Several noticed that the understory has just about disappeared- eaten by
the overpopulation of deer ?
jb
In a message dated 4/27/2009 5:25:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
writes:
Hi all,
04/26/09 - 8am-1130am
Patapsco Valley State Park "Liberty Dam Trail" Marriottsville Rd.,
Woodstock, Baltimore/Carroll Counties, MD
WEATHER: Sunny/Fair, 70-86 degrees, SW 5 mph- NW 7 mph
LEADER: Paul Noell
OBSERVERS: 8
Canada Goose - 2
Wood Duck - 1 (B & C)
Mallard - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 (both)
Black Vulture - 3 (both)
Turkey Vulture - 3 (both)
Osprey - 1 (both)
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Barred Owl - 1
Chimney Swift - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 1 (Paul N)
Yellow-throated Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 17 (both)
American Crow - 3 (both)
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 8 (both)
Carolina Chickadee - 9
Tufted Titmouse - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2 (one each county)
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 22 (one in Carroll)
Eastern Bluebird - 2
Swainson's Thrush - 1 (Paul N.)
Wood Thrush - 6
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 2
Blue-winged Warbler - 1
Northern Parula - 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 4
American Redstart - 1 (Chris D)
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 3
Northern Waterthrush - 1 (Paul N.)
Louisiana Waterthrush - 6 (2 in Carroll)
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 4
Common Grackle - 2 (both)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
House Finch - 7
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 56 (66 in 2008)
TOTAL BIRDS: 160
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 11
REPTILES
Spotted Turtle - 1
AMPHIBIANS
American Toad - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Black Swallowtail - 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 4
Cabbage White - 4
Orange Sulphur - 3
Spring Azure - 1
Juvenal's Duskywing - 2
DRAGONFLIES
Common Green Darner - 1
BEETLES
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle - 9
Green Ground Beetle - 1
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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