Hi All, 

Although the Monk Parakeet is no stranger to the Violetteville community I was unable to find it this morning . The first guy i spoke with said he had seen the bird a few times around his yard on Coolidge rd. just a few blocks away . He says his sister has seen it off and on for the last few years .  The second guy i spoke with was doing roof work at a house on Rockhill directed me to the nest and said he seen it there on the nest yesterday . I then spoke to a couple from Haverhill rd. whose yard backs to the nest . They say it hasnt been on the nest much lately but they hear it from the big tree in their yard . I lastly talked to a man who lives on Beringer road and he watched the birds build the nest getting nest material from the Willow tree in the yard with the cornfield . He has even had them come to his birdbath for water. He says there is a house on Haverhill which has lots of feeders that the birds frequently visit . Ill probably try again tommorrow . 

Birds seen 
House sparrow 20 
European starling 20
Common grackle 10
Chimney swift 10  at the Violetteville ballfields 
American crow 5
Redshouldered hawk 1


Birds found  on the Lower Patapsco River this week while really doing more bugging than birding . 

Halethorpe Pond 
Baltimore Eagle  (ooops i mean Bald ) 3   Adult 1 Juvenile 2 the juveniles flew in together and left together . Likely from the River road nest. 
Great Blue heron 2
Great egret 1
Osprey 1
Red shouldered hawk 1
Green heron    1 juvenile 
Redbellied woodpecker 1
Barn swallow 10
Northern roughwing swallow 5
Acadian flycatcher 1
Yellow warbler 1
Baltimore oriole 1
Orchard oriole 1

Avalon area   took nephew to park to play late evening
Canada goose 7
Chimney swift 5
Acadian flycatcher1
Wood thrush  6
Red eyed vireo 1
Chipping sparrow 2
House finch 5
American goldfinch 10
 

Whitetailed deer 12   6 adult 6 fawn 

Nursery road ponds 

Bald Eagle 1
Greatblue heron 1
Canada goose 20   grass field Nursery road and B and A blvd. 
Black duck 1 
Wood duck 8    2female 6 ducklings 
Belted kingfisher 1
Eastern kingbird 2
Eastern Phoebe 3
Acadian flycatcher 1
Gray catbird 2
Carolina chickadee  1
Warbling vireo 1     heard the entire time 
Red eyed vireo 1 

Southwest Area Park 

Bald Eagle 1
Double crested cormmorant  2 flyover
Osprey 2
Great blue heron 1
Great egret 8  in trees 
Yellow breasted chat 2
Common yellowthroat 5
Indigo bunting 2
Baltimore oriole 1
Orchard oriole 1
Barn swallow 20
Northern roughwing swallow 10

Fort Armistead 

Double crested cormmorant 100
Blackcrowned night heron   20 flyover at dusk 
Barn swallow 10
Killdeer   5   adult 2 juvenile 3  at train tracks
Eastern towhee  2
Herring gull 
Great blackbacked gull
Ringbilled gull


Found  dead beetle by my building at work  2 inches long light green with black dots and has horns . With help from Bill Hubick on identification its called a Rhinoceros Beetle . Cant tell you anything about it except its the first one ive seen . Will put photo up later . 


Saundra Byrd 

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