Hi all,



09/28/08 - 8am-1130am
Cylburn Arboretum, Greenspring Ave., Cold Spring-Newtown section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: Foggy/Overcast, 69-72 degrees, calm- S 6 mph (few light rain 
         on/off, heavy downpour a little after 1130am) 
LEADER: No designated leader for this Self-Guided Walk - fifth of the 
        series weekly birdwalk. Next bird walk on 10/05/08 at 830am
OBSERVERS: 5

Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 6
Common Nighthawk - 4 (in one flock at 958am, headed S)
Chimney Swift - 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 11
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1 (before others arrive)
Red-eyed Vireo - 8
Blue Jay - 105 (all headed SW)
Fish Crow - 1 (heard calling and seen overhead)
Carolina Chickadee - 10
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Carolina Wren - 3
House Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Veery - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 2
Hermit Thrush - 1
Wood Thrush - 2
American Robin - 16
Gray Catbird - 7
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 14
Magnolia Warbler - 1
Cape May Warbler - 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 3
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 3
Common Yellowthroat - 4
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 3 (2 stump dump)
Northern Cardinal - 9
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
House Finch - 6
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 2 (stump dump)
SPECIES: 44
TOTAL BIRDS: 272

MAMMALS
Eastern Chipmunk - 8
Gray Squirrel - 30

REPTILES
Eastern Garter Snake - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 4

DRAGONFLIES
Wandering Glider - 1


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD