Here is more info on what someone saw birding at Jug Bay. And after seeing that there is movement in the nest my Mom wants to go check it out, so we will be back shortly, k? I really miss you all!
Bengy
xoxoxo
Please stay safe at work! Talk to you soon.
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From: Kevin Graff <>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 6, 2008 7:23:15 PM
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Anne Arundel Co., 08/05/08
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
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