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Re: Harford/Cecil Counties, 12/11/09

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Jim Green

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Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:55:12 +0000

I wanted to let you know that I received your email. I will check on the date as soon as I can. I will not be back at work until this Friday.\ 

JIm 
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kevin Graff" <> 
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Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 3:00:44 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [MDOSPREY] Harford/Cecil Counties, 12/11/09 

Hi all, 



Winds kept some birds down. 


12/11/09 - 730am-815am 
Trappe Church Rd., Darlington, Harford Co., MD 

WEATHER: Sunny, 24 degrees, W 8 mph- W 10 mph 

Canada Goose - 97 
Turkey Vulture - 8 
Bald Eagle - 1 
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 
Blue Jay - 1 
American Crow - 2 
Tufted Titmouse - 1 
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 
Carolina Wren - 4 
Northern Mockingbird - 2 
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 
Eastern Towhee - 2 
Field Sparrow - 1 
Fox Sparrow - 1 
Song Sparrow - 6 
White-throated Sparrow - 64 
"Slate-colored" Junco - 19 
Northern Cardinal - 9 
House Finch - 2 
American Goldfinch - 2 
SPECIES: 20 
TOTAL BIRDS: 225 

12/11/09 - 820am-1030am (15+ eagle photographers) 
Conowingo Dam's Fisherman's Park, Shures Landing Rd., Darlington, Harford & Cecil Counties, MD 

WEATHER: Sunny, 25-29 degrees, W 10 mph- W 12 mph 

Canada Goose - 2 
American Black Duck - 17 (both) 
Bufflehead - 2 
Common Merganser - 2 
Double-crested Cormorant - 2 
Great Blue Heron - 13 (both) 
Black Vulture - 66 (both) 
Turkey Vulture - 6 (both) 
Bald Eagle - 53 
Red-tailed Hawk - 3 (1 H, 2 C) 
Peregrine Falcon - 1 (both, perch on H, attacked pigeons on cecil) 
Bonaparte's Gull - 1 (both) 
Ring-billed Gull - 619 (206 in Harford in flight, 413 in Cecil on rocks) 
Herring Gull - 94 (both) 
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 (3rd W, both, flew around a couple times) 
Great Black-backed Gull - 46 (both) 
Rock Pigeon - 96 (both) 
Mourning Dove - 2 
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 
Downy Woodpecker - 2 
Hairy Woodpecker - 1 
Northern Flicker - 1 
Blue Jay - 2 (both) 
American Crow - 6 
Carolina Chickadee - 8 
Tufted Titmouse - 6 
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 
Brown Creeper - 1 
Carolina Wren - 1 
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 
European Starling - 330 (both) 
Song Sparrow - 6 
White-throated Sparrow - 2 
"Slate-colored" Junco - 9 (1 in Cecil on rocks) 
Northern Cardinal - 2 
American Goldfinch - 1 
SPECIES: 38 
TOTAL BIRDS: 1411 

12/11/09 - 1045am-1145am 
Perryville Community Park, Marion N. Tapp Pkwy, Perryville, Cecil Co., MD 

WEATHER: Sunny, 30-31 degrees, W 12 mph- W 13 mph 

Canada Goose - 6 
Tundra Swan - 6 
American Wigeon - 4 
American Black Duck - 2 
Mallard - 8 
Redhead - 1 
Ring-necked Duck - 40 
Lesser Scaup - 52 
Bufflehead - 7 
Hooded Merganser - 47 
Ruddy Duck - 5 
Turkey Vulture - 3 
Bald Eagle - 1 
American Coot - 231 
Killdeer - 4 
Ring-billed Gull - 177 
Herring Gull - 32 
Great Black-backed Gull - 15 
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2 
Downy Woodpecker - 1 
American Crow - 3 
Fish Crow - 16 
Carolina Chickadee - 1 
Tufted Titmouse - 2 
Carolina Wren - 1 
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 1 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 
Northern Mockingbird - 1 
European Starling - 8 
Song Sparrow - 1 
White-throated Sparrow - 5 
"Slate-colored" Junco - 6 
Northern Cardinal - 1 
American Goldfinch - 3 
House Sparrow - 4 
SPECIES: 35 
TOTAL BIRDS: 698 

12/11/09 - 1155am-1215pm (tide very low, more mudflats exposed) 
Tydings Memorial Park, Commerce St., Havre De Grace, Harford Co., MD 

WEATHER: Sunny/Fair, 32 degrees, W 13 mph 

Canada Goose - 86 
Mallard - 50 
Canvasback - 4 
Lesser Scaup - 62 
Bufflehead - 6 
Pied-billed Grebe - 1 
Great Blue Heron - 2 
American Coot - 6 
Ring-billed Gull - 314 
Herring Gull - 55 
Great Black-backed Gull - 6 
Blue Jay - 2 
Fish Crow - 2 
Carolina Wren - 1 (boardwalk area) 
European Starling - 2 
Song Sparrow - 1 
Northern Cardinal - 1 
House Finch - 2 
House Sparrow - 1 
SPECIES: 19 
TOTAL BIRDS: 604 

12/11/09 - 1230pm-110pm 
Perryman Park, Fords Lane, Perryman, Harford Co., MD 

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 32-33 degrees, W 13 mph 

Mallard - 2 
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 
American Kestrel - 1 
Ring-billed Gull - 2 
Mourning Dove - 2 
Carolina Chickadee - 1 
Tufted Titmouse - 2 
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 
Carolina Wren - 1 
Eastern Bluebird - 1 
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1 
Song Sparrow - 3 
Swamp Sparrow - 2 
White-throated Sparrow - 2 
White-crowned Sparrow - 1 
Red-winged Blackbird - 2 
SPECIES: 16 
TOTAL BIRDS: 25 

12/11/09 - 115pm-150pm 
Forest Greens Park, Club House Rd., Perryman, Harford Co., MD 

WEATHER: Fair, 34-35 degrees, W 14 mph- W 15 mph 

Canada Goose - 2 
American Wigeon - 2 
Mallard - 42 
Northern Shoveler - 2 
Ring-necked Duck - 2 
Ring-billed Gull - 1 
Belted Kingfisher - 1 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2 
Downy Woodpecker - 1 
Carolina Chickadee - 1 
Tufted Titmouse - 2 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1 
American Robin - 2 
Cedar Waxwing - 2 
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 
White-throated Sparrow - 4 
"Slate-colored" Junco - 9 
Northern Cardinal - 2 
House Finch - 3 
American Goldfinch - 2 
SPECIES: 20 
TOTAL BIRDS: 85 

Depot or Home Depot Pond on Rt 40 in Harford Co has a pair of Mute Swans and nearly wipe out native water plants over half of the pond. Also 2 Mallards, 3 Ringnecks, 2 Great Blue, 3 pesky european bird species, 2 M Doves, 1 Redtails, some sparrows and 2 vultures............ 


Kevin Graff 
Jarrettsville, MD