Hi all,
05/02/07 - 8am-1050am
Ft. McHenry National Monument, Constellation Plaza,
at end of Fort Ave, Locust Point section of
Baltimore, MD
WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 59-77 degrees, calm- WNW 8 mph
LEADER: Mary Chetelat
OBSERVERS: 6
Canada Goose - 44
Mute Swan - 1 (Masonville Cove)
Wood Duck - 3 (2 drakes, 1 hen)
Mallard - 18
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Ruddy Duck - 1
Common Loon - 1 (flyby)
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 34
Great Blue Heron - 2
Green Heron - 3
Osprey - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
American Coot - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 7 (resting in front of "ARC" ship)
Ring-billed Gull - 19
Herring Gull - 20
Great Black-backed Gull - 7
Forster's Tern - 11 (headed upriver toward hospital)
Rock Pigeon - 12
Mourning Dove - 9
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 (excellent view by all)
Chimney Swift - 4
Eastern Kingbird - 1 (on way out, outside entrance)
Blue Jay - 3
Fish Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 25
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 11
Barn Swallow - 8
House Wren - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 14
Gray Catbird - 23
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 35
Common Yellowthroat - 3
Savannah Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 4
Swamp Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 27
Common Grackle - 12
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
Orchard Oriole - 3
Baltimore Oriole - 2
American Goldfinch - 7
House Sparrow - 22
SPECIES: 50
TOTAL BIRDS: 422
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 8
BUTTERFLIES
Spring Azure - 2
Juvenal's Duskywing - 2
05/02/07 - 1135am-105pm
Patuxent River Park "Governor Bridge Natural Area"
Governor Bridge Rd., Bowie, Prince George's Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 80-78 degrees, W 11 mph- WNW 10 mph
Canada Goose - 1
Wood Duck - 1
Mallard - 2
Green Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Barn Swallow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Carolina Wren - 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 12
Veery - 1
Wood Thrush - 1
Gray Catbird - 20
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 1
Northern Parula - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
Ovenbird - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Hooded Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1 (female)
Orchard Oriole - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 1 (along road)
SPECIES: 36
TOTAL BIRDS: 94
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 6
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 1
AMPHIBIANS
Southern Leopard Frog - 3 (youngs)
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6
Zebra swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 1
Orange Sulphur - 3
Silver-spotted Skipper - 2
Pearl Crescent - 2
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
Common Baskettail - 2
DAMSELFLIES
Bluet sp. - 1
MOTHS
Eastern Tent Caterpillar - 258 (3 nests)
TRUE BUGS
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - 8
05/02/07 - 140pm-340pm
Middle Patuxent Environmental Area, Trotter Rd.,
Columbia, Howard Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 80-82 degrees, WNW 11 mph- WNW 5 mph
Turkey Vulture - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Chimney Swift - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Great-crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 2
Warbling Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 7
Blue Jay - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 11
Veery - 1
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 5
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Blue-winged Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
American Redstart - 1
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
Kentucky Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2
Northern Cardinal - 8
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 2
American Goldfinch - 7
SPECIES: 40
TOTAL BIRDS: 91
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 4
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 8
Cabbage White - 8
Orange Sulphur - 1
Pearl Crescent - 1
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 2
TRUE BUGS
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - 6
05/02/07 - 410pm-520pm
University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC),
Research Park Drive, Catonsvillle, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 81-77 degrees, NE 7 mph- NNW 8 mph
Canada Goose - 2
Wood Duck - 1 (drake)
American Bittern - 1
Green Heron - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Solitary Sandpiper - 1 (puddle along trail)
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Warbling Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 5
Tree Swallow - 9
Barn Swallow - 4
Carolina Wren - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 7
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 11
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 21
Nashville Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 4
Yellow Warbler - 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 29
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
American Redstart - 2
Ovenbird - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 3
Savannah Sparrow - 6(old roadbed led to woodcock site)
Swamp Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 3
Bobolink - 13
Red-winged Blackbird - 14
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 2
American Goldfinch - 8
House Sparrow - 5
SPECIES: 43
TOTAL BIRDS: 187
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 7
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 1
AMPHIBIANS
Southern Leopard Frog - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
Blue Dasher - 1
**ADDENDUM: 3 waxwings at Lake Roland Tues walk, total
species now at 72**
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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