Hi all,



05/06/09 - 830am-9am
Pennwood Rd. vernal pool, Pennwood Rd., Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 57-58 degrees, SW 4 mph- WSW 4 mph

Canada Goose - 16
Mallard - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 4 (flyby)
Cattle Egret - 14
Glossy Ibis - 5
WHITE IBIS - 1 (breeding adult)
Osprey - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (nearby woods)
American Kestrel - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 5
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
American Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 2
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 2
Barn Swallow - 4
American Robin - 2
European Starling - 4
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 2
American Goldfinch - 4 (flyover)
SPECIES: 22
TOTAL BIRDS: 77

05/06/09 - 945am-12pm
Centennial Park "South Area" Rt 108, Columbia, Howard Co., MD 

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 60-62 degrees, WSW 5 mph- calm

Canada Goose - 20
Mallard - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 2 (1 flyby north)
Great Egret - 1
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
COMMON MOORHEN - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 2
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 11
American Crow - 2
Fish Crow - 4
Purple Martin - 8
Tree Swallow - 25
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 11
Bank Swallow - 1
Cliff Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 36
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
American Robin - 4
Gray Catbird - 25
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 4
Yellow Warbler - 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 9
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 5
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 11
Common Grackle - 6
Orchard Oriole - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 2
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 9
SPECIES: 46
TOTAL BIRDS: 248

05/06/09 - 1215pm-215pm  w/ Steve Collins part of day
Patuxent Branch Trail "Guilford Area" Guilford Rd., Columbia, Howard Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 62-63 degrees, calm- ESE 8 mph

Canada Goose - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Least Flycatcher - 1 (heard, then seen, thanks Steve!)
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Barn Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Carolina Wren - 1
SEDGE WREN - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Wood Thrush - 1
American Robin - 4
Gray Catbird - 8
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 18
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (heard)
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Worm-eating Warbler - 1 (brief look)
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Scarlet Tanager - 1
Eastern Towhee - 4
Swamp Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 8
Indigo Bunting - 1
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 30
TOTAL BIRDS: 75

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 7

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 1
Horace's Duskywing - 1


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