Hi all,
It was a good day for BBC's walk to Carroll and Frederick Counties fopr field birds and we had 79 species total which is good # we had in a long time.
06/14/08 - 820am-850am
Nicodemus Rd., New Windsor, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: Haze, 78 degrees, WSW 6 mph- WSW 7 mph
LEADER: Pete Webb
OBSERVERS: 6
Rock Pigeon - 4
Mourning Dove - 8
Barred Owl - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Acadian Flycatcher - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 (on nest)
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 5
Gray Catbird - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 9
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 2
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Indigo Bunting - 3
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 5
House Finch - 2
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 32
TOTAL BIRDS: 78
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
06/14/08 - 855am-1005am
Roops Mill Rd/Rockland Rd., Westminster, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: Haze, 78-82 degrees, SW 6 mph- WSW 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 6 (including leader)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 9
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 3
Chimney Swift - 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 3
Willow Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 2
Warbling Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Barn Swallow - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 3
House Wren - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 4
Gray Catbird - 19
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 4
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Northern Parula - 1
Yellow Warbler - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Eastern Towhee - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 6
Indigo Bunting - 1
Common Grackle - 3
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
Orchard Oriole - 3
Baltimore Oriole - 4
American Goldfinch - 3
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 46
TOTAL BIRDS: 114
MAMMALS
Eastern Chipmunk - 3
Gray Squirrel - 2
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 32
Silver-spotted Skipper - 2
06/14/08 - 1005am-11am
Jasontown Rd., Westminster, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 82-84 degrees, WSW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 6 (including leader)
Turkey Vulture - 7
American Kestrel - 2
Mourning Dove - 7
Chimney Swift - 1
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
Horned Lark - 4
Barn Swallow - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 2
Field Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Grasshopper Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Indigo Bunting - 2
Common Grackle - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 43
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 3 (2 black form)
Cabbage White - 28
Orange Sulphur - 3
Clouded/Orange Sulphur - 1 (female white form)
Cloudless Sulphur - 1
Variegated Fritillary - 1
American Lady - 1
Silver-spotted Skipper - 1
06/14/08 - 1110am-1125am
Feeser Rd North/Feeser Rd West, Taneytown, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 84 degrees, WSW 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 6 (including leader)
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 5
Killdeer - 1
Mourning Dove - 4
Red-headed Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Blue Jay - 2
Barn Swallow - 3
American Robin - 8
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 10
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Indigo Bunting - 1
Common Grackle - 2
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 48
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 5
06/14/08 - 1130am-1140am
Reifsnider Rd., Keymar, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 85 degrees, WSW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 6 (includ. leader)
Canada Goose - 20
Green Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Purple Martin - 6
Barn Swallow - 6
House Wren - 2
American Robin - 6
Gray Catbird - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 4
Brown Thrasher - 2
European Starling - 8
Chipping Sparrow - 5
Northern Cardinal - 3
Indigo Bunting - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Common Grackle - 2
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 79
BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 1
06/14/08 - 1240pm-120pm
Nusbaum Rd., Taneytown, Carroll Co., MD lunch break
WEATHER: Sunny/Fair, 89 degrees, NW 7 mph- NW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 4 (including leader)
Wood Duck - 8 (2 hens, 6 ducklings)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Mourning Dove - 3
Red-headed Woodpecker - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Barn Swallow - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
American Robin - 9
Gray Catbird - 18
European Starling - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
Common Grackle - 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Orchard Oriole - 1
SPECIES: 22
TOTAL BIRDS: 64
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 2
BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 15
Clouded Sulphur - 2
Orange Sulphur - 2
Red Admiral - 1
DRAGONFLIES
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 2
Widow Skimmer - 2
DAMSELFLIES
Blue-tipped Dancer - 3 (2 males, 1 female)
06/14/08 - 2pm-240pm
Baumgardner Rd., Keymar, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 86-91 degrees, calm- SSW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 4
Turkey Vulture - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Barn Swallow - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 1
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 4
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Common Grackle - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 24
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1
06/14/08 - 235pm-315pm
Shoemaker Rd., Emmitsburg, Frederick Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 91 degrees, SSW 6 mph- calm
OBSERVERS: 4
Canada Goose - 6
Ring-necked Pheasant - 1 (heard only)
Turkey Vulture - 4
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
House Wren - 2
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1 (Harney Rd)
Field Sparrow - 1
Vesper Sparrow - 1 (Harney Rd)
Grasshopper Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Indigo Bunting - 1
Dickcissel - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 5
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
House Sparrow - 4
SPECIES: 31
TOTAL BIRDS: 62
BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 6
06/14/08 - 325pm-340pm
Walnut Grove Rd., Taneytown, Carroll Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 91 degrees, WNW 7 mph- W 8 mph
OBSERVERS: 4
Turkey Vulture - 1
American Kestrel - 2
Mourning Dove - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Tree Swallow - 2
Barn Swallow - 10
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 3
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 3
Northern Cardinal - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
Bobolink - 1 (singing on territory)
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 4
Baltimore Oriole - 1
House Sparrow - 3
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 44
Kevin Graff
West Ocean City, MD
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