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N. Arundel: Swan Creek, 8/31/07: Marsh Wren, Peregrine

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Matthew Grey

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Matthew Grey

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Fri, 31 Aug 2007 17:41:38 -0400

Hello all.

I surveyed the Dredge Containment Facility at Cox Creek/Swan Creek this 
morning for about 3 hours. Not a bad trip, with the Marsh Wrens still present 
and calling and a random Peregrine patrolling one of the dredge cells. A few 
warblers came through as well. The water level of the mitigated wetland was 
too high for the usual shorebird viewing. 

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Totals:

Double-crested Cormorant: 35+
Great Blue Heron: 12
Little Blue Heron: 10,  3 adult, 1 calico subadult and 6 white juveniles
Snowy Egret: 3
Green Heron: 2  
Mute Swan: 3
Canada Goose: 50
Mallard: 14
Bald Eagle: 1 adult
Osprey: 4
PEREGRINE FALCON: 1 subadult over the south cell
Killdeer: 2
Spotted Sandpiper: 1
Lesser Yellowlegs: 1
Laughing Gull: 4
Ring-billed Gull: 110+ Mostly in north cell and over the Patapsco River
Herring Gull: 35+ A few first year birds in this bunch
Great Black-backed Gull: 80+ North cell and river
Caspian Tern: 4
Mourning Dove: 21
Rock Pigeon: 3
Chimney Swift: 1
Belted Kingfisher: 1 male
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 2
Downy Woodpecker: 2
Hairy Woodpecker: 1 
Eastern Wood-Pewee: 1
Red-eyed Vireo: 2
American Crow: 8
Crow sp.: 2
Blue Jay: 2
Purple Martin: 8
Barn Swallow: 6
Carolina Chickadee: 4
Tufted Titmouse: 3
Carolina Wren: 7
MARSH WREN: 3  Edge of the mitigated wetland, responded quickly to calls
Northern Mockingbird: 6  Mostly near field edge and parking area
Gray Catbird: 3
European Starling: 45
Black-and-white Warbler: 2  1 male, 1 female
American Redstart: 1 subadult
Common Yellowthroat: 4 
Eastern Towhee: 2
Song Sparrow: 8
Northern Cardinal: 18
Blue Grosbeak: 1  female
Indigo Bunting: 2 flyover males
Red-winged Blackbird: 15+
Common Grackle: 60+
Orchard Oriole: 1 adult male, vocalized and I got a quick view
House Finch: 3
American Goldfinch: 24

Butterflies:

Tiger Swallowtail: 2
Black Swallowtail: 3
Cabbage White: 2
Red Admiral: 1
Monarch: 7
Buckeye: 2

Matt Grey
Pasadena