HI all,



   On a break from work in O.C. for the day,went up to Baltimore for a bit to see waterbirds on mainland, most already seen earlier at HMI. Went back home to J-ville to help weeding the garden in the evening then back to O.C.


08/08/09 - 7am-745am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Paper Mill Flats" Paper Mill Rd., Cockeysville, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 68 degrees, calm
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 15
Wood Duck - 9
Great Blue Heron - 3
Great Egret - 2
Green Heron - 3
Killdeer - 10
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Solitary Sandpiper - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 4
Lesser Yellowlegs - 30 (few arrived as I was leaving)
Semipalmated Sandpiper - 6
Western Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 59
Stilt Sandpiper - 1
Mourning Dove - 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Chimney Swift - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 1
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 2
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 4
Cliff Swallow - 14
Barn Swallow - 19
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Gray Catbird - 3
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 3
SPECIES: 32
TOTAL BIRDS: 212

08/07/09 - 820am-845am
Oxygen Pond, Reservoir Rd., Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 69-70 degrees, calm- variable 4 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 2
Wood Duck - 1
American Black Duck - 2
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 5
Great Blue Heron - 1
Osprey - 2
Killdeer - 2
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Laughing Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Least Tern - 9 (possible nesting on building across road, FY there)
Caspian Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 1
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 11
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Barn Swallow - 2
American Robin - 2
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
American Goldfinch - 4
SPECIES: 29
TOTAL BIRDS: 69

08/08/09 - 9am-11am
Fort Howard Park, North Point Rd., Fort Howard, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/PC, 71-73 degrees, ENE 4 mph- E 7
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 6
Great Blue Heron - 1
Great Egret - 1
Little Blue Heron - 1 (flyby at cove up the road)
Cattle Egret - 3 (up the road)
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 4
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Laughing Gull - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 8    
Herring Gull - 16
Great Black-backed Gull - 9
Caspian Tern - 1
Forster's Tern - 1 (cove area up the road)
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 8
Eastern Kingbird - 4
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 2
Purple Martin - 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 13
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Carolina Wren - 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
American Robin - 8
Gray Catbird - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 8
Cedar Waxwing - 4
Northern Cardinal - 4
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 2 
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 10
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
Orchard Oriole - 1
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 7
SPECIES: 41
TOTAL BIRDS: 163

08/08/09 - 6pm-8pm
Kevin Graff's 3 acres yard, Old Federal Hill Rd., Jarrettsville, Harford Co., MD

WEATHER: PC/MC, 82-79 degrees, E 4 mph- calm
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 2
Great Egret - 4 (headed SE)
Turkey Vulture - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1 (early?, headed S)
Cooper's Hawk - 1 (local)
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 3
Eastern Kingbird - 3
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 5
Purple Martin - 1
Tree Swallow - 1 (headed S)
Barn Swallow - 6
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 3
House Wren - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 5
American Robin - 8
Gray Catbird - 9
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 9
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 6
Common Grackle - 4
Baltimore Oriole - 1
House Finch - 5
American Goldfinch - 6
SPECIES: 36
TOTAL BIRDS: 120


   Kevin Graff
   West Ocean City, MD