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N. Arundel: 10/19/07

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Matthew Grey

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Matthew Grey

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Fri, 19 Oct 2007 19:00:51 -0400

Hello all.

Had a few good birds today. Numbers weren't spectacular for the most part, 
but diversity was good. Highlights were 14 Great Blue Heron along with 6 
sparrow species, and a Wilson's Snipe at Swan Creek this morning and a first-
of-season Hermit Thrush at Weinberg this evening. 

Highlights:
Swan Creek (Dredge Facility): Off of Kembo Road near 
AA County/Balt. City line:

Pied-billed Grebe: 1  Non-mitigated wetland
Double-crested Cormorant: 5  Patapsco River
Great Blue Heron: 14 Scattered in trees in the wetland areas
Mallard: 6
American Black Duck: 3  2 male, 1 female, mitigated wetland
Green-winged Teal: 3  flyover
Turkey Vulture: 3
Bald Eagle: 2 adult, patrolling the north cell
Cooper's Hawk: 2 adult
Red-tailed Hawk: 1 adult
Killdeer: 2
Wilson's Snipe: 1  edge of non-mitigated wetland
Ring-billed Gull: 80+ South cell and river
Herring Gull: 8 Over the Patapsco river
Great Black-backed Gull: 60+ South cell and river
Caspian Tern: 1
Hairy Woodpecker: 1 female
Eastern Phoebe: 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 2
Gray Catbird: 3
Myrtle Warbler: 4
Eastern Towhee: 3
Field Sparrow: 2  grasses at facility entrance
Song Sparrow: 4
Swamp Sparrow: 4  Mitigated wetland grasses
White-throated Sparrow: 9
Dark-eyed Junco: 3

Weinberg Park: Ft. Smallwood Road (Pasadena):

Double-crested Cormorant: 55+  On 'White Rocks'
Great Blue Heron: 2
Canada Goose: 30+
Mallard: 24
Wood Duck: 2  Small pond
Osprey: 1  They don't usually hang around this long around here
Ring-billed Gull: 45+  On and above Rock Creek
Great Black-backed Gull: 25+  On Rock Creek and 'White Rocks'
Caspian Tern: 5 Heard and seen
Hairy Woodpecker: 2 male, female
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch: 2 silently and acitvely foraging
Hermit Thrush: 1  Along the main trail
Myrtle Warbler: 5
Palm Warbler: 1 yellow
Eastern Towhee: 4
Song Sparrow: 3
Swamp Sparrow: 1
White-throated Sparrow: 7

Matt Grey
Pasadena