Hi all,



10/11/08 - 8am-1230pm
Cromwell Valley Park, Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 52-69 degrees, calm- ENE 7 mph
LEADER: Kevin Graff (for Wild Bird Center)
OBSERVERS: 12

Canada Goose - 11 (2 headed SW, 9 headed SE)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 6
Osprey - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 8
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 8
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 12
Chimney Swift - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 6
Northern Flicker - 7
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 10
Blue-headed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 26
American Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 16
Tufted Titmouse - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Winter Wren - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 62
Eastern Bluebird - 11
American Robin - 122
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 1 (Mark)
European Starling - 20
Tennessee Warbler - 1
Nashville Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Palm Warbler - 8 (4 yellow, 4 western)   
Common Yellowthroat - 1 (seen by one observer)
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 60
Song Sparrow - 17
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 8
Indigo Bunting - 1 (female, seen by few)
Red-winged Blackbird - 12 (2 males)
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
House Finch - 18
American Goldfinch - 32
SPECIES: 52
TOTAL BIRDS: 545

MAMMALS
Eastern Chipmunk - 2
Gray Squirrel - 19

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 1
Orange Sulphur - 4
Clouded/Orange Sulphur - 1 (female white form)
Meadow Fritillary - 1
Question Mark - 1

DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 3

10/11/08 - 1pm-5pm (before/after memorial reception for late BBC member)
Irvine Nature Center, Garrison Forest Rd., Owings Mills, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 70-72 degrees, ENE 6 mph- ESE 7 mph
OBSERVERS: 3

Turkey Vulture - 8
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Rock Pigeon - 28 (flyby)
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 8
American Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5
Carolina Wren - 2
House Wren - 1 (heard only)
Winter Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 25
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 2
SPECIES: 29
TOTAL BIRDS: 115

MAMMALS
Woodchunk - 1
Red Squirrel - 1 (heard by Pete)
Gray Squirrel - 8

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 1


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD