Hi all,



   Prettyboy walk this morning was a washout.  We're reschedule to next Tues by 830am. Let me know by Mon evening if going and for directions.
Instead of walking in the rain, decided to check out several small ponds across the county. 


11/24/09 - 835am-850am
Friendly Farm Ponds, Foreston Rd., Parkton Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle, 48 degrees, NNW 5 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 18
Mallard - 20
Redhead - 1 (drake)
Ring-necked Duck - 5 (4 drakes, 1 hen)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Killdeer - 1
Rock Pigeon - 26
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 4
European Starling - 37
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Common Grackle - 21
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 16
TOTAL BIRDS: 141

11/24/09 - 9am-915am (site of Eurasian Wigeon was found in 2007)
Cold Bottom Rd., Sparks-Glencoe, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle, 48 degrees, NNW 4 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 2
Mallard - 9
Hooded Merganser - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 9
Horned Lark - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
European Starling - 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 5
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
American Goldfinch - 6 
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 64

11/24/09 - 940am-10am (once a birding oasis in the 70's)
Cranbrook Pond, Padonia Rd., Timonium, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle, 48 degrees, N 4 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Mallard - 18
Bufflehead - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Carolina Wren - 2
American Robin - 10
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Song Sparrow - 7 
White-throated Sparrow - 13
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 18
TOTAL BIRDS: 71

11/24/09 - 1015am-1030am (private, access via cemetery uphill)
Pikesville Reservoir, Pump House Ln, Pikesville, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle, 49 degrees, NNE 6 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 46
American Wigeon - 1
Mallard - 16
Ring-necked Duck - 6
Ruddy Duck - 5
Great Blue Heron - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1 (cemetery area)
Mourning Dove - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 (hedgerow area)
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
SPECIES: 15
TOTAL BIRDS: 86

11/24/09 - 1055am-1110am
Town Center Pond, Town Center Dr., Nottingham, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle, 50 degrees, N 6 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 81
Mallard - 52
Bufflehead - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 18
Herring Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 9
Carolina Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 6
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
American Goldfinch - 2
House Sparrow - 3
SPECIES: 20
TOTAL BIRDS: 188

11/24/09 - 1130am-1150am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Fitzhugh Run" Dulaney Valley Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Drizzle, 50 degrees, NNE 5 mph
OBSERVER: Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 26
Gadwall - 8
American Wigeon - 26
Mallard - 23
Redhead - 8 
Ring-necked Duck - 684
Bufflehead - 7
Hooded Mereganser - 2
Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 287
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
SPECIES: 17
TOTAL BIRDS: 1081


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD