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Cylburn Arboretum, 10/07/07

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 7 Oct 2007 15:57:54 -0700

Hi all,



10/07/07 - 8am-1135am
Cylburn Arboretum, Greenspring Ave., Cold Spring-
Newtown section of Baltimore, MD
 
WEATHER: Fair/PC, 67-85 degrees, SW 4 mph- WNW 9 mph 
LEADER: No designated leader for this Self-Guided Walk
        - sixth of the series weekly birdwalk. Next 
        bird walk on 10/14/07 at 830am (I won' be
there 
        as I'm doing a Big Sit that day)  
OBSERVERS: 6

Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 3
Turkey Vulture - 2 (stump dump)
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Merlin - 1
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 14 (many at stump dump)
Barred Owl - 1 (stump dump trail)
Chimney Swift - 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4 (some at stump dump)
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (stump dump trail)
Downy Woodpecker - 4 (2 stump dump)
Northern Flicker - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 22
American Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 4 (some at stump dump)
House Wren - 1 (stump dump)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 52
Gray Catbird - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 5 (3 stump dump)
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 39
Cedar Waxwing - 1 (w/ robins)
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2 (1 stump dump)
Northern Cardinal - 4
Common Grackle - 3
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4
House Finch - 9
American Goldfinch - 9 (many at stump dump)
House Sparrow - 5 (stump dump)
SPECIES: 37
TOTAL BIRDS: 228

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 7
Eastern Chipmunk - 3
Eastern Cottontail - 1 (chased by a fox)
Red Fox - 1 (chased wabbit until spooked by us)

BUTTERFLIES (nearly all at stump dump)
Spichbush Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 39
Clouded Sulphur - 1
Gray Hairstreak - 3
Eastern Tailed Blue - 8
Pearl Crescent - 8
Common Buckeye - 1
Monarch - 68 (most high flying headed SW)
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1
Common Checkered Skipper - 9
Fiery Skipper - 11
Sachem - 5

DRAGONFLIES
Black Saddlebags - 1



    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
    



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