Hi all,
Baltimore Bird Club has their annual walk to Huntley
Meadows Park in Fairfax County, VA I'll not post it as
it's in VA. But we had a flock of 55 Rusty Blackbird
and one more near platform, a heard only King and
Virginia Rail with a total of 56 species. Also several
F-16, a Fuel Tanker refueling a F-16, a USCG
helicopter all on patrol after the pope left D.C.
04/19/08 - 715am-740am
Patapsco Valley State Park "Hammonds Ferry" & Hammonds
Ferry Park-n-Ride, Hammonds Ferry Rd., Linthicum, Anne
Arundel Co., MD
WEATHER: PC, 52-54 degrees, calm- variable 4 mph
LEADER: Pete Webb
OBSERVERS: 10
Mallard - 2
Common Loon - 7
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Great Blue Heron - 3
American Kestrel - 1 (I-295, seen by few)
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 5
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 2
European Starling - 7
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 3
American Goldfinch - 8
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 21
TOTAL BIRDS: 60
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 4
BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 1
**Huntley Meadows Park, VA 56 sp. 9am-1pm**
04/19/08 - 130pm-255pm
Piscataway Park (NPS) "Accokeek Creek" Bryan Point
Rd., Accokeek, Prince George's Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 80 degrees, S 11 mph- ESE 12 mph
LEADER: Pete Webb
OBSERVERS: 10
Canada Goose - 1 (pond along road)
Mallard - 4
Greater Scaup - 2
Lesser Scaup - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Great Blue Heron - 3
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 1 (on way out near Rt 210)
American Coot - 98
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 2
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 9
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 4
Northern Parula - 2
Prairie Warbler - 1
Prothonotary Warbler - 2
Ovenbird - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
SPECIES: 34
TOTAL BIRDS: 169
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
Zebra Swallowtail - 2
Cabbage White - 2
Orange Sulphur - 1
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
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