Hi all,




Fourteenth of the reservoir weekly walk. Next walk will be at Prettyboy Reservoir on Feb 9th at 830am. Check with me by Mon evening for info or directions.

   
02/02/10 - 830am-1150am
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Club" Dulaney Valley Rd., E of Stone Hill Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 28-33 degrees, ENE 5 mph- ENE 6 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Leslie S, Joe T

Canada Goose - 461 (9 flocks to nearby fields))
Ring-necked Duck - 2
Bufflehead - 6
Hooded Merganser - 2
Common Merganser - 26
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 5
Bald Eagle - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Great Horned Owl - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 8
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 5
American Crow - 10
Fish Crow - 5
Carolina Chickadee - 22   
Tufted Titmouse - 15
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 2
White-breasted Nuthatch - 6
Brown Creeper - 2
Carolina Wren - 6
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 5
American Robin - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 1
Cedar Waxwing - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Eastern Towhee - 6
Song Sparrow - 8
White-throated Sparrow - 138         
"Slate-colored" Junco - 36
Northern Cardinal - 36
Red-winged Blackbird - 3
SPECIES: 42
INDIVIDUALS: 858

02/02/10 - 12pm-1230pm
Loch Raven Reservoir "#1 bridge" Loch Raven Dr., Glen Arm, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 33-34 degrees, ENE 6 mph- ENE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Ed Boyd, Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 530
Mute Swan - 2
American Wigeon - 54
Mallard - 185
Redhead - 16
Ring-necked Duck - 515
Bufflehead - 6
Hooded Merganser - 22
Common Merganser - 64 (there were 200 before 8am)
Turkey Vulture - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 35
Northern Flicker - 1 (earlier before 8am)
American Crow - 6
Carolina Chickadee - 2 (earlier before 8am)
Tufted Titmouse - 2 (same)
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 38
"Slate-colored Junco - 5
Northern Cardinal - 2
SPECIES: 19
TOTAL BIRDS: 1488

02/02/10 - 1240pm-1255pm
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Dams" Loch Raven Dr., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast, 34 degrees, ENE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Ed Boyd, Kevin Graff

Canada Goose - 10 (flyover on way out)
Mallard - 18
Ring-necked Duck - 60
Bufflehead - 1
Hooded Merganser - 32
Common Merganser - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 45
Mourning Dove - 1 (flyby)
Downy Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
SPECIES: 14
TOTAL BIRDS: 178


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD