Hi all,



   Normally we do the Tues weekly walk at Lake Roland but with the footbridge closed and may be for a while. We decided to do it at Cromwell Valley Park. We meet at Willow Grove Farm parking lot at 830am. See Baltimore Bird Club's website for CVP Sept 6th for directions. 


Baltimore Bird Club's first in a series of weekly walks to follow the progress of Fall Migration, next walk on 09/02/08, at 830am.

08/26/08 - 8am-1135am
Cromwell Valley Park "Willow Grove Farm & Sherwood Farm" Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/PC, 64-73 degrees, NNE 9 mph 
LEADER: didn't show up
OBSERVERS: 7

Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 2
Broad-winged Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Rock Pigeon - 5 
Mourning Dove - 7
Chimney Swift - 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1 (on way out)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 8 
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Empid Flycatcher sp. - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 1 (on way out)
Barn Swallow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 6
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 12
American Robin - 18
Gray Catbird - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Blue-winged Warbler - 1 (seen by one observer)
Magnolia Warbler - 3
American Redstart - 2
Ovenbird - 1 (seen by one observer)
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 9
Song Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 2
Blue Grosbeak - 4
Indigo Bunting - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Orchard Oriole - 3
Baltimore Oriole - 2
House Finch - 16
American Goldfinch - 23
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 49
TOTAL BIRDS: 193

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 14
Muskrat - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 13
Pipevine Swallowtail - 1
Spichbush Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 9
Clouded Sulphur - 1
Summer Azure - 2
Gray Hairstreak - 1 (worn)
Variegated Fritillary - 1
Horace's Duskywing - 3
Least Skipper - 1
Sachem - 1 (worn)

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 2
Eastern Pondhawk - 2
Black Saddlebags - 3


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD