Hi all,
05/01/09 - 6am-630am (part of Light Out Baltimore project 5am-630am)
"Life In The Forest" habitat next to National Aquarium/Inner Harbor area,
Pratt St., Inner Harbor section of Baltimore, MD
WEATHER: Overcast/Light rain, 60 degrees, SW 8 mph- SW 9 mph
OBSERVERS: Bryce Butler, Kevin Graff
American Black Duck - 2 (flyby)
Mallard - 4
Black-crowned Night Heron - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
SORA - 1 (alive and healthy in Life In The Forest habitat ares)
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Herring Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 18
House Wren - 1
American Robin - 6
Gray Catbird - 2
European Starling - 11
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 7
Common Grackle - 1
House Finch - 2
House Sparrow - 5
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 71
05/01/09 - 7am-905am
Oxbow Lake Nature Preserve, Oxbow Place, Maryland City, Anne Arundel Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast, 60-63 degrees, SW 9 mph- SW 6 mph (drizzle on/off)
OBSERVERS: John Dennehy, Kevin Graff
Canada Goose - 16
Wood Duck - 7
Mallard - 2
Blue-winged Teal - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Great Blue Heron - 8
Green Heron - 2
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Chimney Swift - 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 7
Fish Crow - 1
COMMON RAVEN - 1
Tree Swallow - 12
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 22
Barn Swallow - 6
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Wood Thrush - 2
American Robin - 21
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Northern Parula - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1 (nearby road)
Northern Cardinal - 1
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 18
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 40
TOTAL BIRDS: 159
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 3
05/01/09 - 915am-150pm
Patuxent Research Refuge "North Tract" Bald Eagle Dr., Ft. Meade, Anne Arundel Co., MD
WEATHER: Overcast, 64-71 degrees, SW 6 mph- SSW 7 mph (drizzle on/off)
OBSERVERS: John Dennehy, Kevin Graff
Canada Goose - 4
Wood Duck - 4
Mallard - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 3
Osprey - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Mourning Dove - 4
Barred Owl - 1
Chimney Swift - 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 4
White-eyed Vireo - 3
Yellow-throated Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 10
Blue Jay - 5
American Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 6
Barn Swallow - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 10
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 4
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 12
Eastern Bluebird - 3
Wood Thrush - 5
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 4
Northern Mockingbird - 4
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 1
Northern Parula - 9
Yellow Warbler - 5
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 12
Pine Warbler - 5
Prairie Warbler - 25
Black-and-white Warbler - 4
American Redstart - 11
Worm-eating Warbler - 1
Ovenbird - 9
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 4
Hooded Warbler - 8
Yellow-breasted Chat - 2
Summer Tanager - 2
Scarlet Tanager - 2
Eastern Towhee - 13
Chipping Sparrow - 5
Field Sparrow - 3
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 11
Northern Cardinal - 11
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
Common Grackle - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 10
Orchard Oriole - 2
Baltimore Oriole - 1
Purple Finch - 1 (feeders w/ House Finch)
House Finch - 4
Pine Siskin - 3 (feeders w/ goldfinches)
American Goldfinch - 20
SPECIES: 73
TOTAL BIRDS: 329
MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 4
White-tailed Deer - 2
REPTILES
Eastern Painted Turtle - 2
Red-bellied Turtle - 1
AMPHIBIANS
Green Frog - 1
BUTTERFLIES
Zebra Swallowtail - 4
Tiger Swallowtail - 2
Cabbage White - 1
Orange Sulphur - 3
Clouded Sulphur - 2
Spring Azure - 9
Eastern Tailed Blue - 1
Painted Lady - 2
Juvenal's Duskywing - 1
DRAGONFLIES
Common Baskettail - 2
Common Whitetail - 3
***BBC will have their annual walk to North Tract on Sunday the 10th. Check the website for more info. I and others will relieve Steve as leader as he recently moved to northwestern PA***
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD
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