Hi all,
Sorry for a very late report. I was gearing up for two
weeks trips. I was all tied up packing up all week
prepare for Firehouse Expo Convention in downtown
Baltimore this coming Tues to Thurs, then to MOS
Conference on Fri to Sun, then to Arizona for 6 days
later that week.
07/18/07 - 615am-8am
Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, Anacostia Ave NE, Eastland
Gardens section of Washington, D.C.
WEATHER: PC, 76-77 degrees, SSW 9 mph- SW 8 mph
Canada Goose - 11
Wood Duck - 5 (hen w/ 4 youngs)
Mallard - 1 (drake)
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 2
Green Heron - 1
Yellow-crowned Night Heron - 1 (adult)
Osprey - 1
Rock Pigeon - 2 (flyby)
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
American Crow - 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 9
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
American Robin - 30
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 15
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 1 (swamp off River Trail)
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 2
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 18
Common Grackle - 9
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3
House Finch - 2
House Sparrow - 5
SPECIES: 38
TOTAL BIRDS: 148
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5
White-tailed Deer - 1
Woodchunk - 1
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 2
AMPHIBIANS
Green Frog - 2
Bullfrog - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 24
Cabbage White - 2
American Lady - 2
Silver-spotted Skipper - 3
Zabulon Skipper - 2
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 2
Common Whitetail - 2
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 1
Great Blue Skimmer - 1
Eastern Amberwing - 1
Blue Dasher - 42
Eastern Pondhawk - 71
Black Saddlebags - 3
DAMSELFLIES (quite a few more there)
Skimming Bluet - 1
Fragile Forktail - 8
Eastern Forktail - 2
07/18/07 - 840am-1045am
Merkle Wildlife Sanctuary "V.C. & Paw Paw toward
Mounds Trails", Fenno Rd., Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 78-84 degrees, WSW 8 mph- W 9 mph
Canada Goose - 7
Wood Duck - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Osprey - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 1
Short-billed Dowitcher - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1 (Magruders Landing)
Forster's Tern - 1 (Magruders Landing)
Mourning Dove - 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1 (Magruders Landing)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
American Crow - 4
Purple Martin - 39
Tree Swallow - 9
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 18
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 11
Northern Parula - 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Grasshopper Sparrow - 3
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 3
Blue Grosbeak - 2 (pair up close on roadside)
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 18
Common Grackle - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 4
House Sparrow - 4
SPECIES: 48
TOTAL BIRDS: 167
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 6
Zebra Swallowtail - 3 (Magruders Landing)
Eastern Tailed Blue - 6
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 2
Blue Dasher - 3
Wandering Glider - 1
Black Saddlebags - 4
07/18/07 - 1145am-1245pm
Rt 261 Marsh & boardwalk, Bay Ave., North Beach,
Calvert Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 83-82 degrees, calm- SE 13 mph
Canada Goose - 4
Mallard - 8
Brown Pelican - 1 (headed S over Talbot line)
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Great Blue Heron - 1
Snowy Egret - 13
Glossy Ibis - 1
Osprey - 4
Killdeer - 43 (Rt 261 marsh)
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Greater Yellowlegs - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 8
Ruddy Turnstone - 1
Least Sandpiper - 8
Pectoral Sandpiper - 1
Laughing Gull - 5
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Herring Gull - 15
Great Black-backed Gull - 62
Caspian Tern - 1 (headed S)
Forster's Tern - 7
Royal Tern - 4 (headed S)
Least Tern - 9 (6 on mudflats)
Mourning Dove - 5
Chimney Swift - 4
Blue Jay - 1
Fish Crow - 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
Bank Swallow - 2
Barn Swallow - 10
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 6
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 18
Swamp Sparrow - 1
House Finch - 1
House Sparrow - 28
SPECIES: 38
TOTAL BIRDS: 295
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Red Admirel - 2
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
Eastern Pondhawk - 11
Black Saddlebags - 2
07/18/07 - 130pm-230pm
Schoolhouse Pond Conservation Area, Gov. Oden Bowie
Dr., Upper Marlboro, Prince George's Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 88 degrees, NNW 10 mph- WNW 8 mph
Canada Goose - 9
Wood Duck - 1
Mallard - 16
Great Blue Heron - 2
Green Heron - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Osprey - 1
Killdeer - 4
Laughing Gull - 1 (flybyover)
Ring-billed Gull - 1 (flyby)
Rock Pigeon - 7
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Tree Swallow - 3
Barn Swallow - 17
Carolina Chickadee - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 5
Gray Catbird - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 20
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 4
Indigo Bunting - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 10
Common Grackle - 3
American Goldfinch - 2
House Finch - 5
House Sparrow - 13
SPECIES: 37
TOTAL BIRDS: 157
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 2
BUTTERLFIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 3
Cabbage White - 10
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
Blue Dasher - 9
Eastern Pondhawk - 11
Common Whitetail - 2
Kevin Graff
West Ocean City, MD
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