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Loch Raven Reservoir, 10/26/08

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:21:51 -0700

Hi all,



   Still early but we'll get more individual # when weather get colder on our first of a weekly walks on Tues Nov 4th. We'll expect to see an average 56 species a week. Today trip was for a BBC new member to improve her winter passerines skill. She was excited to see several new birds for her lifelist. 


10/26/08 - 830am-1115am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Center" Dulaney Valley Rd., E of Stone Hill Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Heavy Fog/Sunny, 42-59 degrees, W 4 mph- W 6 mph 
OBSERVERS: Amelia Mazza, Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 252
Mute Swan - 4
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 8
Mallard - 20
Lesser Scaup - 1
Ruddy Duck - 2
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 39
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 5
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 11
American Crow - 8
Carolina Chickadee - 11
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 46
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 372
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 92
Cedar Waxwing - 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 8
Field Sparrow - 5
Song Sparrow - 10
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 63
"Slate-colored" Junco - 21
Northern Cardinal - 8
Rusty Blackbird - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 16 (single flock)
House Finch - 8
American Goldfinch - 16
SPECIES: 49
TOTAL BIRDS: 1072

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 6


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