Hi all,



Baltimore Bird Club's first in a series evening weekly birdwalk, next walk on August 27th at 6pm.


08/20/08 - 6pm-8pm
Ft. McHenry National Monument, Constellation Plaza, end of Fort Ave., Locust Point section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 79-73 degrees, E 7 mph- ESE 9 mph
LEADER: Keith Eric Costley
OBSERVERS: 8 

Canada Goose - 9
Mallard - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 22
Great Blue Heron - 5
Black-crowned Night Heron - 4
Osprey - 1
Killdeer - 1 (quick look before disappear)
Spotted Sandpiper - 5
Laughing Gull - 18
Ring-billed Gull - 27
Herring Gull - 9
Great Black-backed Gull - 18
Least Tern - 1
Common Tern - 1 (seen by one observer)
Forster's Tern - 4
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 13 (on way out, 2 block north of fort)
Traill's Flycatcher? - 1 (poor view in distance)
Eastern Kingbird - 1
American Crow - 1
Barn Swallow - 12
Carolina Wren - 3
American Robin - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 57
American Redstart - 1
Ovenbird - 2
Song Sparrow - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 9
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 5
SPECIES: 32
TOTAL BIRDS: 248

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5

REPTILES
Northern Water Snake - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 3
Cabbage White - 1
Monarch - 2


      Kevin Graff
      West Ocean City, MD (return to Jarrettsville Labor Day weekend)