Hi all,



   No ice at Back River area, but roughly 80% at Loch Raven Dams. 


01/16/10 - 730am-1040am (1/2 mile on car, 3 miles on foot)
Cromwell Valley Park, Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD'

WEATHER: MC, 30-45 degrees, calm- WSW 9 mph
OBSERVERS: Matt Boersma, John Dennehy, Kevin Graff, Shawn Larson

Canada Goose - 10
Mallard - 1
Turkey Vulture - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 4
Merlin - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 8
Great Horned Owl - 1 (returned trip, pm)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 5
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 6
Pileated Woodpecker - 2
Blue Jay - 7
American Crow - 275
Fish Crow - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 16
Tufted Titmouse - 14
White-breasted Nuthatch - 8
Carolina Wren - 13
Eastern Bluebird - 12
American Robin - 60
Northern Mockingbird - 5
European Starling - 18
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Field Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 9
White-throated Sparrow - 8
"Slate-colored" Junco - 14
Northern Cardinal - 12
Red-winged Blackbird - 6
Common Grackle - 9000
House Finch - 2 (returned trip, feeders)
American Goldfinch - 10
SPECIES: 38
TOTAL BIRDS: 9558

MAMMALS
Gray squirrel - 20
Red Fox - 1
White-tailed Deer - 5

01/16/10 - 11am-145pm (2.5 miles on car, 1 mile on foot)
Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant, Eastern Ave., Eastpoint, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 46-49 degrees, WSW 10 mph- WSW 7 mph
OBSERVERS: same group

Canada Goose - 217
Wood Duck - 2
American Black Duck - 3
Mallard - 46
Northern Shoveler - 1 (drake)
Common Merganser - 3
Ruddy Duck - 329
Pied-billed Grebe - 6
Double-crested Cormorant - 7
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2 (John & me, on way out)
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 18
Ring-billed Gull - 103
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 3
Rock Pigeon - 55
Mourning Dove - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
American Crow - 35
Fish Crow - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Brown Creeper - 1
Carolina Wren - 4
Winter Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 92
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 26
Song Sparrow - 6
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 18
Northern Cardinal - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 5
Common Grackle - 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 45
TOTAL BIRDS: 1029

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 5

01/16/10 - 2pm-3pm (1/2 miles on car)
Oxygen Pond, Reservoir Rd., Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 50 degrees, WSW 7 mph- SW 8 mph
OBSERVERS: except Matt B

Canada Goose - 42
Gadwall - 31
American Wigeon - 6
American Black Duck - 2 
Mallard - 40 
Northern Shoveler - 37
Ring-necked Duck - 3
Greater Scaup - 2
Lesser Scaup - 10
Bufflehead - 3
Hooded Merganser - 6 
Ruddy Duck - 59 
American Kestrel - 1
American Coot - 28
Killdeer - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 27
Herring Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 13
Mourning Dove - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 15
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2 
Song Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 23 
TOTAL BIRDS: 333

01/16/10 - 345pm-405pm (1/2 miles on car)
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Dams" Loch Raven Dr., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 50-48 degrees, SW 6 mph

Canada Goose - 42
American Black Duck - 20
Mallard - 46
Redhead - 1 (hen)
Ring-necked Duck - 80
Bufflehead - 1
Hooded Merganser - 10 (only 1 drake)
Common Merganser - 8
Great Blue Heron - 1
Bald Eagle - 2
American Coot - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 43
American Crow - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 16
TOTAL BIRDS: 264


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD