Hi all,



Last of two scouting trips before begins BBC winter weekly walks at Loch Raven & Prettyboy Reservoirs (to rotate weekly) from early November 2009 to mid-March 2010.  First of weekly walks on Tues Nov 2nd at 830am at Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Club. Check with me by Monday evening to see if the trip is on or if we may change location at last minute. 


10/27/09 - 830am-1135am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Club" Dulaney Valley Rd., E of Stone Hill Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle on/off, 51-55 degrees, NNE 7 mph- NE 8 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Paul N

Canada Goose - 66
Wood Duck - 3
American Wigeon - 16
American Black Duck - 3
Mallard - 32
Ring-necked Duck - 20
Pied-billed Grebe - 4
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 3
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 7
Rock Pigeon - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 6
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Blue Jay - 9
American Crow - 7
Carolina Chickadee - 14
Tufted Titmouse - 15
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 11
American Robin - 631 (steady flight all morning)
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 3
Cedar Waxwing - 35
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10
Eastern Towhee - 5
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Field Sparrow - 4
VESPER SPARROW - 1 (very ragged looking bird)
Song Sparrow - 16
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 87
"Slate-colored" Junco - 6
Northern Cardinal - 10
Red-winged Blackbird - 4
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3
American Goldfinch - 13
SPECIES: 51
TOTAL BIRDS: 1088

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5
White-tailed Deer - 3


10/27/09 - 210pm-250pm
Loch Raven Reservoir "Paper Mill Flats" Paper Mill Rd., Cockeysville, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Light rain, 57 degrees, N 6 mph- N 4 mph

Canada Goose - 55
Wood Duck - 2
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 2
American Black Duck - 22
Mallard - 39
Green-winged Teal - 8
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
Osprey - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 11
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 24 
TOTAL BIRDS: 169

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 4


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD