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Loch Raven & hawkwatches, 03/07-03/09/10

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:40:32 -0800

Hi all,



03/07/10 - 7am-730am   
Loch Raven Reservoir "Pine Ridge Golf Course" Dulaney Valley rd., 

WEATHER: PC, 30-32 degrees, calm- W 5 mph

Canada Goose - 33
Gadwall - 8
American Wigeon - 41
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 8
Redhead - 143
Ring-necked Duck - 58
Bufflehead - 21
Hooded Merganser - 8
Common Merganser - 7
Bald Eagle - 2
Herring Gull - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3
Fish Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 4
Tufted Titmouse - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 3
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 2
SPECIES: 25
INDIVIDUALS: 361

03/07/10 - 735am-740am   
Loch Raven Reservoir "#2 bridge" Dulaney Valley Rd., Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 34 degrees, W 6 mph

Canada Goose - 20
American Wigeon - 2
Mallard - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 40
Bufflehead - 9
Common Merganser - 51
Bald Eagle - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 14
INDIVIDUALS: 143

03/07/10 - 750am-815am   
Loch Raven Reservoir "#1 bridge" Loch Raven Dr., Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 37-38 degrees, W 6 mph- W 7 mph

Canada Goose - 83
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 6
Mallard - 15
Redhead - 4
Ring-necked Duck - 82
Bufflehead - 10
Hooded Merganser - 8
Common Merganser - 29
American Coot - 436
Ring-billed Gull - 28
Herring Gull - 1
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
White-throated Sparrow- 4
"Slate-colored" Junco - 3
Northern Cardinal - 2
SPECIES: 18
INDIVIDUALS: 718

03/07/10 - 830am-11am   
Loch Raven Reservoir "Old Picnic Area Trail" Dulaney Valley Rd., W of Stone Hill Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 41-50 degrees, WNW 8 mph- WNW 9 mph
LEADER: Debbie Terry
OBSERVERS: 6

Canada Goose - 233 (3, 16, 21, 78, 28, 22 in flight north + 65 in water)
Wood Duck - 8
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 64
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 10
Canvasback - 1
Redhead - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 59
Bufflehead - 22
Hooded Merganser - 4
Common Merganser - 44
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 3
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
American Coot - 647 (315, 332)
Ring-billed Gull - 17
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 6
Fish Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 6
Tufted Titmouse - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Brown Creeper - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 8
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 9
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 29
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 30
Common Grackle - 3
SPECIES: 43
INDIVIDUALS: 1240

03/07/10 - 1110am-1115am   
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Dams" Loch Raven Dr., Glen Arm, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 50 degrees, W 9 mph

Canada Goose - 62
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 10
Ring-necked Duck - 39
Hooded Merganser - 6
Common Merganser - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 17
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
SPECIES: 13
INDIVIDUALS: 146

03/07/10 - 1155pm-1225pm   
Patapsco Valley SP "Halethorpe Ponds" Halethorpe Farm Rd., Halethorpe, Baltimore Co., MD 

WEATHER: PC, 53 degrees, WNW 9 mph- WNW 10 mph

Canada Goose - 2
Gadwall - 12
American Black Duck - 4
Mallard - 2
Common Merganser - 14
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Northern Harrier - 1
American Woodcock - 1 (flushed from edge of path in between ponds)
Ring-billed Gull - 66
Herring Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 3
Mourning Dove - 2
American Crow - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
Northern Cardinal - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 25
INDIVIDUALS: 133

03/07/10 - 1pm-2pm   
Backyard HawkWatch, White Ave., Gardenville section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: PC/Fair, 54-55 degrees, WNW 10 mph

Canada Goose - 9
Turkey Vulture - 6
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 3
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
American Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 2
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 15
INDIVIDUALS: 36


03/09/10 - 725am-735am   
Loch Raven Reservoir "#2 bridge" Dulaney Valley Rd., Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 40-41 degrees, W 5 mph 

Canada Goose - 8
American Wigeon - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 37
Bufflehead - 11
Hooded Merganser - 2
Common Merganser - 235
Bald Eagle - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 52
Herring Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
SPECIES: 14
INDIVIDUALS: 356

03/09/10 - 740am-755am  
Loch Raven Reservoir "Fitzhugh Run" Dulaney Valley Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 42-43 degrees, WSW 5 mph

Canada Goose - 6
Wood Duck - 1
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 7
American Black Duck - 6
Mallard - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 49
Bufflehead - 3
Hooded Merganser - 2
Common Merganser - 3
American Coot - 374
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 14
INDIVIDUALS: 458

03/09/10 - 8am-820am  
Loch Raven Reservoir "#1 bridge" Loch Raven Dr., Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 43-45 degrees, W 6 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin Graff, Paul Noell

Canada Goose - 84
Gadwall - 4
American Wigeon - 35
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 13
Ring-necked Duck - 75
Bufflehead - 10
Common Goldeneye - 1 (hen)
Hooded Merganser - 4
Common Merganser - 78
Bald Eagle - 1
American Coot - 172
Ring-billed Gull - 26 
American Crow - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 3
Northern Cardinal - 2
SPECIES: 19
INDIVIDUALS: 516

03/09/10 - 830am-11am   
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Club" Dulaney Valley Rd., E of Stone Hill Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC, 48-57 degrees, NW 6 mph- SW 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, Paul N, Debbie T

Canada Goose - 784 (flock of 42,50,85,81,102,60,51,86,74,55 & 28 N)
Tundra Swan - 24 (2 flocks of 12 each w/ geese headed N)
Wood Duck - 1
American Wigeon - 4
American Black Duck - 12
Mallard - 2
Northern Pintail - 11
Ring-necked Duck - 185
Bufflehead - 13
Hooded Merganser - 3
Common Merganser - 18
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Turkey Vulture - 4
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 19
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 12
Fish Crow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 8
Tufted Titmouse - 4
White-breasted Nuthatch - 3
Brown Creeper - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
American Robin - 17
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 16
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 18
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 8
Red-winged Blackbird - 18
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 39
INDIVIDUALS: 1211

03/09/10 - 1pm-2pm  
Backyard HawkWatch, White Ave., Gardenville section of Baltimore, MD

WEATHER: PC, 60-61 degrees, calm- W 5 mph

Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 9
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 6
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 3
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 1
Common Grackle - 2
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 16
INDIVIDUALS: 37


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD