Hello all.

Kevin Graff accompanied me on a survey of Swan Creek/Cox Creek Dredged 
Material Facility in northern Anne Arundel County.  We had excellent numbers 
and excellent bird diversity, including 3 Vireo species, 6 shorebird species along 
with a lot of other seasonal birds including Gray Catbird, Yellow Warbler and 
Common Yellowthroat...and lots of migrating Blue Jays! 

Totals:

RED-THROATED LOON: 1  Patapsco River
Common Loon: 2 flyover
Double-crested Cormorant: 60 on and around the Patapsco
Great Blue Heron: 5
GREAT EGRET: 1  non-mitigated wetland
SNOWY EGRET: 2  mitigated wetland
LITTLE BLUE HERON: 4  both major wetland areas
Mute Swan: 2
Canada Goose: 20
Mallard: 3
Scaup sp.: 4  on the hazy Patapsco
Ruddy Duck: 41  Patapsco River
Turkey Vulture: 4
Osprey: 2  Nest building looks finished 
Red-tailed Hawk: 1  presumably a local bird
Cooper's Hawk: 1
American Coot: 14  scattered around the non-mitigated wetland
Kildeer: 4
GREATER YELLOWLEGS: 4
LESSER YELLOWLEGS: 1
SOLITARY SANDPIPER: 3
SPOTTED SANDPIPER: 2
PECTORAL SANDPIPER: 2
Ring-billed Gull: 5
Herring Gull: 68  Dredge cells and flyovers
Great Black-backed Gull: 34  Dredge cells and Patapsco River
Caspian Tern: 9
LEAST TERN: 2  mitigated wetland
Mourning Dove: 1
Belted Kingfisher: 1 flyover
Red-belllied Woodpecker: 3
Downy Woodpecker: 5
Hairy Woodpecker: 1 female
Northern Flicker: 1
Eastern Phoebe: 1 parking lot area
EASTERN KINGBIRD: 1  harassing a Downy WP
Tree Swallow: 60+  All over the wetland areas, checking out nest holes
N. Rough-winged Swallow: 4
Blue Jay: 525+ most were migrants getting hung up at the Patapsco shore
American Crow: 8
Carolina Chickadee: 4
Carolina Wren: 9
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 8
American Robin: 2  parking lot area
GRAY CATBIRD: 2  Good to see/hear them
N. Mockingbird: 2 
Brown Thrasher: 3
European Starling: 20  parking lot area 
WHITE-EYED VIREO: 3  
BLUE-HEADED VIREO: 2
RED-EYED VIREO: 1  First-of-year bird
YELLOW WARBLER: 1  Finally
Palm Warbler: 1 yellow, flyover
Myrtle Warbler: 1
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT: 1  in the brush adjacent to the wetland road
N. Cardinal: 12
Eastern Towhee: 5
Chipping Sparrow: 4 meadow area
Field Sparrow: 2  meadow area
Swamp Sparrow: 2 mitigated wetland
Song Sparrow: 4
White-throated Sparrow: 16  small groups scattered around
Red-winged Blackbird: 48
Common Grackle: 8
Brown-headed Cowbird: 35
American Goldfinch: 16 all flyovers

Butterflies:

Cabbage White: 7
Orange Sulphur: 2
Question Mark: 1  late
American Lady: 1 

Also: Several N. Cricket Frogs and S. Leopard Frogs, and 3 Carpenter Frogs in 
seepage pools. 


Matt Grey
Pasadena
matthew.grey-at-yahoo.com