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PG Fall Count in Bowie and Upper Marlboro

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Mike Ostrowski

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Mike Ostrowski

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Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:39:00 -0400

Hi all,
   I've been doing a lot of birding lately--you might say I've been birding
the candle at both ends--culminating in yesterday's fall count. For the
count my brothers and I birded Fran Uhler NA (twice), Governor Bridge NA,
Schoolhouse Pond, and Depot Pond. No great rarities, but we had plenty of
migrants and totaled at least 65 species. Most of our birds were in the
morning, including 10 warbler species, RB Nuthatch, 4 vireo species, and RB
Grosbeak. Depot and Schoolhouse were very quiet. Our most notable miss was
Black-crowned Night-heron at Schoolhouse. Fran was quiet in the afternoon
but we managed to pick up Barred Owl which we missed in the morning.

Fran Uhler NA (7:00 AM - 9:25 AM)
  Canada Goose - 48 (flyover)
  Mallard - 1
  Black Vulture - 4 (on high voltage line tower)
  accipiter sp. - 1
  Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
  Mourning Dove - 24
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
  Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
  Downy Woodpecker - 4
  Hairy Woodpecker - 2
  Northern Flicker - 3
  Pileated Woodpecker - 1
  Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
  empidonax sp. - 1
  Eastern Phoebe - 2
  White-eyed Vireo - 6
  Yellow-throated Vireo - 2
  Warbling Vireo - 1
  Red-eyed Vireo - 2
  Blue Jay - 2
  American Crow - 3
  Carolina Chickadee - 10
  Tufted Titmouse - 6
  Red-breasted Nuthatch - 3
  White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
  Carolina Wren - 3
  American Robin - 22
  Gray Catbird - 5
  Northern Mockingbird - 1
  Brown Thrasher - 1
  European Starling - 10
  Northern Parula - 2
  Chestnut-sided Warbler - 2
  Magnolia Warbler - 2
  Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
  Blackburnian Warbler - 1
  American Redstart - 2
  Common Yellowthroat - 3
  Chipping Sparrow - 2
  Northern Cardinal - 6
  Blue Grosbeak - 2
  Indigo Bunting - 6
  Common Grackle - 2
  House Finch - 4
  American Goldfinch - 11
Total Species: 45
Total Individuals: 225

Governor Bridge NA (9:40 AM - 12:15 PM)
  Wood Duck - 3
  Great Blue Heron - 1
  Green Heron - 1
  Turkey Vulture - 4
  Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
  Mourning Dove - 4
  Chimney Swift - 1
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
  Belted Kingfisher - 1
  Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
  Downy Woodpecker - 2
  Northern Flicker - 3
  Pileated Woodpecker - 1
  empidonax sp. - 1
  Eastern Phoebe - 1
  White-eyed Vireo - 4
  Red-eyed Vireo - 4
  Carolina Chickadee - 10
  Tufted Titmouse - 4
  White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
  Carolina Wren - 2
  House Wren - 1
  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
  Wood Thrush - 1
  American Robin - 25
  Gray Catbird - 2
  Northern Mockingbird - 1
  Cedar Waxwing - 2
  Northern Parula - 5
  Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
  Magnolia Warbler - 7
  Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
  Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
  Black-and-white Warbler - 1
  American Redstart - 2
  Common Yellowthroat - 3
  Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
  Eastern Towhee - 1
  Northern Cardinal - 7
  Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
  House Finch - 4
  American Goldfinch - 10
Total Species: 42
Total Individuals: 130

Schoolhouse Pond (1:50 PM - 2:55 PM)
  Canada Goose - 11
  Mute Swan - 1
  Trumpeter #962 - 1
  Great Blue Heron - 2
  Great Egret - 2
  Black Vulture - 2
  Turkey Vulture - 2
  Ring-billed Gull - 3
  Mourning Dove - 2
  Eastern Phoebe - 1
  American Crow - 1
  Carolina Chickadee - 2
  Tufted Titmouse - 2
  Carolina Wren - 2
  Wood Thrush - 1
  American Robin - 1
  Gray Catbird - 2
  Northern Mockingbird - 2
  Northern Cardinal - 5
  Red-winged Blackbird - 1
  American Goldfinch - 1
  House Sparrow - 20
Total Species: 22
Total Individuals: 68

Depot Pond (3:00 PM - 3:25 PM)
  Wood Duck - 10
  Mallard - 3
  Pied-billed Grebe - 2
  Great Blue Heron - 2
  Turkey Vulture - 1
  Ring-billed Gull - 3
  Eastern Phoebe - 1
  crow sp. - 1
  House Wren - 1
  Gray Catbird - 1
  Eastern Towhee - 1
  Northern Cardinal - 1
Total Species: 12
Total Individuals: 27

Fran Uhler/Bowie State Part 2 (3:50 PM - 5:00 PM)
  Canada Goose - 4
  Wood Duck - 5
  Great Blue Heron - 1
  Turkey Vulture - 2
  Mourning Dove - 15
  Barred Owl - 1
  Pileated Woodpecker - 1
  Eastern Phoebe - 1
  Carolina Chickadee - 1
  White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
  Eastern Bluebird - 1
  Northern Mockingbird - 1
  Northern Cardinal - 1
  Indigo Bunting - 13 (conservative estimate; there were tons along the
train tracks)
  American Goldfinch - 5
Total Species: 15
Total Individuals: 54

Grand Total Species: ~65 (depends on how you count Trumpeter, the empidonax,
etc)
Grand Total Individuals: ~467 (using the high count for the two trips to Fran)

Mike Ostrowski
Greenbelt, MD