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Cylburn & W. Regional Park, 09/21/08

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:45:44 -0700

Hi all,



09/21/08 - 8am-1130am
Cylburn Arboretum, Greenspring Ave., Cold Spring-Newtown section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: Fair, 51-71 degrees, calm
LEADER: No designated leader for this Self-Guided Walk
        - fourth of the series weekly birdwalk. Next bird walk on
          09/28/08 at 830am 
OBSERVERS: 5

Mallard - 1 (stump dump)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
American Kestrel - 1
Rock Pigeon - 4
Mourning Dove - 11
Great Horned Owl - 1 (Stump Dump Trail)
Chimney Swift - 22
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 1 (heard only)
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 7
Blue Jay - 14
Carolina Chickadee - 10
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Carolina Wren - 2
House Wren - 1
Winter Wren - 1 (seen/heard by few)
Swainson's Thrush - 1 (heard only)
American Robin - 43
Gray Catbird - 13
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1 (seen by one observer)
European Starling - 15
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1 (seen by one observer)
American Redstart - 5
Eastern Towhee - 5
Chipping Sparrow - 7
Northern Cardinal - 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1 (heard only)
Common Grackle - 1
House Finch - 16
American Goldfinch - 8
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 41
TOTAL BIRDS: 223

MAMMALS
Eastern Chipmunk - 1
Gray Squirrel - 11

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 7
Orange Sulphur - 1
Monarch - 36 (high flying, headed SW)
Least Skipper - 1
Sachem - 6
Zabulon Skipper - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 3
Black Saddlebags - 5

09/21/08 - 1215pm-130pm (on way to MD Birding Trail Mtg at 2pm)
Western Regional Park, Carrs Mill Rd., Glenwood, Howard Co., MD

WEATHER: PC/Fair, 72-75 degrees, NNW 4 mph- calm

Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 18
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 7
Killdeer - 1
Rock Pigeon - 6
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 17
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 5
American Robin - 6
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 5
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Scarlet Tanager - 1 (female)
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 33
TOTAL BIRDS: 100

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 6
Woodchuck - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 4
Meadow Fritillary - 1
Variegated Fritillary - 1
Common Buckeye - 2
Red-spotted Purple - 1
Monarch - 9 (high flying, headed SWW)
Least Skipper - 1
Fiery Skipper - 1
Peck's Skipper - 2
Sachem - 6

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 28
Autumn Meadowhawk - 2 (males, previous called Yellow-legged)
Wandering Glider - 1
Black Saddlebags - 5

DAMSELFLIES
Familiar Bluet - 3
Fragile Forktail - 1


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD