES: 43
TOTAL BIRDS: 550

MAMMALS: Gray Squirrel - 3

12/16/06 - 1035am-1110am
Diamond Point Flats, Diamond Point Rd., Eastpoint,
Baltimore Co., MD (1/2 mile by foot)

WEATHER: Fair, 50 degrees, NW 13 mph- W 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 2    

Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 (off Island Point Rd)
Turkey Vulture - 2
Killdeer - 58
Bonaparte's Gull - 56
Ring-billed Gull - 211
Herring Gull - 59
Great Black-backed Gull - 53
Rock Pigeon - 10
American Crow- 19
Fish Crow - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 1
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 487

MAMMALS: Gray Squirrel - 1

12/16/06 - 1120am-1150am
Sparrows Point Country Club, Sparrows Point Country
Club Dr., off of Wise Ave., Dundalk, Baltimore Co., MD
(1 mile by foot, 2 miles by car)

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 50-52 degrees, W 10 mph- W 9 mph
OBSERVER: 1 

Canada Goose - 32
Mallard - 7 (5 drakes, 2 hens)
Lesser Scaup - 1 (hen)
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 51
Mourning Dove - 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Song Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 8
"Slate-colored" Junco - 8
Common Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 26
TOTAL BIRDS: 148

MAMMALS: Gray Squirrel - 16

12/16/06 - 1155am-1230pm
Bethlehem Steel Corp. Property now called Air Products
& Chemicals, Inc. "Oxygen Pond", Reservoir Rd & along
Peninsula Expressway, Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co.,
MD
(1/4 mile by foot, 2 miles by car)

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 52 degrees, W 8 mph
OBSERVER: 1

Canada Goose - 50
Mute Swan - 8
American Wigeon - 16 (8 prs.)
Mallard - 5 (3 drakes, 2 hens)
Ring-necked Duck - 6 (5 drakes, 1 hen)
Lesser Scaup - 1 (hen)
Bufflehead - 1 (hen)
Hooded Merganser - 18 (16 drakes, 2 hens)
Ruddy Duck - 36
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 54
Great Blue Heron - 6 (1 along Peninsula Expy)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (flyby)
American Coot - 94
Ring-billed Gull - 19
Herring Gull - 6
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 8
Mourning Dove - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
American Crow - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 3
SPECIES: 27
TOTAL BIRDS: 347

BUTTERFLIES: Orange Sulphur - 1

12/16/06 - 1240pm-330pm
North Point State Park "abandoned roadbeds from pond W
of North Point Blvd to Foulkes Farm Rd" Lodge Forest
Rd., Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co., MD
(4 miles by foot)

WEATHER: PC, 52-51 degrees, W 8 mph- SW 4 mph
OBSERVER: 1
 
Canada Goose - 4 (at tip of North Point Creek)
Wood Duck - 1 (drake)
Mallard - 4 (all drakes)
Hooded Merganser - 11 (6 drakes, 5 hens)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (Bauers Farm Rd)
Ring-billed Gull - 6 (1 pond, rest at tip of creek))
Herring Gull - 5 (at tip of North Point Creek)
Great Black-backed Gull - 2 (same as above)
Forster's Tern - 1 (same as above)
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 4
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 2 (Foulkes Farm Rd)
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 3 (2 Bauers Farm Rd)
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 12 (single flock fallout)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler - 1 (across from Bauers Farm Rd)
Eastern Towhee - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 4
Northern Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 5
Common Grackle - 2
House Finch - 6
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 44
TOTAL BIRDS: 126

MAMMALS: Gray Squirrel - 4, Red Fox - 1

Total Overall: 7.75 miles by foot, 8 miles by car

Canada Goose - 231
Mute Swan -  8   
Wood Duck - 2  
American Wigeon - 16 
American Black Duck - 2 
Mallard - 37              
Ring-necked Duck - 6      
Lesser Scaup - 2         
Bufflehead - 1            
Hooded Merganser - 30      
Ruddy Duck - 36         
Pied-billed Grebe- 2     
Double-crested Cormorant - 58
Great Blue Heron - 12
Turkey Vulture - 5
Bald Eagle - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
American Coot - 94
Killdeer - 58
Bonaparte's Gull - 167
Ring-billed Gull - 294
Herring Gull - 78
Great Black-backed Gull - 64
Forster's Tern - 1 
Rock Pigeon - 101
Mourning Dove - 33
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 10
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 9
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 30
Fish Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 9
House Wren - 1
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 9
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Hermit Thrush - 2
American Robin - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 9
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 9
Cedar Waxwing - 12
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 41
Palm Warbler - 1 (western) 
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 21
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 39
"Slate-colored" Junco - 16
Northern Cardinal - 18
Red-winged Blackbird - 17
Common Grackle - 4
House Finch - 6
American Goldfinch - 4
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 70
TOTAL BIRDS: 1658



     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD
     


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