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Baltimore Harbor's CBC, 12/18/10

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:34:00 -0800

Hi all,



   Jon Corcoran, John Dennehy, Leslie Starr, Joe Turner and I did the Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant, Sparrows Point Country Club, Oxygen Pond and Chesapeake Forest Community area of Old Road Bay for the Baltimore Harbor Christmas Bird Count.      Total overall is at bottom. 


12/18/10 - 730am-11am
Back River WWTP, Eastern Ave., Highlandtown, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/Overcast, 30-34 degrees, calm
OBSERVERS: 5

Canada Goose - 291
Gadwall - 2
Mallard - 240
Bufflehead - 1
Hooded Merganser - 11
Common Merganser - 12
Ruddy Duck - 59
Pied-billed Grebe - 13
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 9
Great Blue Heron - 2
Turkey Vulture - 3
Bald Eagle - 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Coot - 1
Killdeer - 1
Bonaparte's Gull - 68
Ring-billed Gull - 670
Herring Gull - 8
Great Black-backed Gull - 11
Rock Pigeon - 45
Mourning Dove - 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 3
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 6
EASTERN PHOEBE - 2 
Blue Jay - 1
American Crow - 12
Fish Crow - 1 
Carolina Chickadee - 5 
Tufted Titmouse - 5
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 6
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Hermit Thrush - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 4
European Starling - 184
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 10
Eastern Towhee - 1
Fox Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 6
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 21
"Slate-colored" Junco - 3
Northern Cardinal - 8
Red-winged Blackbird - 23
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 5
SPECIES: 53
INDIVIDUALS: 1779

12/18/10 - 1125am-1205pm
Sparrows Point Country Club, Country Club Rd., Dundalk, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Overcast/PC, 34-35 degrees, calm
OBSERVERS: same group

Mallard - 35
Hooded Merganser - 3
Ruddy Duck - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 1
Great Blue Heron - 6
Turkey Vulture - 1
Bald Eagle - 1
American Coot - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 16
Rock Pigeon - 25
Mourning Dove - 3
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Northern Flicker - 1
Blue Jay - 2
Tufted Titmouse - 1
White-breasted Nuthatch - 1
Carolina Wren - 1
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 3
Song Sparrow - 1
Swamp Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 6
"Slate-colored" Junco - 14
Northern Cardinal - 2
SPECIES: 28
INDIVIDUALS: 141

12/18/10 - 1215pm-1pm
Oxygen Pond, Reservoir Rd., Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC, 35 degrees, calm- SE 3 mph
OBSERVERS: same group 

Canada Goose - 34
Gadwall - 4
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 14
Northern Shoveler - 30
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Lesser Scaup - 15
Bufflehead - 7
Hooded Merganser - 11
Ruddy Duck - 180
Pied-billed Grebe - 4
Great Blue Heron - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 2
American Coot - 61
Ring-billed Gull - 26
Herring Gull - 1
Great Black-backed Gull - 1
Rock Pigeon - 28
Mourning Dove - 1
American Robin - 1
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 2
Song Sparrow - 1
White-throated Sparrow - 6
Northern Cardinal - 2
SPECIES: 25
INDIVIDUALS: 435

12/18/10 - 110pm-2pm
Chesapeake Forest Community, Bay Front Rd., Edgemere, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: MC/Overcast, 35 degrees, SE 3 mph- SE 4 mph
OBSERVERS: same group

Mallard - 13
Greater Scaup - 1
Lesser Scaup - 192
LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1 (drake)
Bufflehead - 25
COMMON GOLDENEYE - 7 (2 drakes, 5 hens)
Ruddy Duck - 15
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 5
Killdeer - 3
Ring-billed Gull - 11
Herring Gull - 2
Great Black-backed Gull - 2
Rock Pigeon - 1
Mourning Dove - 1
Blue Jay - 1
Fish Crow - 2
American Robin - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 30
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 21
INDIVIDUALS: 318


TOTAL OVERALL - DECEMBER 18, 2010

OBSERVERS: Jon Corcoran, John Dennehy, Kevin G, Leslie Starr, Joe Turner  

HOURS: 5.45
MILES DRIVEN: 4 
MILES WALKED: 2.5

Canada Goose - 325
Gadwall - 6
American Black Duck - 1
Mallard - 302
Northern Shoveler - 30
Ring-necked Duck - 1
Greater Scaup - 1
Lesser Scaup - 207
LONG-TAILED DUCK - 1
Bufflehead - 33
COMMON GOLDENEYE - 7
Hooded Merganser - 25
Common Merganser - 12
Ruddy Duck - 255
Pied-billed Grebe - 17
Horned Grebe - 1
Double-crested Cormorant - 10
Great Blue Heron - 10
Black Vulture - 5
Turkey Vulture - 4
Bald Eagle - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-shouldered Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
American Coot - 63
Killdeer - 4
Bonaparte's Gull - 68
Ring-billed Gull - 723
Herring Gull - 11
Great Black-backed Gull - 14
Rock Pigeon - 99
Mourning Dove - 7
Belted Kingfisher - 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 4
Downy Woodpecker - 5
Hairy Woodpecker - 1
Northern Flicker - 7
EASTERN PHOEBE - 2 
Blue Jay - 4
American Crow - 12
Fish Crow - 3
Carolina Chickadee - 5 
Tufted Titmouse - 6
White-breasted Nuthatch - 2
Carolina Wren - 7
Winter Wren - 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet - 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 1
Hermit Thrush - 1
American Robin - 3
Northern Mockingbird - 7
European Starling - 224
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 13
Eastern Towhee - 1
Fox Sparrow - 2
Song Sparrow - 8
Swamp Sparrow - 2
White-throated Sparrow - 33
"Slate-colored" Junco - 17
Northern Cardinal - 12
Red-winged Blackbird - 23
Brown-headed Cowbird - 2
American Goldfinch - 5
House Sparrow - 2
SPECIES: 65
INDIVIDUALS: 2673


    Kevin Graff
    Jarrettsville, MD