Hi all,



   On my way to Irish Grove for work week, made few stops along way.  Sorry it was late as there's no computer at Irish Grove or cell phone service in that area. Was supposed to go early am to have more time at several stops on way down but had a fire call (car accident w/ rescue at 709am) and to manned an rescue/engine to the scene. 

  Rest of the weekend trips to come up later.


10/29/08 - 1145am-1155am
Rt 50, Stevensville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 48-49 degrees, W 15 mph

Mute Swan - 2
American Black Duck - 36 (Bay Bridge Pond)
Mallard - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3 
Bald Eagle - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1 (cruise along westbound between bridge span)
Ring-billed Gull - 18
Herring Gull - 7
Great Black-backed Gull - 16
Caspian Tern - 1
Rock Pigeon - 5
Mourning Dove - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 18
Red-winged Blackbird - 5 
House Finch - 1
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 125

10/29/08 - 12pm-345pm
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center "Horsehead" Discovery Ln., Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 50-49 degrees, W 12 mph- W 10 mph

Canada Goose - 6 (no major flocks anywhere)
Mute Swan - 8
Tundra Swan - 13 (single flock headed ESE)
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 2
Northern Pintail - 1 (single drake follow swans)
Green-winged Teal - 12
Lesser Scaup - 26
Bufflehead - 8
Red-breasted Merganser - 1 (headed ESE)
Ruddy Duck - 55
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 2
Great Egret - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Northern Harrier - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 3
Forster's Tern - 3
Mourning Dove - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Marsh Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 119
Eastern Towhee - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 1
NELSON'S SHARP-TAILED SPARROW - 1 (near boardwalk toward ob. tower)
Song Sparrow - 8
Swamp Sparrow - 5
White-throated Sparrow - 8
"Slate-colored" Junco - 6
Northern Cardinal - 8
Red-winged Blackbird - 84 (flocks headed S)
Common Grackle - 2
House Finch - 4
American Goldfinch - 5
SPECIES: 50
TOTAL BIRDS: 440

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 3
White-tailed Deer - 1

10/29/08 - 410pm-435pm
Spring Road Impoundments, Spring Rd., Easton, Talbot Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/Overcast, 50-49 degrees, WNW 13 mph- NW 10 mph

Canada Goose - 882 (leaving impoundments to roost nearby)
Mallard - 10
Northern Pintail - 2
Wild Turkey - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Northern Harrier - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 10
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 22
Palm Warbler - 1 (western)
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 15
Swamp Sparrow - 8
White-throated Sparrow - 4
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 (imm)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 27
TOTAL BIRDS: 984


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