Hi all,



Baltimore Bird Club's fourth in a series of weekly walks to follow the progress of Spring Migration, next walk on 05/04/10, at 830am.


04/27/10 - 745am-750am
Loch Raven Reservoir "#1 bridge" Loch Raven Dr., Glen Arm, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 54 degrees, WNW 9 mph

Canada Goose - 52
Mallard - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Blue Jay - 2
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 2
Cliff Swallow - 2
American Robin - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
SPECIES: 15
INDIVIDUALS: 72


04/27/10 - 8am-1135am
Cromwell Valley Park, Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/MC, 54-60 degrees, NNW 9 mph- NNW 12 mph 
OBSERVERS: 18

Canada Goose - 2 (headed for reservoir)
Wood Duck - 1 (flyby W)
Common Loon - 4 (1 headed N & 3 headed NE)
Double-crested Cormorant - 1 (headed NE)
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 6
Osprey - 6
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 4
Cooper's Hawk - 3
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 233 
Red-tailed Hawk - 4
American Kestrel - 1
Merlin - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 4 (w/ kettle of 9 Broadwings)
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 12
Common Nighthawk - 1 (flyby ENE before 9am)
Chimney Swift - 32
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 3
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 5
Warbling Vireo - 2 (both heard)
Blue Jay - 43 (many headed NE)
American Crow - 3
Tree Swallow - 22
Barn Swallow - 9
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
House Wren - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 15
Eastern Bluebird - 14
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 46
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 8
Yellow Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Louisiana Waterthrush - 1 (heard by a few)
Scarlet Tanager - 2
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 19
Field Sparrow - 1
Savannah Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 3
White-throated Sparrow - 4
Northern Cardinal - 6
Blue Grosbeak - 1 (great look by all)
Red-winged Blackbird - 11
Common Grackle - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 9
Orchard Oriole - 2
Baltimore Oriole - 3
House Finch - 3
American Goldfinch - 21
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 63
INDIVIDUALS: 606

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 14
White-tailed Deer - 3

AMPHIBIANS
American Toad - 250 (tadpoles)

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 2
Cabbage White - 10
Orange Sulphur - 3
Clouded Sulphur - 3
Spring Azure - 4
Eastern Tailed Blue - 3


   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD