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Ft. McHenry National Monument, 04/30/08

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:28:44 -0700

Hi all,



Baltimore Bird Club's 3rd in a series weekly evening
birdwalk. Next evening walk on May 7th at 6pm.


04/30/08 - 6pm-8pm 
Ft. McHenry National Monument, Constellation Plaza,
at end of Fort Ave, Locust Point section of
Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: MC/PC, 57-54 degrees, W 8 mph- calm
LEADER: Jim Peters
OBSERVERS: 7

Canada Goose - 10
Wood Duck - 2
Mallard - 6
Lesser Scaup - 7
Bufflehead - 9 (1 drake, 8 hens, Masonville Cove)
Common Loon - 3 (2 in breeding plumage, 1 in alternate
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 34
AMERICAN BITTERN - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1 (on way out 807pm)
Osprey - 3
American Kestrel - 1
Killdeer - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 32
Herring Gull - 48
Great Black-backed Gull - 6
Forster's Tern - 2
Least Tern - 2
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 6
Chimney Swift - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Fish Crow - 8
crow sp - 4
Tree Swallow - 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 8
Barn Swallow - 16
House Wren - 2
Marsh Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Hermit Thrush - 1
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 14
Gray Catbird - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Brown Thrasher - 3
European Starling - 18
Eastern Towhee - 1
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW - 1 
Song Sparrow - 8
Swamp Sparrow - 20
White-throated Sparrow - 18
Red-winged Blackbird - 11
Common Grackle - 12
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Orchard Oriole - 1
House Sparrow - 9
SPECIES: 48
TOTAL BIRDS: 358

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5

MOTHS
Eastern Tent Caterpillar - 44


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
    



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