Hi all,


   First of two reports after delay from internet problem.


10/13/10 - 8am-12pm   
Marshy Point Nature Center, Marshy Point Rd., Chase, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 51-61 degrees, N 8 mph- NE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin Graff, Paul Noell

Canada Goose - 25 (flyby at my arrival)
Mallard - 2
Green-winged Teal - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 8
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 3
Bald Eagle - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 2
Herring Gull - 9
Mourning Dove - 8
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 1 (distance flyby)
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Blue Jay - 8
American Crow - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 5
Tufted Titmouse - 10
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (on way out)
Carolina Wren - 1
Winter Wren - 2
Marsh Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 13
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Gray-cheeked Thrush - 1
Swainson's Thrush - 3
Hermit Thrush - 13
American Robin - 1
European Starling - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 11
Palm Warbler - 1 (western)
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 2
Swamp Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 185 (flocks leaving roost)
House Finch - 1
American Goldfinch - 2
SPECIES: 45
INDIVIDUALS: 354

10/13/10 - 1050am-1120am   
Gunpowder Falls SP--Pratt Area, via Marshy Point, Chase, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 59-60 degrees, N 4 mph- NE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin Graff, Paul Noell

Pied-billed Grebe - 2
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Laughing Gull - 6
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Herring Gull - 10
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 4
Hermit Thrush - 1
Nashville Warbler - 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 22
Palm Warbler - 3 (2 western, 1 yellow)
Common Yellowthroat - 1
Eastern Towhee - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Common Grackle - 1
SPECIES: 28
INDIVIDUALS: 74


On 10/16, before the Irvine Nature Center walk early am, John Dennehy and I had additional birds: 53 pigeon, 1 Red-bellied Woodpecker, 1 Downy Woodpecker, 1 Hairy Woodpecker, 1 Red-breasted Nuthatch, 1 White-breasted Nuthatch, 1 Winter Wren, 8 European Starling, 1 Nashville Warbler, 1 Yellow-rumped Warbler, 1 Black-and-white Warbler, 1 Common Yellowthroat, 3 Field Sparrow, 1 Fox Sparrow, 9 Song Sparrow and 1 White-crowned Sparrow. 
 

10/16/10 - 2pm-230pm 
Loch Raven Reservoir--Paper Mill Flats, Paper Mill Rd., Cockeysville, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 64 degrees, W 18 mph- WNW 15 mph

Canada Goose - 26
American Wigeon - 20
American Black Duck - 6
Mallard - 2
Green-winged Teal - 25
Pied-billed Grebe - 1
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Osprey - 3
Killdeer - 1
Greater Yellowlegs - 5
Lesser Yellowlegs - 1
Wilson's Snipe - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 1
Eastern Phoebe - 1
American Crow - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 1
American Robin - 1
Palm Warbler - 1 (yellow)
White-throated Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 1
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 24


   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD