Hi all,


03/14/09 - 710am-730am
Patapsco Valley State Park "Hammonds Ferry" Hammonds Ferry Rd., Linthicum,
Anne Arundel Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 32-33 degrees, calm

Mallard - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 16
Herring Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 18
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 99
Common Grackle - 2
Pine Siskin - 3 (flyover, following Redwings flock)
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 155

03/14/09 - 815am-835am
Cabin Creek Public Landing, Cabin Creek Rd., Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 35 degrees, SSE 4 mph

Canada Goose - 2
Bufflehead - 11
Common Goldeneye - 2
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 1
American Woodcock - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 6
American Crow - 2
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 16
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
House Finch - 8 (feeders, last house on R)
Pine Siskin - 1 (same)
American Goldfinch - 7 (same)
SPECIES: 22
TOTAL BIRDS: 72

03/14/09 - 835am-1105am
Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center "Horsehead" Discovery Ln., Grasonville, Queen Anne's Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 35-41 degrees, SSE 4 mph- WNW 6 mph (some haze on/off)

Cackling "Richardson's Goose - 1 (w/ flock of 60 Canada headed N)
Canada Goose - 301 (flocks of 8, 25, 40, 35, 5, 20, 17, 22, 60, 39, 22 N)
Tundra Swan - 25 (single flock headed N)
Wood Duck - 10
American Black Duck - 15
Mallard - 16
Northern Shoveler - 1
Green-winged Teal - 2
Canvasback - 22
Greater Scaup - 292
Lesser Scaup - 38
Surf Scoter - 8
Long-tailed Duck - 3
Bufflehead - 89
Common Goldeneye - 43
Common Merganser - 1
Ruddy Duck - 4634
Horned Grebe - 18
Double-crested Cormorant - 4
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 5
Osprey - 1 (on nest platform at Lake Knapp)
Bald Eagle - 2
Northern Harrier - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 7
Mourning Dove - 2
Eastern Screech-Owl - 1 (at roost at closed section)
Northern Flicker - 2
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3 (Cabin Creek Rd)
Fish Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 28
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 3
Marsh Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 31
Northern Mockingbird - 2
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5
Pine Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 4
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 5
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 5 
Red-winged Blackbird - 27
Common Grackle - 10
Brown-headed Cowbird - 6
SPECIES: 54
TOTAL BIRDS: 5694

03/14/09 - 1115am-1235pm
Terrapin Nature Area, Log Canoe Circle, Stevensville, Queen Anne's Co., 
MD

WEATHER: MC/Overcast, 41 degrees, WNW 6 mph- WNW 5 mph

Canada Goose - 12
Mute Swan - 2
Tundra Swan - 59 (single flock headed N)
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 2
Greater Scaup - 38
Lesser Scaup - 1
Surf Scoter - 15
Long-tailed Duck - 57
Bufflehead - 81
Common Goldeneye - 97
Horned Grebe - 20
Red-necked Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 12
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Field Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 31
TOTAL BIRDS: 430

03/14/09 - 1245pm-145pm
Oceanic Dr., Cape St. Clair, Anne Arundel Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 41-42 degrees, WNW 5 mph - W 4 mph

Canada Goose - 12
Wood Duck - 2 (pond)
Canvasback - 1148
Greater Scaup - 1866
Lesser Scaup - 213
scaup sp. - 120
Surf Scoter - 7
Long-tailed Duck - 2
Bufflehead - 104
Common Goldeneye - 52
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
Osprey - 2
Peregrine Falcon - 1 (seen after crossing bridge in AACo.)
Killdeer - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 17
Herring Gull - 6
Great Black-backed Gull - 4
Rock Pigeon - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 7
Common Grackle - 6
SPECIES: 23 (73 species total, 66 in QA Co & 34 in AA Co)
TOTAL BIRDS: 3579 (9930 individual total, 6196 in QA Co & 3734 in AA Co)


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