Hi all,



   Beginning of rotate weekly walks to Loch Raven/Prettyboy Reservoirs from Nov to Mar. Next week to Prettyboy Reservoir. If coming, let me know by Mon evening for directions.


  On way to skeet & trap center, Fitshugh Run has 10 geese, 11 wigeon, 2 black duck, 3 mallard, 13 ring-necked duck, 2 pied-billed grebe, 132 coot and a kingfisher plus some sparrows. Loch Raven Point aka #1 bridge has 133 geese, 6 wood duck, 2 gadwall, 9 wigeon, 15 mallard, 135 ring-necked duck, 13 bufflehead, 2 ruddy duck, 5 pied-billed grebe and a cormorant plus some kinglets and sparrows.  

  John Landers had 7 tundra swans at north side of #2 bridge on Dulaney Valley Rd earlier am. 


11/02/10 - 825am-1125am
Loch Raven Reservoir--L R Skeet & Trap Ctr, Dulaney Valley Rd., Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC/Fair, 33-45 degrees, WNW 4 mph- NE 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, Ron D, John L, Paul N, Joanne P, Debbie T, Bill S-S

Canada Goose - 42
Wood Duck - 3
Ring-necked Duck - 6 (seen earlier from Loch Raven Point, aka #1 bridge)
Black Vulture - 3
Turkey Vulture - 4
Osprey - 1
Bald Eagle - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 2
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
Mourning Dove - 3
Great Horned Owl - 1
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Northern Flicker - 1
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 40
Carolina Chickadee - 17
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (before we pull out)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Carolina Wren - 1
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 3
Eastern Bluebird - 12
American Robin - 258
Northern Mockingbird - 5
European Starling - 4
Cedar Waxwing - 32
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 5
Eastern Towhee - 5
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Fox Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 2
LINCOLN'S SPARROW - 1 (great look by all)
White-throated Sparrow - 94
"Slate-colored" Junco - 17
Northern Cardinal - 13
Red-winged Blackbird - 20
Common Grackle - 37
Brown-headed Cowbird - 1
Purple Finch - 7
House Finch - 5
American Goldfinch - 19
SPECIES: 48
INDIVIDUALS: 695


Belated last of fall walk to Cromwell Valley Park last week:

10/26/10 - 810am-1115am (next fall back to Lake Roland)  
Cromwell Valley Park, Cromwell Bridge Rd., Parkville, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/MC, 63-68 degrees, SSW 6 mph- SSW 5 mph
OBSERVERS: Brad C, Ruth C, Kevin G, John L, Paul N, Debbie T, +5 

Canada Goose - 2
Turkey Vulture - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 2
Cooper's Hawk - 2
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 2
Ring-billed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 56 (5 flocks headed E)
Mourning Dove - 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Blue Jay - 11
American Crow - 26
Carolina Chickadee - 18
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Carolina Wren - 3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 6
Eastern Bluebird - 35
American Robin - 65
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 18
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 4
Palm Warbler - 3 (yellow)
Chipping Sparrow - 76
Field Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 15
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 8
"Slate-colored" Junco - 2
Northern Cardinal - 11
House Finch - 47
American Goldfinch - 41
SPECIES: 35



   Kevin Graff
   Jarrettsville, MD