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Lake Roland & Cylburn Arboretum, 04/29/08

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:16:10 -0700

Hi all,



Baltimore Bird Club's fifth in a series weekly walks 
to follow the progress of Spring Migration, next walk
on May 6th at 830am.

04/29/08 - 8am-1215pm
Robert E. Lee Park "Lake Roland" Hollins Ave.,
Riderwood, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/PC, 48-54 degrees, NW 7 mph- NW 9 mph
         Gust briefly at 14 mph for about 20 minutes
LEADER: Debbie Terry (filling in for someone)
OBSERVERS: 18

Canada Goose - 10
Wood Duck - 3 (drakes)
Mallard - 8
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 3
Black Vulture - 1 (seen by few who left early)
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Solitary Sandpiper - 4
Spotted Sandpiper - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Mourning Dove - 8
Barred Owl - 1 (heard only)
Chimney Swift - 10
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
Downy Woodpecker - 6
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 4
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Warbling Vireo - 2
Blue Jay - 14
American Crow - 3
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 16
Barn Swallow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 16
Tufted Titmouse - 15
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 3
House Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 11
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 17
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 8
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (heard only)
Northern Parula - 5
Yellow Warbler - 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1  
Magnolia Warbler - 1 (seen by few)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1 (f, seen by one ob)
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 32
Palm Warbler - 1 (western)
Black-and-white Warbler - 1 (seen byfew who left
early)
Ovenbird - 1
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 5
Northern Cardinal - 10
Red-winged Blackbird - 5
Common Grackle - 3
Brown-headed Cowbird - 4
Orchard Oriole - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 5
House Finch - 2 (heard only)
American Goldfinch - 4
SPECIES: 69
TOTAL BIRDS: 303

MAMMALS
Eastern Chipmunk - 1
Gray Squirrel - 14

REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 1

***Most sighting at Cylburn Arboretum today are at
stump dump trail and a trail along stream. Best bird
was a Veery in good view***

04/29/08 - 2pm-440pm
Cylburn Arboretum, Greenspring Ave., Cold Spring-
Newtown section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: PC/Fair, 59-60 degrees, NW 9 mph- NW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: John Dennehy, Kevin Graff

Turkey Vulture - 1 (headed N)
Osprey - 1 (headed N)
Broad-winged Hawk - 3 (headed N)
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (headed N)
Killdeer - 1
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 5
Chimney Swift - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Warbling Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 3
Barn Swallow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 6
Carolina Wren - 2
House Wren - 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5
Veery - 1
Wood Thrush - 4
American Robin - 46
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 6
Yellow Warbler - 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 26
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 1
Eastern Towhee - 7
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 4
White-throated Sparrow - 9
Northern Cardinal - 10
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 3
Brown-headed Cowbird - 7
Baltimore Oriole - 4
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 4
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 46
TOTAL BIRDS: 205

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 9

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 9
Orange Sulphur - 2
Pearl Crescent - 2
Juvenal's Duskywing - 3

***left out one Chestnut-sided Warbler at Cylburn
Arboretum on Sunday, total species is at 49.


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD
     



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