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Baltimore Bird Club's Mid-Winter Bird Count, 01/27/07

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:25:11 -0800

Hi all,


01/27/07 - 730am-10am
Cromwell Valley Park "Willow Grove Farm & Sherwood
Farm" Cromwell Bridge Rd., & lower dam of Loch Raven
Dam at Loch Raven Reservoir, Loch Raven Dr., Carney,
Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny/Fair, 27-32 degrees, calm- SSW 4 mph
OBSERVERS: Kate Manrodt, Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 138
Mallard - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 57 (above lower dam)
Bufflehead - 1
Common Merganser - 1 (hen)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 3
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Merlin - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 13
Rock Pigeon - 4
Mourning Dove - 9
Great Horned Owl - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 7
American Crow - 31
Fish Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 28
Tufted Titmouse - 8
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 8
American Robin - 27
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Eastern Towhee - 2
Field Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 1 (w/ Song at corn fallow field)
Song Sparrow - 35 (many at fenced corn fallow field)
White-throated Sparrow - 31
"Slate-colored" Junco - 26
Northern Cardinal - 18
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 11
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 43
TOTAL BIRDS: 502

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 10
White-tailed Deer - 2

01/27/07 - 1020am-1130am
Druid Hill Park, Swann Dr., Mansion House Dr., Hanlon
Dr., Mountain Pass, Parkside Dr., Mondawmin section of
Baltimore, MD 

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 32-39 degrees, WSW 4 mph- SSW 5 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 42
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 8
Ruddy Duck - 25
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 259
Herring Gull - 50
Great Black-backed Gull - 7
Rock Pigeon - 30
Mourning Dove - 16
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 7
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 5
European Starling - 57
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 10
"Slate-colored" Junco - 10
Northern Cardinal - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
House Finch - 8
American Goldfinch - 4
House Sparrow - 15
SPECIES: 35
TOTAL BIRDS: 592

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 16

MOTHS
Linden Looper Moth - 1 (also called Winter Moth)

01/27/07 - 1150am-230pm
Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant, Willis Ave.,
Activited Way, off of Eastern Blvd, Eastpoint,
Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 39-45 degrees, SE 4 mph- ESE 9 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 99
Gadwall - 4 (3 at Clarifier Tank 9-A & 1 at 10-A)
Mallard - 87
Common Goldeneye - 6 (2 drakes, 4 hens)
Common Merganser - 17 (6 drakes, 11 hens)
Red-breasted Merganser - 3 (2 drakes, 1 hen)
Ruddy Duck - 1 (hen) 
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 484
Ring-billed Gull - 150 (actual #)
Herring Gull - 32
Great Black-backed Gull - 8
Rock Pigeon - 30
Mourning Dove - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
American Crow - 1
Fish Crow - 3  
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 2
Winter Wren - 1
Marsh Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 54
Field Sparrow - 1
Fox Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 6
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 16
"Slate-colored" Junco - 6
Northern Cardinal - 8  
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 4
SPECIES: 45
TOTAL BIRDS: 1068

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 7
Red Fox - 1

MOTHS
Linden Looper Moth - 1 (also called Winter Moth)

01/27/07 - 230pm-3pm
Diamond Point Flats, Diamond Point Rd., Eastpoint,
Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 45 degrees, ESE 9 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 69
Bonaparte's Gull - 9
Ring-billed Gull - 538
Herring Gull - 15
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Fish Crow - 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 2
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 15
TOTAL BIRDS: 652

01/27/07 - 315pm-4pm
Bethlehem Steel Corp. Property at Air Products &
Chemicals, Inc. "Oxygen Pond" Reservoir Rd & along
Peninsula Expwy, Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 44-45 degrees, ESE 9 mph- variable 5 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 12
Mute Swan - 2
Gadwall - 16 (8 prs.)
American Wigeon - 5 (2 drakes, 3 hens)
Mallard - 19
Redhead - 1 (hen)
Ring-necked Duck - 7
Lesser Scaup - 12
Hooded Merganser - 63
Ruddy Duck - 64
Pied-billed Grebe - 18
GREAT CORMORANT - 1 (1st W)
Double-crested Cormorant - 68
Great Blue Heron - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
American Coot - 40
Ring-billed Gull - 98
Herring Gull - 10
Great Black-backed Gull - 11
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 33
Song Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 24
TOTAL BIRDS: 491

TOTAL OVERALL:

730am-4pm
WEATHER: Sunny/PC, 27-45 degrees, calm- ESE 9 mph

Hours by foot: 6.5
Miles by foot: 7
Hours by car: 2
Miles by car: 6

Canada Goose - 291
Mute Swan - 2
Gadwall - 20
American Wigeon - 5
American Black Duck - 3
Mallard - 185
Redhead - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 64
Lesser Scaup - 12 
Bufflehead - 1
Common Goldeneye - 6
Hooded Merganser - 63
Common Merganser - 18
Red-breasted Merganser - 3 
Ruddy Duck - 90
Pied-billed Grebe - 18
Great Cormorant - 1
Double-crested Cormroant - 69
Great Blue Heron - 4
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 7
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Merlin - 1
American Coot - 40
Killdeer - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 493
Ring-billed Gull - 1058
Herring Gull - 107
Great Black-backed Gull - 28
Rock Pigeon - 68
Mourning Dove - 30
Great Horned Owl - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 7
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Blue Jay - 9
American Crow - 39
Fish Crow - 10
Carolina Chickadee - 37
Tufted Titmouse - 15
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 4
Winter Wren - 1
Marsh Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 8
Hermit Thrush - 2
American Robin - 27
Northern Mockingbird - 15
European Starling - 149
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Eastern Towhee - 2
Field Sparrow - 2
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Fox Sparrow - 1 
Song Sparrow - 49 
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 60
"Slate-colored" Junco - 42
Northern Cardinal - 34
Red-winged Blackbird - 13
House Finch - 12
American Goldfinch - 19
House Sparrow - 17
SPECIES: 73 (68 sp. 2006)
TOTAL BIRDS: 3305 (2339 2006)

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 33
White-tailed Deer - 2
Red Fox - 1

MOTHS
Linden Looper - 2


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD  
     



 
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