Hi all,



First of the reservoir weekly walk. Next walk will be at Prettyboy Reservoir on 11/10/09 at 830am.  Check with me by Mon evening for direction. *Note: I'll be out of touch tomorrow till late Sun for Irish Grove work week and will check email sometimes late Sun night or Mon morning.


11/03/09 - 830am-1130am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Club" Dulaney Valley Rd., E of Stone Hill Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 46-60 degrees, W 8 mph- W 9 mph
OBSERVERS: Johanna F, Kevin G, John L, Joann P, Mark ?

Canada Goose - 92
American Wigeon - 21
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 18
Green-winged Teal - 3
Ring-necked Duck - 78
Bufflehead - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 5
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 (near #1 bridge)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 4
Turkey Vulture - 5
Osprey - 2
Bald Eagle - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 13
Rock Pigeon - 4
Mourning Dove - 11
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 4
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 8
Tufted Titmouse - 9
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 16
American Robin - 86
Northern Mockingbird - 4
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 24
Cedar Waxwing - 22
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 10
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 7
White-throated Sparrow - 78
"Slate-colored" Junco - 72
Northern Cardinal - 8
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
American Goldfinch - 23
SPECIES: 50
TOTAL BIRDS: 674

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 17

BUTTERFLIES
Monarch - 2

MOTHS
Isabella Tiger Moth - 3 (Woolly Bear caterpillar)


11/03/09 - 12pm-1pm
Backyard HawkWatch at temporary site, White Ave., Gardenville section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 62-63 degrees, WSW 11 mph- WNW 12 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Joann P

Snow Goose - 12 (1224pm, headed SSE)
Canada Goose - 14 (1243pm, headed SE)
Tundra Swan - 14 (1228pm, headed SE)
Turkey Vulture - 10 
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 7 
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 6
Rock Pigeon - 7
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 6
Carolina Chickadee - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
American Robin - 16
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 9
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 8
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 122

Raptors by hours

                   12-1     
Turkey Vulture       10                    
Sharp-shinned Hawk    7
Red-shouldered Hawk   1
Red-tailed Hawk       6
                     24



    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD