Hi all,
10/02/10 - 730am-1015am (Wild Bird Center walk)
Cromwell Valley Park, Cromwell Bridge Rd., Parkville, Baltimore Co., MD
WEATHER: Sunny, 50-61 degrees, WNW 5 mph- NE 6 mph
OBSERVERS: 11
Canada Goose - 35 (several flocks)
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 8
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Rock Pigeon - 4
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 6
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 6
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 6
Great Crested Flycatcher - 1
Blue Jay - 32
American Crow - 5
Fish Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 11
Tufted Titmouse - 10
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Carolina Wren - 2
House Wren - 3
Winter Wren - 3
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 9
Eastern Bluebird - 21
Swainson's Thrush - 1
American Robin - 18
Gray Catbird - 5
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Brown Thrasher - 2
European Starling - 8
Nashville Warbler - 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 3
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Black-throated Green Warbler - 5
Palm Warbler - 1 (western)
Black-and-white Warbler - 1
Common Yellowthroat - 4
Chipping Sparrow - 20
Field Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 3
Lincoln's Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 6
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
House Finch - 25
American Goldfinch - 33
SPECIES: 58
INDIVIDUALS: 342
10/03/10 - 8am-1030am
Cylburn Arboretum, Greenspring Ave., Cold Spring-Newtown section of Baltimore, MD
WEATHER: MC, 54-59 degrees, NE 5 mph- NE 10 mph
OBSERVERS: 11
Canada Goose - 15
Turkey Vulture - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 3
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Broad-winged Hawk - 3
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 4
Chimney Swift - 6
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 9
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 4
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Blue Jay - 21
American Crow - 2
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 7
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 3
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 3
American Robin - 11
Gray Catbird - 8
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 3
Northern Parula - 1
Magnolia Warbler - 2
Black-throated Blue Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Black-throated Green Warbler - 1
Palm Warbler - 1 (western)
Common Yellowthroat - 3
Eastern Towhee - 3
Chipping Sparrow - 4
Song Sparrow - 3
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 12
"Slate-colored" Junco - 1
Northern Cardinal - 4
Red-winged Blackbird - 1 (flyby)
House Finch - 14
American Goldfinch - 3
SPECIES: 47
INDIVIDUALS: 190
10/2 - only stayed 1.5 hrs due to lack of help finding raptors high up on a bright clear sunny day.
10/3 - Another good flight on a cloudy day. More late Broadwings continues. Few all day, more coming in strong late in the day.
10/2 - 1030am-12pm
1 NH, 3 SS, 1 RS, 3 BW, 1 RT
33 Blue Jay, 3 American Robin, 1 Gray Catbird, 3 Red-winged Blackbird
10/3 - 1050am-4pm
9 TV, 6 OS, 2 BE, 5 NH, 62 SS, 8 CH, 10 RS, 60 BW, 10 RT, 7 AK, 2 ML, 1 PG
66 Canada Goose, 6 Chimney Swift, 2 N Flicker, 82 Blue Jay, 2 YR Warbler
Hrs BV TV OS BE NH SS CH NG RS BW RT RL GE AK ML PG TTL
7/15 0.5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
8/02 0.5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
8/03 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
8/19 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 5
8/23 .75 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8/25 .75 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
9/04 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
9/09 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
9/10 3 0 8 5 0 1 5 0 0 0 37 0 0 0 4 0 0 60
9/13 2 0 15 8 0 2 6 1 0 0 254 0 0 0 6 0 1 293
9/14 1 0 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 181 0 0 0 2 0 1 193
9/19 3 0 13 6 2 1 11 1 0 2 320 1 0 0 7 1 0 365
9/20 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 2 0 0 24
9/21 4.5 2 12 2 11 1 15 1 0 2 3320 3 0 0 9 0 0 3378
9/22 3 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 10
9/26 3 0 11 4 2 1 16 2 0 2 159 4 0 0 3 1 0 205
9/28 3 0 5 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 24
10/1 6 1 3 2 2 2 39 5 0 3 27 15 0 0 8 1 0 108
10/2 1.5 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 9
10/3 5 0 9 6 2 5 62 8 0 10 60 10 0 0 7 2 1 182
43.5 4 93 42 23 16 170 19 0 21 4392 38 0 0 52 5 3 4878
If had time for full day each day since Aug, total raptors would be 17,000+ by now with roughly 15,000+ Broadwings and 2100 other raptors. On my final full year in 2000 I had over 15,000 Broadwings and 4000 other raptors due to more hours each day.
Raptors
4 Black Vulture
93 Turkey Vulture
42 Osprey
23 Bald Eagle
16 Northern Harrier
170 Sharp-shinned Hawk
19 Cooper's Hawk
21 Red-shouldered Hawk
4392 Broad-winged Hawk
38 Red-tailed Hawk
52 American Kestrel
5 Merlin
3 Peregrine Falcon
4878
Non-raptors
81 Canada Goose
3 Blue-winged Teal
26 Double-crested Cormorant
2 Great Blue Heron
13 Ring-billed Gull
331 Chimney Swift
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker - (migrating??, high flying SW)
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
10 Northern Flicker
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee
1 Eastern Phoebe
514 Blue Jay
1 N. Rough-winged Swallow
2 Purple Martin
18 Tree Swallow
12 Barn Swallow
6 American Robin
1 Gray Catbird
2 Northern Mockingbird
9 Cedar Waxwing
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler (on tree, then flew SW)
2 Yellow-rumped Warbler
1 Scarlet Tanager
4 Red-winged Blackbird
1 Baltimore Oriole
1045
Total: 4878 raptors
1045 non-raptors
5923 migratory birds in 38 species
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD
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