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Montgomery Co., 04/03/08

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:41:06 -0700

Hi all,


04/03/08 - 9am-1025am
Blue Mash Nature Trail, Zion Rd., Laytonsville,
Montgomery Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 39-44 degrees, ESE 7 mph- ESE 8
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 9
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 3
Green-winged Teal - 2
Bufflehead - 8
Great Blue Heron - 1 (flyby)
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 4
Northern Harrier - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1 (distant flyby)
Mourning Dove - 14
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 11
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Blue Jay - 6
American Crow - 1
Fish Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 8
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 32
Northern Mockingbird - 6
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 10
Cedar Waxwing - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Eastern Towhee - 3
Field Sparrow - 3
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 6
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Eastern Meadowlark - 2
Common Grackle - 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 4
SPECIES: 41
TOTAL BIRDS: 183

MAMMALS
White-tailed Deer - 2

AMPHIBIANS
Snapping Turtle - 1

04/03/08 - 1120am-205pm
McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area "Hughes Hollow"
Hunting Quarters Rd., Poolesville, Montgomery Co., MD 

WEATHER: PC/Overcast, 46-48 degrees, SE 10 mph- S 12 
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 14
Wood Duck - 8 (6 drakes, 2 hens)
American Wigeon - 4 (2 prs)
Mallard - 3 (river)
Blue-winged Teal - 10 (5 prs)
Green-winged Teal - 6 (3 prs)
Ring-necked Duck - 7 (5 drakes, 2 hens)
Bufflehead - 48 (20 drakes, 28 hens, river)
Hooded Merganser - 4 (1 drake, 3 hens, river)
Common Merganser - 2 (drakes, river)
Red-breasted Merganser - 41 (14 drakes, 27 hens,
river)
Pied-billed Grebe - 1 (river)
American Bittern - 1
Great Blue Heron - 5
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Mourning Dove - 4
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1 (adult)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Northern Flicker - 7
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Blue Jay - 16
American Crow - 3
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 24
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 8
Tufted Titmouse - 9
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Carolina Wren - 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 2
Eastern Towhee - 5
Field Sparrow - 2
Fox Sparrow - 1 (brief look in scrub)
Song Sparrow - 19
Swamp Sparrow - 4
White-throated Sparrow - 72
"Slate-colored" Junco - 4
Northern Cardinal - 9
Red-winged Blackbird - 18
Common Grackle - 29
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Purple Finch - 6 (feeding frenzy, near last field on
L)
SPECIES: 52
TOTAL BIRDS: 439

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 2


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
    




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