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Cromwell Valley/Oregon Ridge/Cylburn, 03/31/07-04/01/07

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 1 Apr 2007 13:04:02 -0700

Hi all,


03/31/07 - 8am-1030am            BBC trip
Cromwell Valley Park "Willow Grove Farm & Sherwood
Farm" & lower Loch Raven Dam, Cromwell Bridge Rd./Loch
Raven Dr., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny/PC, 47-60 degrees, NE 4 mph- ENE 8 
LEADER: Kevin Graff
OBSERVERS: 9

Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Common Merganser - 2
Common Loon - 6 (2 & 4 headed N)
Double-crested Cormorant - 3 (headed NE)
Great Blue Heron - 6 (4 headed S, then to N)
Turkey Vulture - 3
Osprey - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 13 (headed to reservoir)
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 9
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2 (feeders)
Northern Flicker - 5
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 3
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 6
Barn Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 15
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (heard only)
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 37
Eastern Bluebird - 7
American Robin - 89 (several flyby N)
Northern Mockingbird - 4
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 4
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 (heard briefly)
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Field Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - 8
White-throated Sparrow - 2
"Slate-colored" Junco - 3
Northern Cardinal - 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 5 (flyby)
Common Grackle - 21 (several flyby)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 10
House Finch - 2 (feeders)
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 1 
SPECIES: 46
TOTAL BIRDS: 309

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 8
White-tailed Deer - 5 (at my arrival)

03/31/07 - 1045am-1245pm N. American Bluebird Society
Oregon Ridge Nature Center "Feeders area & Orange
Trail "Northeast", Shawn Rd. and Cuba Rd.,
Cockeysville, Baltimore Co., MD 

WEATHER: PC, 55-60 degrees, ENE 8 mph- NE 8 mph

Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Mourning Dove - 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 5
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 14
Carolina Chickadee - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 2
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 7
House Finch - 3 (feeders)
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 28
TOTAL BIRDS: 102

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 7

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 2
Orange Sulphur - 1
Spring Azure - 11
Question Mark - 1

04/01/07 - 8am-1030am
Cylburn Arboretum, Greenspring Ave., Cold Spring-
Newtown section of Baltimore, MD
 
WEATHER: Overcast, 47-48 degrees, E 9 mph- E 7 mph
LEADER: No designated leader for this Self-Guided Walk
        - first of the series weekly birdwalk. Next 
        bird walk on 4/08/06 at 830am 
OBSERVERS: 8 

Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 3 (pair seen carry material to nest)
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 5
Rock Pigeon - 6
Mourning Dove - 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 12
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 44
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 12
Eastern Towhee - 3
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 9
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 9
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Common Grackle - 8
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 7
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 34
TOTAL BIRDS: 174

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 28


      Kevin Graff
      Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
      



 
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