Hi all,


  I haven't be able to post from last two weeks including Tues walks and on weekend due to more time on jobs, firehouse, paperworks on computer and pet goats. 


  We now rotate Tues walk starting with Loch Raven, Marshy POoint, Prettyboy.  Next week will be at Prettyboy and optional feeder watch afterward.  


12/07/10 - 830am-1125am
Marshy Point Nature Center, Marshy Point Rd., Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: PC/MC, 29-35 degrees, W 11 mph- W 13 mph
OBSERVERS: Jeanne B, John D, Kevin G, John L, Leslie S, Debbie T, Joe T

Canada Goose - 135
Tundra Swan - 31
Gadwall - 5
Mallard - 8
Redhead - 1
Ring-necked Duck - 1 (hen)
Hooded Merganser - 18
Ruddy Duck - 1
Great Blue Heron - 2
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 2
Bald Eagle - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1 (on way out)
American Coot - 64
Ring-billed Gull - 26
Herring Gull - 3
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 1
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 8
Tufted Titmouse - 4
Red-breasted Nuthatch - 1 (seen/heard by a few)
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 4
Hermit Thrush - 5
American Robin - 40
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 7
White-throated Sparrow - 6
"Slate-colored Junco - 11
Northern Cardinal - 2
Red-winged Blackbird - 15
House Finch - 10
American Goldfinch - 1
SPECIES: 38


12/07/10 - 1035am-1105am
Gunpowder Falls State Park--Pratt Area, access via Marshy Point, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 33-34 degrees, W 14 mph
OBSERVERS: Jeanne B, John D, Kevin G, John L, Leslie S, Debbie T, Joe T

Canada Goose - 17
Tundra Swan - 4
Lesser Scaup - 280 (plus 50 scaup sp, near boathouse)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 5
Bald Eagle - 1
Northern Harrier - 1
American Coot - 20
Ring-billed Gull - 4
Blue Jay - 1
Carolina Chickadee - 3
Tufted Titmouse - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 2
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 10
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 2
American Goldfinch - 3
SPECIES: 19



    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD