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Baltimore Mid-Winter Bird Count, 01/24/09

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Kevin Graff

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Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:47:38 -0800

Hi all,



01/24/09 - 730am-1110am
Cromwell Valley Park "Willow Grove Farm, Sherwood Farm & dams" Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/light snow, 39 degrees, WNW 8 mph- W 6 mph
OBSERVERS: John D., Kevin G., +2

Canada Goose - 130
Ring-necked Duck - 102
Bufflehead - 2
Hooded Merganser - 6
Great Blue Heron - 2
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 1 
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 34
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 6
Great Horned Owl - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 7
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Pileated Woodpecker - 1 (nearby road)
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 62
Carolina Chickadee - 14
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5
Carolina Wren - 8
Eastern Bluebird - 11
American Robin- 21
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 70
Eastern Towhee - 2
Song Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 17
"Slate-colored" Junco - 13
Northern Cardinal - 7
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
American Goldfinch - 9
SPECIES: 36
TOTAL BIRDS: 564

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 3

01/24/09 - 1125am-2pm
Back River WWTP, Willis Ave., Eastview, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 38-37 degrees, W 10 mph- W 9 mph
OBSERVERS: John D., Kevin G.

Canada Goose - 185
Mallard - 46
Lesser Scaup - 2
Bufflehead - 1
Common Merganser - 17 (6 drakes, 11 hens)
Ruddy Duck - 10
Pied-billed Grebe - 3
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 8
GREAT CORMORANT - 1 (2nd year)
Great Blue Heron - 6
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
American Kestrel - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 10
Ring-billed Gull - 64
Herring Gull - 29
Great Black-backed Gull - 17
Rock Pigeon - 87
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 6
American Crow - 18
Fish Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 17
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 125
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 13
Song Sparrow - 6
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 10
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 16
Red-winged Blackbird - 57
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 43
TOTAL BIRDS: 787

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5
Red Fox - 1

01/24/09 - 210pm-3pm
Bethelem Steel Corp Property "Oxygen Pond" Reservoir Rd., Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 37 degrees, W 11 mph
OBSERVERS: John D., Kevin G.

Canada Goose - 46
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Lesser Scaup - 3
Bufflehead - 4
Hooded Merganser - 18
Ruddy Duck - 89
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 32
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Herring Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 1
American Crow - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 21
TOTAL BIRDS: 216

01/24/09 - 325pm-425pm
Herring Gull Park, Harford Rd./Parkside Dr., Lauraville section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: Fair, 37-34 degrees, W 13 mph- WNW 14 mph
OBSERVERS: John D., Kevin G.

Canada Goose - 162 (lake)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 151
Herring Gull - 10
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 14
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 144 (lake)
Fish Crow - 1
Carolina Wren - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 9
Northern Cardinal - 2
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 511

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 2


TOTAL OVERALL  01/24/09 - 730am-425pm

WEATHER: Overcast/Fair, 39-34 degrees, WNW 8 mph- WNW 14 mph
OBSERVERS: 4

Hours by foot: 6
Miles by foot: 5
Hours by car: 2
Miles by car: 5

Canada Goose - 523
Mallard - 46
Ring-necked Duck - 104
Lesser Scaup - 5
Bufflehead - 7
Hooded Merganser - 24
Common Merganser - 17
Ruddy Duck - 99
Pied-billed Grebe - 4
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 8
Great Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 9
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 3
Bald Eagle - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 8
American Kestrel - 1
American Coot - 32
Bonaparte's Gull - 10
Ring-billed Gull - 255
Herring Gull - 40
Great Black-backed Gull - 18
Rock Pigeon - 95
Mourning Dove - 22
Great Horned Owl - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 11
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 9
Pileated Woodpecker - 1 
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 225
Fish Crow - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 31
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 5
Carolina Wren - 14
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 12
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin- 21
Northern Mockingbird - 8
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 200
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 13
Eastern Towhee - 2
Song Sparrow - 11
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 36
"Slate-colored" Junco - 14
Northern Cardinal - 25
Red-winged Blackbird - 58
American Goldfinch - 10
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 58 (66 species in 2008, 73 in 2007) 
TOTAL BIRDS: 2078


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