Hi all,



09/29/08 - 815am-10am
Schooley Mill Park, Hall Shop Rd., Highland, Howard Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 60-66 degrees, calm- NNW 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 4

Canada Goose - 18 (1, 9, 8)
Black Vulture - 6
Turkey Vulture - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Mourning Dove - 5
Chimney Swift - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 5
Blue Jay - 114
American Crow - 42
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 14
American Robin - 88
Northern Mockingbird - 5
Nashville Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 8
Song Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 2
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Blue Grosbeak - 2
Indigo Bunting - 2
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 3
SPECIES: 33
TOTAL BIRDS: 346

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 6

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 4
Orange Sulphur - 5
Common Buckeye - 2
Great Spangled Fritillary - 1
Variegated Fritillary - 1
Monarch - 5

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
Wandering Glider

09/29/08 - 1045am-130pm
McKee Beshers Wildlife Management Area "Hughes Hollow" Hunting Quarters Rd., Poolesville, Montgomery Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/PC, 66-69 degrees, NW 5 mph- NNW 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 3

Canada Goose - 12 (headed S in distance)
Wood Duck - 3
Blue-winged Teal - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 12
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Rock Pigeon - 1 (nearby road)
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Red-headed Woodpecker - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 7
Northern Flicker - 12
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 6
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Blue Jay - 71
American Crow - 1 (nearby road)
Horned Lark - 8 (nearby road)
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 1
American Robin - 63
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 5
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER - 1 (quarter mile pass impoundment parking lot)
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Northern Cardinal - 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Baltimore Oriole - 1
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 1 (distant flyby)
SPECIES: 46
TOTAL BIRDS: 259

MAMMALS
Eastern Chipmunk - 1
Gray Squirrel - 8

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 12
Common Buckeye - 1
Monarch - 2

DRAGONFLIES
Autumn Meadowhawk - 2

DAMSELFLIES
American Rubyspot - 2 (canal area)


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville,MD & West Ocean City, MD