Hi all,
Did a half hour birding around fort before doing 2 hr Fort Carroll watch. Most of the waders spent more time in Anne Arundel Co (AA Co) and going back/forth from the fort and few flew in from the city line mainly behind Fort Armistead Park, probably from the ponds (ponds not part of Swan Creek Facility) on other side to the fort then down to AA Co.
Pretty confused on where they go on which county line. But entire shoreline of Fort Armistead Park to Key Bridge (left side) is in city line, Anne Arundel Co right behind city line and section of it goes to Key Bridge, and Baltimore Co line right behind AA Co and 3/4 of Key Bridge all the way east to Sparrows Point/Dundalk area.
07/03/09 - 330pm-6pm
Fort Armistead Park, Ft. Armistead Rd., Hawkins Point section of Baltimore, MD
WEATHER: MC/Fair, 77-78 degrees, W 11 mph- WNW 11 mph
Mallard - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 9
Great Blue Heron - 1 (staying put on rocks at ft armistead park)
Great Egret - 1 (flew toward ft carroll from behind ft armistead park)
Snowy Egret - 1 (same as above at different time)
Little Blue Heron - 1 (calico plumage flew from S of fort to AA Co)
Tricolored Heron - 1 (flew from behind Key Bridge to ft carroll)
Cattle Egret - 1 (from behind park to ft carroll)
Glossy Ibis - 1 (flew out behind the park to ft carroll)
Turkey Vulture - 1 (from south, from Swan Creek facility)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Osprey - 3
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 8
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Rock Pigeon - 10
Mourning Dove - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Barn Swallow - 12
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 4
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 3
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 31
TOTAL BIRDS: 80
07/03/09 - 4pm-6pm
Fort Carroll, Baltimore Co., MD (viewing from Ft Armistead Park)
WEATHER: MC/Fair, 75-78 degrees, W 9 mph- WNW 11 mph
Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 1 (flew around fort)
Double-crested Cormorant - 326
Great Blue Heron - 3
Great Egret - 3 (to and from AA Co)
Snowy Egret - 4 (to and from AA Co)
Little Blue Heron - 4
Tricolored Heron - 2
Cattle Egret - 10 (flew by back/forth to Sparrows Pt & AA Co)
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 (leaving fort to AA Co)
Glossy Ibis - 1 (flew from city line, cross over AA Co to Ft Carroll)
Turkey Vulture - 1 (N of Sparrows Point area)
Osprey - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Herring Gull - 171
Great Black-backed Gull - 158
Caspian Tern - 1 (leaving fort toward the bay to the SE)
Forster's Tern - 1
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 7 (likely nesting in holes of Ft Carroll)
Barn Swallow - 13 (all over Patapsco River)
Song Sparrow - 1 (possible, along wall of Ft Carroll)
SPECIES: 21
TOTAL BIRDS: 718
07/03/09 - 4pm-6pm
Fort Carroll, Anne Arundel Co., MD (mostly flyby over the water in AA Co)
WEATHER: MC/Fair, 75-78 degrees, W 9 mph- WNW 11 mph
Mallard - 1 (same that flew around fort)
Double-crested Cormorant - 8
Great Blue Heron - 3 flying back/forth Ft Carroll to AA Co)
Great Egret - 3
Snowy Egret - 4
Little Blue Heron - 4 (including one from city line)
Tricolored Heron - 2 (same from city line to AA Co, 2nd from fort to AA)
Cattle Egret - 10 (same as Baltimore Co section)
Black-crowned Night Heron - 2 (leaving fort to AA Co)
Glossy Ibis - 1 (flew out behind the park to fort carroll)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Osprey - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 10
Great Black-backed Gull - 8
Caspian Tern - 1 (same from Balto Co side headed SE toward the bay)
Barn Swallow - 8
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 70
07/03/09 - 610pm-645pm
Brandon Woods Business Park, Gambrills Cove Rd., Orchard Beach, Anne Arundel Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 78-76 degrees, WNW 11 mph- W 10 mph
Canada Goose - 14
Mallard - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Little Blue Heron - 1
Cattle Egret - 3
Green Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Killdeer - 2
Least Tern - 9
Mourning Dove - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 16
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 11
Cedar Waxwing - 4
Yellow Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
American Goldfinch - 3
SPECIES: 36
TOTAL BIRDS: 110
07/03/09 - 7pm-905pm
Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Park, Fairview Beach Rd., Pasadena, Anne Arundel Co., MD
WEATHER: Fair, 75-72 degrees, W 10 mph- W 9 mph
Canada Goose - 6
Mallard - 3
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Green Heron - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 2
Least Tern - 3
Mourning Dove - 2
Chuck-will's-widow - 2 (859pm & 902pm Thanks Stan & Bill!!)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Fish Crow - 2 (calling entire time I was there)
Purple Martin - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 3
American Robin - 6
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Indigo Bunting - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 5
Orchard Oriole - 1
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 40
TOTAL BIRDS: 77
Earlier between 6am-630am that day, as mentioned day before, the spoonbill was seen flying from MD side along The Ditch (canal), at least 1 block south of state line, to the pond west of Catch 54. Didn't know about it until after watching Royal Terns carry food from DE to MD and large pink bird coming in to the north. likely from marshes area at end of madison Ave or from one of the islands on MD side. Black Skimmers still on nest at an unknown named island just south of state line.
I been to Rt 54 area 12 times since first reported a week earlier, before and after work in O.C.
Kevin Graff
West Ocean City, MD
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