Hi all,



   ***Loch Raven Drive will be closing from Sep 7th to Feb 13 for road repair or something.  Will be hard for us to gain access to #1 bridge for winter waterfowl later this year***



08/31/10 - 7am-710am
Loch Raven Reservoir--Fitzhugh Run, Dulaney Valley Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 64-65 degrees, calm

Canada Goose - 13
Wood Duck - 2
Mallard - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
White-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue jay - 2
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1
Veery - 1
Gray Catbird - 1
Northern Cardinal - 2
SPECIES: 13
INDIVIDUALS: 29

08/31/10 - 715am-750am
Loch Raven Reservoir--#1 bridge, Loch Raven Dr., Glen Arm, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/Sunny, 68-70 degrees, calm

Canada Goose - 164
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 73
Double-crested Cormorant - 2
Great Blue Heron - 1
Osprey - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Spotted Sandpiper - 1
Least Sandpiper - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 5
Caspian Tern - 2
Acadian Flycatcher - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 6
Fish Crow - 1
Tufted Titmouse - 3
American Robin - 1
Gray Catbird - 3
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Pine Warbler - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
American Goldfinch - 7
SPECIES: 24
INDIVIDUALS: 280

08/31/10 - 8am-11am
Cromwell Valley Park, Cromwell Bridge Rd., Parkville, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 70-89 degrees, calm- W 3 mph
LEADER: Matilda Weiss **she had an early sapsucker in her yard recently**
OBSERVERS: 8

Green Heron - 1 (on way out, John/Kevin)
Turkey Vulture - 3
Osprey - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (on way out)
Mourning Dove - 14
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 1
Chimney Swift - 13
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 2
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Traiil's Flycatcher - 1 Empidonax flycatcher with two wing bars which  
                        were not white but more of a light brown. Light 
                        yellowish wash to the belly, brownish gray below 
                        the throat, light colored throat, small eyering 
                        more visible, and a large broad-based bill, more 
                        greenish-like on back (had it on scope with sun 
                        behind us in good view) The bird was silent.  All 
                        field mark lead toward Alder.
Warbling Vireo - 2
Red-eyed Vireo - 2
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 10
Tufted Titmouse - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 5
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin- 11
Gray Catbird - 7
Northern Mockingbird - 2
European Starling - 15
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Blackburnian Warbler - 1
American Redstart - 2
Common Yellowthroat - 3
Canada Warbler - 1
Chipping Sparrow - 8
Northern Cardinal - 6
Blue Grosbeak - 2
Common Grackle - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 1
House Finch - 11
American Goldfinch - 16
SPECIES: 44
INDIVIDUALS: 180


   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD