Hi all,



Baltimore Bird Club's fifth in a series of weekly walks to follow the progress of Spring Migration, next walk on 05/11/10, at 830am.


05/04/10 - 7am-1120am
Cromwell Valley Park, Cromwell Bridge Rd., Carney, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/Fair, 66-75 degrees, calm- W 9 mph
OBSERVERS: 18 

Wood Duck - 2
Black Vulture - 2
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 4 (2 locals, 2 migrants)
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 10
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 2
Great Horned Owl - 1 (harassed by crows and jays after 7am, John L & me) 
Chimney Swift - 7
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 2
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Eastern Kingbird - 9
Warbling Vireo - 7
Blue Jay - 16
American Crow - 2
Tree Swallow - 32
N. Rough-winged Swallow - 3
Barn Swallow - 17
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Carolina Wren - 4
House Wren - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5
Eastern Bluebird - 14
Veery - 1 (w/ John L)
Wood Thrush - 2 (w/ John l)
American Robin - 41
Gray Catbird - 7
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 13
Cedar Waxwing - 2
Yellow Warbler - 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 1
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 8
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 12
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 5
Rose-breasted Grosbeak - 2
Blue Grosbeak - 1
Indigo Bunting - 2
Bobolink - 30
Red-winged Blackbird - 23
Common Grackle - 2
Brown-headed Cowbird - 11
Orchard Oriole - 15
Baltimore Oriole - 11
House Finch - 2
American Goldfinch - 16
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 60
INDIVIDUALS: 394

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 15

AMPHIBIANS
American Toad - 250+ (tadpoles)

BUTTERFLIES
Easter Tiger Swallowtail - 6
Cabbage White - 10
Clouded Sulphur - 2
Eastern Tailed Blue - 1
Common Buckeye - 1
Pearl Crescent - 1

**After the walk, 6 of us head to Sanders Corner for lunch and had a great look at a Northern Parula perch on railing of back deck of the restaurant.


   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD