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Anne Arundel Co., 08/05/08

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Kevin Graff

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Wed, 6 Aug 2008 16:23:15 -0700

Hi all,



    I have been away from computer alot throughout July with a week stay in Georgia over 4th of July and miss the ibis at Rt 50 borrow pit, long weekend stay in NJ on the 12th and again week & half in late July-early Aug in NJ. Did a lot of dawn kayaking at Budd Lake in NJ.  Will be in MD more often this month. 
   

08/05/08 - 530am-830am
Kayaking Jug Bay, Lothian, Anne Arundel Co., MD

WEATHER: Clear/Sunny, 68-80 degrees, calm- SW 5 mph

Canada Goose - 10
Wood Duck - 2
Mallard - 8
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 10
Great Egret - 2
Green Heron - 3
Glossy Ibis - 1
WHITE IBIS - 1 (imm.)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 4
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Virginia Rail - 1
Killdeer - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 2
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Forster's Tern - 3
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
Purple Martin - 10
Tree Swallow - 12
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 2
Barn Swallow - 32
Marsh Wren - 6
American Robin - 2
European Starling - 8
Common Yellowthroat - 6
Summer Tanager - 1
Song Sparrow - 8
Swamp Sparrow - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 29
Common Grackle - 2
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 40
TOTAL BIRDS: 189

MAMMALS
Muskrat - 1

REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 22
Snapping Turtle - 1

AMPHIBIANS
Southern Leopard Frog - 2
Bullfrog - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
Cabbage White - 18
Orange Sulphur - 7
Monarch - 1

DRAGONFLIES (there were more out there)
Common Green Darner - 2
Needham's Skimmer - 8
Eastern Pondhawk - 67
Blue Dasher - 18
Black Saddlebags - 6
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 2
Eastern Amberwing - 2

DAMSELFLIES
lack of time 

08/05/08 - 920am-1120am
Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve, Oxbow Place, Maryland City, Anne Arundel Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 81-85 degrees, W 5 mph-WSW 5 mph

Trumpeter Swan - 1 (#960, not countable)
Canada Goose - 6
Wood Duck - 34 
Mallard - 4
Least Bittern - 2 (probably 3 as there is a movement in nest)
Great Blue Heron - 14
Great Egret - 5
Green Heron - 20
Bald Eagle - 1 (adult)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 1
Least Sandpiper - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Chimney Swift - 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (flyby)
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
American Crow - 1
Purple Martin - 2
Tree Swallow - 6
Barn Swallow - 9
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 3
European Starling - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 45
Common Grackle - 4
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 4
SPECIES: 37 (not including swan)
TOTAL BIRDS: 194

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 6

REPTILES
Northern Water Snake - 1
Eastern Painted Turtle - 8
Snapping Turtle - 2

AMPHIBIANS
Green Frog - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 8
Monarch - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 3
Needham's Skimmer - 2
Eastern Pondhawk - 19
Blue Dasher - 9
Black Saddlebags - 9
Twelve-spotted Skimmer - 1

DAMSELFLIES (tons more farther out)
Blue-fronted Dancer - 2
Familiar Bluets - 2

08/05/08 - 1140am-12pm
Church View Farm, Church View Rd/Cecil Ave., Millersville, Anne Arundel Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny/PC, 84 degrees, WSW 5 mph

Canada Goose - 6
Mallard - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Green Heron - 1
CATTLE EGRET - 33 (on dead tree at edge of pond)
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 1
American Crow - 2
Barn Swallow - 6
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 7
Chipping Sparrow - 2
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 17 (60 species total)
TOTAL BIRDS: 71 (454 individual total)

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1
Woodchunk - 1


    Kevin Graff
    West Ocean City, MD