Hi all,
Posting this from my firehouse during the
storm-watch duty. So far we ran one call for fire
alarm
related to lightning. It was a bit slow today compare
to last few years.
05/27/07 - 730am-1035am
Patapsco Valley State Park "Halethorpe Ponds"
Halethorpe Farms Rd., Halethorpe, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 68-78 degrees, calm- variable 4 mph
LEADER: Joel Martin
OBSERVERS: 9
Canada Goose - 35 (23 headed N)
Wood Duck - 2
Mallard - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Great Blue Heron - 6
Great Egret - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Osprey - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (AACo)
Rock Pigeon - 6
Mourning Dove - 5
Chimney swift - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 2
Willow Flycatcher - 1 (heard)
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Warbling Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 3
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 4
Fish Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 8
Barn Swallow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3
American Robin - 6
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 8
Cedar Waxwing - 7
Northern Parula - 3
Yellow Warbler - 6
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 6
Common Yellowthroat - 4
Song Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 4
Blue Grosbeak - 2
Indigo Bunting - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
Common Grackle - 13
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Orchard Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 9
SPECIES: 52
TOTAL BIRDS: 203
MAMMALS
Eastern Cottontail - 3
Gray Squirrel - 4
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 3
Cabbage White - 34
Clouded Sulphur - 1
Orange Sulphur - 4
Eastern Tailed Blue - 1
Pearl Crescent - 4
Anglewing sp. - 1
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1
Hobomok Skipper - 1
Zabulon Skipper - 2
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 5
Common Whitetail - 10
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 18
Eastern Amberwing - 1 (female)
Eastern Pondhawk - 1
DAMSELFLIES
Eboney Jewelwing - 2
MOTHS
Virginian Tiger Moth - 1
FISHES
American Shad - 6
TRUE BUGS
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - 4
05/27/07 - 1050am-1240pm
Patapsco Valley State Park "Mears Farm - meadow area"
Rolling Rd., Catonsville, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 79-83 degrees, calm- W 5 mph
LEADER: Joel Martin
OBSERVERS: 5
Turkey Vulture - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 3
Chimney Swift - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
American Crow - 3
Barn Swallow - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 8
Yellow Warbler - 1
Prairie Warbler - 2
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 2
Indigo Bunting - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 6
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 28 (59 sp. total)
TOTAL BIRDS: 63 (266 total)
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 2
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 3
Shadow Darner - 1
Banded Pennant - 1 (female, odd place for her)
TRUE BUGS
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - 1
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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The fish are biting.
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