Hi all,
05/15/08 - 635am-855am
American Chestnut Land Trust "Gravatt Trailhead"
Scientists Cliffs Rd., Port Republic, Calvert Co., MD
WEATHER: MC/Fair, 55-64 degrees, calm- SW 5 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Wood Duck - 2
Green Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 1 (nearby beach community)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5
Acadian Flycatcher - 8
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 25 (24 headed N)
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 17
American Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 1 (nearby beach community)
Barn Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Veery - 2
Wood Thrush - 5
American Robin - 9 (flyby headed N)
Gray Catbird - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Northern Parula - 8
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Yellow-throated Warbler - 1 (nearby beach community)
Black-and-white Warbler - 2
American Redstart - 2
Worm-eating Warbler - 2
Ovenbird - 6
Louisiana Waterthrush - 2 (noisy due to cat on path)
Kentucky Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 4
Hooded Warbler - 4
Scarlet Tanager - 3
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 3
Indigo Bunting - 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 8
Baltimore Oriole - 2
House Finch - 6
American Goldfinch - 3
House Sparrow - 1 (along road)
SPECIES: 56
TOTAL BIRDS: 184
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 6
Eastern Cottontail - 1
White-tailed Deer - 2
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tailed Blue - 2
05/15/08 - 915am-1245pm
Calvert Cliffs State Park, H.G. Trueman Rd., Lusby,
Calvert Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny/Fair, 64-73 degrees, W 5 mph- W 4 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Canada Goose - 2
Wood Duck - 1
Mallard - 2
Common Loon - 1 (alternated plumage)
Double-crested Cormorant - 11
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 3
Least Sandpiper - 3
Laughing Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Herring Gull - 14
Great Black-backed Gull - 19
Caspian Tern - 4
Common Tern - 1
Royal Tern - 1 (headed N)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 3 (noisy young in nest)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 5
Acadian Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 3
Yellow-throated Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 13
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Fish Crow - 3
Purple Martin - 3
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 4
Barn Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
House Wren - 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 7
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Veery - 2
Wood Thrush - 2
Gray Catbird - 4
European Starling - 4
Nashville Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 6
Yellow Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Pine Warbler - 2
Black-and-white Warbler - 3
American Redstart - 3
Prothonotary Warbler - 2
Worm-eating Warbler - 2
Ovenbird - 4
Northern Waterthrush - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 6
Hooded Warbler - 1
Summer Tanager - 1 (parking lot area)
Scarlet Tanager - 3
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2
Indigo Bunting - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
Common Grackle - 14
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3
Baltimore Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 3
SPECIES: 74
TOTAL BIRDS: 240
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 7
Red-bellied Turtle - 8
Snapping Turtle - 1
Five-lined Skink - 3
AMPHIBIANS
Northern Cricket Frog - 8
Fowler's Toad - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 5
Spicebush Swallowtail - 3
Cabbage White - 1
Eastern Tailed Blue - 1
Red-spotted Purple - 2
Little Wood-Satyr - 1
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 2
Common Whitetail - 3
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 2
Slaty Skimmer - 5
Eastern Amberwing - 1
Blue Dasher - 3
Eastern Pondhawk - 17
Black Saddlebags - 2
MOTHS
Esther Moth - 1
BEETLES
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - 9
05/15/08 - 1250pm-130pm
Sollers Wharf Rd., Lusby, Calvert Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 73 degrees, W 6 mph- WSW 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 12
Osprey - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 3
White-eyed Vireo - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3
Barn Swallow - 8
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 4
Northern Parula - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Grasshopper Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 1
Indigo Bunting - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Eastern Meadowlark - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
House Finch - 4
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 30
TOTAL BIRDS: 71
BUTTERFLIES
Zebra Swallowtail - 1
05/15/08 - 140pm-230pm
Lloyd Bowen Rd., St. Leonard, Calvert Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 73 degrees, WSW 7 mph- W 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Canada Goose - 13
Osprey - 3
Killdeer - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Fish Crow - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 3
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
European Starling - 3
Pine Warbler - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Scarlet Tanager - 2
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Indigo Bunting - 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Common Grackle - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 5
SPECIES: 32
TOTAL BIRDS: 74
05/15/08 - 305pm-410pm
Rt. 261 Marsh & boardwalk, Bay Ave., North Beach,
Calvert Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair/PC, 73-74 degrees, W 5 mph- WSW 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Mallard - 8
Horned Grebe - 1 (almost in breeding plumage)
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Snowy Egret - 1
Osprey - 3
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Sanderling - 2
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 1
Western Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 12
Dunlin - 1
Laughing Gull - 4
Ring-billed Gull - 7
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Forster's Tern - 4
Mourning Dove - 3
Purple Martin - 4
Barn Swallow - 10
American Robin - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 11
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 8
Common Grackle - 15
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 8
SPECIES: 28 (105 sp. total, all in Calvert Co.)
TOTAL BIRDS: 120 (689 individual total)
05/15/08 - 410pm-420pm
Rt. 261, Friendship, Anne Arundel Co., MD
WEATHER: PC/MC, 74 degrees, W 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 2
Canada Goose - 20
Mallard - 6
Great Blue Heron - 1
Snowy Egret - 1 (puddle in grassy field)
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1 (over marina)
Northern Flicker - 1 (#106 of the day)
American Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 7
American Robin - 4
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Common Grackle - 8
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 70
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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