Hi all,


05/25/08 - 730am-8pm (on/off)
Yard birds including feeders, woods, winter wheat
field across street, Old Federal Hill Rd.,
Jarrettsville, Harford Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 54-73-69 degrees, NW 6 mph- SSE 7 mph

Canada Goose - 2
Turkey Vulture - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 4
Broad-winged Hawk - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Merlin - 1 (late, headed NE 632pm)
MISSISSIPPI KITE - 1 (subadult, 524pm)
Mourning Dove - 5
Common Nighthawk - 32 (all headed NE, 619pm-703pm)
Chimney Swift - 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1 (probably a migrants)
Eastern Phoebe - 4 
Eastern Kingbird - 1 (Born Rd section of yard)
Blue Jay - 5
American Crow - 4
Barn Swallow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Tufted Titmouse - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 6
House Wren - 7
Eastern Bluebird - 5
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1 (early am)
Swainson's Thrush - 1 (late evening)
American Robin - 9
Gray Catbird - 11
Northern Mockingbird - 2 (very aggressive on terr.)
European Starling - 11
Cedar Waxwing - 6 (headed N, late evening)
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (still lingers)
Blackpoll Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 1 (late evening)
Scarlet Tanager - 1 (headed N, late evening)
Chipping Sparrow - 5
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
Common Grackle - 6
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Orchard Oriole - 1 (headed N or flyby, late evening)
House Finch - 6
American Goldfinch - 7
SPECIES: 45
TOTAL BIRDS: 181

MAMMALS
Eastern Chipmunk - 2
Gray Squirrel - 7

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Black Swallowtail - 1

BEETLES/TRUE BUGS
Long-necked Seed Bug - 1
May Beetle - 4
Convergent Lady Beetle - 7
Seven-spotted Lady Beetle - 1

**Yesterday, while we were in Cape May, my mother text
me that she saw the male Ring-necked Pheasant walking
across the front yard and then disappear into the
woods around 10am**


     Kevin Graff
     West Ocean City, MD