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Balt/AA Co. SWAP and Patapsco Pond#10

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Matt Tillett

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Matt Tillett

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Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:29:37 -0400

Hi,

Bill Hubick and I made a quick trip to Patapsco Pond #10 and Southwest Area
Park this afternoon.  SWAP was especially fruitful. Bill called my attention
to a YELLOW PALM WARBLER just off the loop trail, then less than ten minutes
later following a deer path, we flushed an AMERICAN WOODCOCK. Several Snipe
launched out of the plentiful phragmites, as did a RING-NECKED PHEASANT just
before we hopped in the car to leave. 

Good birding,
Matt Tillett
Linthicum, MD
www.flickr.com/photos/mattyfioner

Location:    Southwest Area Park
Observation date:    3/13/08
Notes:     Non-avian: Lots of Spring Peepers calling.
Number of species:    28

RING-NECKED PHEASANT    1    Flushed a beautiful male
Double-crested Cormorant    4    High flying
Turkey Vulture    1
Osprey    1    Bill's first of the year
Red-shouldered Hawk    1
Killdeer    2
Wilson's Snipe    4    Flushed from wet areas of the park
AMERICAN WOODCOCK    1    Flushed; nice looks as it passed by
Ring-billed Gull    65    Large flock kettling
Herring Gull    15    Mostly immatures
Mourning Dove    2
Belted Kingfisher    1
Downy Woodpecker    5
American Crow    1
Fish Crow    6
crow sp.    7
Carolina Chickadee    4
Carolina Wren    3
American Robin    32
European Starling    70
PALM WARLBER (YELLOW)    1    Beautiful unexpected Yellow Palm in breeding
plumage
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)    1
Fox Sparrow (Red)    2
Song Sparrow    9
White-throated Sparrow    6
Northern Cardinal    3
Red-winged Blackbird    42
American Goldfinch    2

Location:    Patapsco Pond #10
Observation date:    3/13/08
Notes:     Non-avian: Red-bellied Turtles (3).
Number of species:    10

Canada Goose    2    Apparently already on nest
Gadwall    11
Northern Shoveler    8
Bald Eagle    1    On nest
Ring-billed Gull    3
Rock Pigeon    4
American Crow    1
Tufted Titmouse    1
American Robin    2
Song Sparrow    1