Hi all,




Baltimore Bird Club's 17th in a series of weekly walks to follow the progress of Winter Residents/early Spring Arrival, next walk on 3/03/08 will be at Prettyboy Reservoir, at 820am. Check with me to make sure the trip is on by Mon evening.


02/24/09 - 820am-1130am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Club" Dulaney Valley Rd., E of Stone Hill Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 23-32 degrees, WNW 9 mph- NNW 12 mph
OBSERVERS: A Coffey, K Graff, J Landers, P Noell, D Terry

Canada Goose - 83
Mute Swan - 4
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 18
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 143
Bufflehead - 8
Hooded Merganser - 10
Common Merganser - 186
Horned Grebe - 4
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 3
Bald Eagle - 1 (off #2 bridge)
Red-tailed Hawk - 6
Ring-billed Gull - 73
Herring Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 5
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 7
Carolina Chickadee - 15
Tufted Titmouse - 10
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (Debbie)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (John)
Eastern Bluebird - 12
American Robin - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 26
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2 (heard by few)
Field Sparrow - 8
Song Sparrow - 8
White-throated Sparrow - 140
"Slate-colored" Junco - 7
Northern Cardinal - 16
Red-winged Blackbird - 12
American Goldfinch - 1 (flyby)
SPECIES: 47
TOTAL BIRDS: 851

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 3
White-tailed Deer - 3

02/24/09 - 1245pm-130pm (no crossbills seen)
Centennial Park "South Area" Clarksville Pike, Columbia, Howard Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 35 degrees, N 8 mph

Canada Goose - 45
Mallard - 20
Canvasback - 1 (hen)
Ring-necked Duck - 18
Bufflehead - 2
Hooded Merganser - 10
Ruddy Duck - 1
Great Blue Heron - 3
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 4
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 37
Herring Gull - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 2
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 1
House Finch - 3
SPECIES: 28
TOTAL BIRDS: 169

Earlier at Lapidum Landing

02/24/09 - 7am-730am
Susquehanna SP "Lapidum Boat Launch Facility" Lapidum Rd., Havre De Grace, Harford Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 20 degrees, WNW 7 mph

Canada Goose - 5 (flyby N)
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 6
Greater Scaup - 2
WHITE-WINGED SCOTER  - 1 (one still there near bridge, S of lapidum, 
Bufflehead - 5                                   drifting to the south)
Common Goldeneye - 3
Common Merganser - 7
Common Loon - 1
Horned Grebe - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Blue Heron - 2
Bald Eagle - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 55
Herring Gull - 4
Great Black-backed Gull - 5
Rock Pigeon - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Fish Crow - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
SPECIES: 24
TOTAL BIRDS: 116


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