Hi all,



   I'll be out of reach on computer till next Sun while I'm in Wildwood. It's 230am and ready to leave O.C. w/ my new pickup now for Wildwood.


Baltimore Bird Club's third in a series of weekly walks to follow the progress of Fall Migration, next walk on 09/16/08, at 830am.

09/09/08 - 8am-1130am
Cromwell Valley Park "Willow Grove Farm & Sherwood Farm" Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 73-77 degrees, S 9 mph- NW 5 mph (rain 1030-1100)
LEADER: Debbie Terry
OBSERVERS: 11

Great Blue Heron - 1 (Loch Raven)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Caspian Tern - 1 (flyby SW)
Mourning Dove - 5
Chimney Swift - 4
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 6
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 3
ALDER FLYCATCHER - 1 (confirmed call from passing-by non member birder)
White-eyed Vireo - 2
Yellow-throated Vireo - 1
Warbling Vireo - 1 (seen/heard by Debbie)
Red-eyed Vireo - 6
Blue Jay - 9
American Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 6
House Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 6
American Robin - 10
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 10
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 
Pine Warbler - 1 (seen/heard by few)
American Redstart - 4
Common Yellowthroat - 4
Hooded Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 1 (Loch Raven)
Northern Cardinal - 4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 3
Common Grackle - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
House Finch - 11
American Goldfinch - 18
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 51
TOTAL BIRDS: 167

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 9

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Spichbush Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 8
Orange Sulphur - 1
Eastern Tailed Blue - 1
Pearl Crescent - 1
Red-spotted Purple - 1
Monarch - 27
Least Skipper - 2
Sachem - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
Black Saddlebags - 5


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD