Hi all,



04/03/10 - 830am-1015am
Cromwell Valley Park, Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 49-53 degrees, ESE 6 mph- E 7 mph
LEADER: Jim Meyers
OBSERVERS: 6 

Canada Goose - 5 (flyby)
Common Loon - 4 (flyby N)
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 6
Osprey - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
American Kestrel - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 2
American Crow - 4
Tree Swallow - 18
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 3
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
American Robin - 14
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 7
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 1 (yellow)
Chipping Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 5
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Common Grackle - 4
Brown-headed Cowbird - 5
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 6
SPECIES: 35
INDIVIDUALS: 115

Afterward, checked an active owl's nest in the county with single young, both adults nearby. Lucky to survive the storms. Other two nests gone.

Down at the unknown named pond off of Wharf Rd in Sparrows Point, no swan, but many Mallards, 14 Gadwalls, 1 Great Egret, 3 Osprey, 2 cormorant, many swallows, 12 Yellow-rumped Warblers in woods.  No access to Warehouse Rd due to security booth and heavy guns.  Nearby Oxygen Pond has 36 coots, some mallards, ruddy ducks, 3 pairs of Osprey at nests. 


   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD