My first year as counter of BBS route 008. Beautiful route over Catoctin
Mountain, ending in grasslands near Emmitsburg. Highlights 2 Cerulean
Warblers, 1 Hooded Warbler, 1 Bobolink and 6 Grasshopper Sparrows. A bit on the
breezy side, some stops were very quiet.
Location: Wolfsville BBS route
Observation date: 6/22/09
Notes: BBS route - a little breezy, counts of some species may be on the
low side because of that
Number of species: 64
Canada Goose 1
Green Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 6
Cooper's Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 7
Rock Pigeon 7
Mourning Dove 24
Chimney Swift 8
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12
Downy Woodpecker 7
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 7
Pileated Woodpecker 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee 11
Acadian Flycatcher 7
Eastern Phoebe 6
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 7
White-eyed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 33
Blue Jay 20
American Crow 30
Fish Crow 1
Barn Swallow 37
Carolina Chickadee 6
Tufted Titmouse 13
White-breasted Nuthatch 5
Carolina Wren 13
House Wren 16
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
Eastern Bluebird 2
Veery 1
Wood Thrush 27
American Robin 56
Gray Catbird 31
Northern Mockingbird 18
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 34
Cedar Waxwing 5
Yellow Warbler 8
Cerulean Warbler 2
American Redstart 4
Ovenbird 6
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 3
Hooded Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 7
Eastern Towhee 9
Chipping Sparrow 42
Field Sparrow 3
Grasshopper Sparrow 6
Song Sparrow 24
Northern Cardinal 27
Indigo Bunting 34
Bobolink 1
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Eastern Meadowlark 2
Common Grackle 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 11
Orchard Oriole 1
House Finch 9
American Goldfinch 13
House Sparrow 27
Andy Wilson
Frederick
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