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Soldier's Delight & Ft. Mac, 05/09/07

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Wed, 9 May 2007 20:00:54 -0700

Hi all,


05/09/07 - 8am-1125am
Soldier's Delight Natural Environment Area
"Red/Yellow/ Orange Trails" Deer Park Rd.,
Randallstown, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 61-70 degrees, E 5 mph- calm
OBSERVERS: Ben Weinstein, Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 2 (flyby)
Turkey Vulture - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (on way out)
Mourning Dove - 13
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Chimney Swift - 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Great-crested Flycatcher - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 6
Blue Jay - 18
American Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2
Barn Swallow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5
Wood Thrush - 5
American Robin - 8
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 14
Palm Warbler - 1 (western)
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
American Redstart - 1
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 3
Summer Tanager - 2
Scarlet Tanager - 2
Eastern Towhee - 6
Chipping Sparrow - 4
Field Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 5
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
Orchard Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 9
SPECIES: 52
TOTAL BIRDS: 168

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5
White-tailed Deer - 4

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 10
Cabbage White - 1
Falcate Orangetip - 3
Orange Sulphur - 1
Eastern Pine Elfin - 9
Red-banded Hairstreak - 1
White M Hairstreak - 1 (Orange/Red Trail area)
Eastern Tailed Blue - 2
Pearl Crescent - 10
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1
Juvenal's Duskywing - 3
Least Skipper - 4
Cobweb Skipper - 6
Dusted Skipper - 7

MOTHS
Eastern Tent Caterpillar - 81 (many nests in distance)
Bluish Spring Moth - 7

FISHES
Blacknose Dace - 1



Baltimore Bird Club's 4th in a series weekly evening
birdwalk. Next evening birdwalk on May 16th at 6pm.
(miss the last two due to traffic jam in downtown)

05/09/07 - 6pm-8pm 
Ft. McHenry National Monument, Constellation Plaza,
at end of Fort Ave, Locust Point section of
Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: MC/Fair, 78-75 degrees, E 8 mph- SSE 8 mph

LEADER: Jim Peters
OBSERVERS: 9

Double-crested Cormorant - 11
Great Blue Heron - 3
Green Heron - 3
Canada Goose - 32
Wood Duck - 1 (hen)
Mallard - 7
Osprey - 2
Killdeer - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 16
Herring Gull - 24
Great Black-backed Gull - 9
Common Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 1 (near Key Bridge)
Least Tern - 2
Rock Pigeon - 8
Mourning Dove - 5
Chimney Swift - 6
Eastern Kingbird - 1
WESTERN KINGBIRD - 1
Blue Jay - 4
Fish Crow - 2
crow sp. - 3
Tree Swallow - 11
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 16
Barn Swallow - 12
House Wren - 1
Marsh Wren - 2
American Robin - 18
Gray Catbird - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 19
Ovenbird - 2
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (male)
Red-winged Blackbird - 15
Common Grackle - 16
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
Orchard Oriole - 5
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 6
SPECIES: 42
TOTAL BIRDS: 295

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5
Red Fox - 2 (mother and kit, there were 5 earlier)

BUTTERFLIES
Pearl Crescent - 1

**Keith Costley has found a male Rose-breasted
Grosbeak at our arrival. It was seen in odd place, a
single tree surrounds by MTA Bus U-turn road and Fort
Ave. Everyone enjoys great view**


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



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