Hi all,




    Steve Sanford and I went out west to do some hawkwatching and had few good birds including a late cuckoo. The winds was too strong for passerines along the trail. 


10/02/08 - 930am-1pm
Washington Monument State Park, Zittlestown Rd., Middletown, Washington Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 57-82 degrees, W 9 mph- W 15 mph (Gust 16-18 mph)
OBSERVERS: 9

Canada Goose - 10 (headed SE)
Black Vulture - 8
Turkey Vulture - 16
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 12
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 8 (some locals)
American Kestrel - 4
Merlin - 2
Peregrine Falcon - 6 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Chimney Swift - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 20 (headed SW)
American Crow - 26
Tree Swallow - 3 (headed SW)
Carolina Wren - 1
Winter Wren - 2
Palm Warbler - 1 (western)
Northern Cardinal - 1
SPECIES: 24
TOTAL BIRDS: 135

10/02/08 - 130pm-145pm
Route 67, Rohrersville, Washington Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 60 degrees, W 13 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 2 (distance flyby S)
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 4
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 5
Common Raven - 1 (Rt 67/Millbrook ara)
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 16 (mobbed raven)
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
House Finch - 1 (flyby)
SPECIES: 15
TOTAL BIRDS: 45

BUTTERFLIES
Monarch - 4 (headed SW)

**Saw the pintail in West Virginia between 230pm-305pm**

10/02/08 - 410pm-505pm
Alpha Ridge Park, Old Frederick Rd., Woodstock, Howard Co., MD

WEATHER: PC/Fair, 60-59 degrees, WNW 9 mph- WNW 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 2

Canada Goose - 30 (early am on way to Washington Co via Rt 99)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 11
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1 (Rt 99)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (Rt 99)
American Kestrel - 1 (Rt 99)
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 7
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 18
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2 (Rt 99)
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 3 (early am, same area as geese)
Black-throated Green Warbler - 2
Palm Warbler - 2 (western)
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 4
SPECIES: 34
TOTAL BIRDS: 114

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 1

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 2
Cloudless Sulphur - 1
Common Buckeye - 2
Monarch - 1


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD & West Ocean City, MD