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Blackwater NWR & beyond, 11/21/09

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:34:33 -0800

Hi all,



11/21/09 - 7am-730am
Patapsco Valley State Park "Hammonds Ferry" Hammonds Ferry Rd., Linthicum, Anne Arundel Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 42-43 degrees, W 4 mph
OBSERVERS: John D,, Kevin G, Mark L

Canada Goose - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 7
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 16
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 19
Cedar Waxwing - 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 169 (small flocks)
Common Grackle - 62 (w/ redwings)
Brown-headed Cowbird - 15
American Goldfinch - 1
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 308

11/21/09 - 805am-815am
Route 50 at Kent Island, Stevensville, Queen Annes Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 42 degrees, calm
OBSERVERS: John D, Kevin G, Mark L

Canada Goose - 230
Mute Swan - 2
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 2
Bufflehead - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Dunlin - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 10
Mourning Dove - 1
European Starling - 16
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 276

11/21/09 - 905am-950am
Egypt Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 44-51 degrees, W 4 mph- WNW 4 mph
OBSERVERS: John D, Kevin G, Mark L

Canada Goose - 57
American Black Duck - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 3
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 4
Bald Eagle - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 110
Herring Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 4
Horned Lark - 17
Tree Swallow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 7
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 9
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Brown Thrasher - 1
European Starling - 14
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 42
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 15
Song Sparrow - 26
Swamp Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 3
SPECIES: 38
TOTAL BIRDS: 349

11/21/09 - 955am-245pm
Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Key Wallace Dr., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 51-55 degrees, WNW 5 mph- NNW 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 6

Canada Goose - 979
American Wigeon - 5
American Black Duck - 8
Mallard - 91
Northern Shoveler - 46
Northern Pintail - 71
Green-winged Teal - 8
Ring-necked Duck - 13
Ruddy Duck - 1
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
American White Pelican - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 7
Great Blue Heron - 6
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 10
Bald Eagle - 12
Northern Harrier - 4
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
American Kestrel - 1
Peregrine Falcon - 1
American Coot - 6
Black-bellied Plover - 12
Killdeer - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 3
Dunlin - 27
Ring-billed Gull - 13
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1 (heard in distance)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 15
Carolina Chickadee - 10
Tufted Titmouse - 11
Brown-headed Nuthatch - 10
Carolina Wren - 2
Winter Wren - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
Eastern Bluebird - 22
Hermit Thrush - 2
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 53
Cedar Waxwing - 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10
Pine Warbler - 2
Song Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 11
White-crowned Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 59
Eastern Meadowlark - 3
Common Grackle - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 5
American Goldfinch - 21
House Sparrow - 6
SPECIES: 64
TOTAL BIRDS: 1627

11/21/09 - 250pm-420pm
Blackwater NWR "Shorters Wharf" Maple Dam Rd., Cambridge, Dorchester Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 55-53 degrees, NNW 6 mph- WNW 4 mph
OBSERVERS: 9

Canada Goose - 58
Mute Swan - 1
Tundra Swan - 126 (high flying flocks of 20, 83 & 23 headed S)
American Black Duck - 19
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 3
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 6
Northern Harrier - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Virginia Rail - 1 (flushed by edge of road)
Greater Yellowlegs - 2
Dunlin - 3
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 14
Herring Gull - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Short-eared Owl - 3 (352pm)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
American Crow - 1
European Starling - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 37
Eastern Meadowlark - 4
SPECIES: 28
TOTAL BIRDS: 296


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD