Hi all,



Baltimore Bird Club's 7th in a series of weekly walks to follow the progress of Winter Arrival, next walk on 12/23/08, at 820am. Check with me to make sure the trip is on by Mon evening. We may change at last minutes to go elsewhere either Loch Raven/Prettyboy. 

I arrive late around 9am due to serious fire call involving 10-50 PI w/Rescue at 7am and I had to manned an rescue-engine to sent the crew to scene and didn't return to station till around 830am.


12/16/08 - 830am-1115pm
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Center" Dulaney Valley Rd., E of Stone Hill Rd.,Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/Ice Pellet, 38 degrees, N 7 mph- N 8 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L (John arrive at 830am)

Canada Goose - 228
Mute Swan - 2
Gadwall - 62
American Wigeon - 79
American Black Duck - 6
Mallard - 10
Redhead - 117 
Ring-necked Duck - 649 (568 drakes, 81 hens)
Bufflehead - 12
Hooded Merganser - 10
Common Merganser - 5
Ruddy Duck - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 226
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1 (John)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 2
Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (flyby at my arrival)
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 11
Tufted Titmouse - 19
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 4
Field Sparrow - 5
Song Sparrow - 13
Fox Sparrow - 1 (John)
White-throated Sparrow - 96
"Slate-colored" Junco - 7
Northern Cardinal - 15
Red-winged Blackbird - 3 (flyby)
House Finch - 4
American Goldfinch - 4
SPECIES: 47
TOTAL BIRDS: 1629

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 7
White-tailed Deer - 7

12/16/08 - 1155am-125pm
Jeanne Bowman's 2.5 acres yard, Middletown area, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Ice pellet/wet snow, 37-36 degrees, N 5 mph- NNE 9 mph
OBSERVERS: Jeanne B., Kevin G., Paul N.

Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 10
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 10
Tufted Titmouse - 18
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 16
Cedar Waxwing - 66
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 32
"Slate-colored" Junco - 38
Northern Cardinal - 10
Purple Finch - 2
House Finch - 16
American Goldfinch - 8
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 26
TOTAL BIRDS: 253

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 4


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