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BBC's Mid-Winter Bird Count, 01/22/12

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Kevin Graff

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Kevin Graff

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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:04:24 -0500

Not sure if others from the BBC ever get out today.  No one had alert the
club about cancel the count on Sat and move to Sun.


01/22/12 – 715am-725am

Island Point, S of Eastern Blvd Bridge



WEATHER: Overcast, 27 degrees, NNE 8 mph

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff



Canada Goose – 39 (headed to treatment plant)

Mallard – 2

Common Merganser – 3

Double-crested Cormorant – 1

Bonaparte’s Gull – 9

Ring-billed Gull – 8

Herring Gull – 1

Rock Pigeon – 3

American Crow – 1

Fish Crow – 6

Northern Mockingbird – 1

European Starling – 6

Song Sparrow – 1

House Sparrow – 8

SPECIES: 14

* *

01/22/12 – 730am-8am

Diamond Point Flats, Diamond Point Rd.,



WEATHER: Overcast, 27 degrees, NNE 8 mph

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff



Canada Goose – 22 (many others left for treatment plant on my way to the
flats)

Mallard – 2

Great Blue Heron – 1

Killdeer – 2

Bonaparte’s Gull – 121

Ring-billed Gull – 262

Herring Gull – 92

Lesser Black-backed Gull – 1 (1st)

Great Black-backed Gull – 11

Rock Pigeon – 1

Downy Woodpecker – 1

Blue Jay – 1

American Crow – 3

Fish Crow – 8

Tufted Titmouse – 1

Carolina Wren – 1

Northern Mockingbird – 1

European Starling – 2

Song Sparrow – 1

Northern Cardinal – 1

House Sparrow – 1 (small tree, mall lot)

SPECIES: 21



01/22/12 – 805am-1035am

Back River Waste Water Treatment Plant



WEATHER: Overcast, 27-28 degrees, NNE 8 mph- NE 5 mph

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff



Cackling Goose – 3 (probably same individuals from 12/17/11 during x-mas
bird count)

Canada Goose – 374

Gadwall – 2

American Black Duck – 2

Mallard – 69

Northern Shoveler – 62

Common Merganser – 1

Ruddy Duck – 3

Pied-billed Grebe – 1

Double-crested Cormorant – 13

Great Blue Heron – 1

Turkey Vulture – 1

Bald Eagle – 3 (1 adult, 2 immature)

Red-tailed Hawk – 2

Bonaparte’s Gull – 96

Ring-billed Gull – 153

Herring Gull – 3

Great Black-backed Gull – 1

Rock Pigeon – 55

Mourning Dove – 2

Red-bellied Woodpecker – 2

Downy Woodpecker – 2

Northern Flicker – 2

Blue Jay – 2

American Crow – 50

Fish Crow – 2

Carolina Chickadee – 6

Tufted Titmouse – 5

White-breasted Nuthatch – 1

Carolina Wren – 2

Winter Wren – 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet – 4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet – 2

Hermit Thrush – 1

American Robin – 2

Northern Mockingbird – 2

European Starling – 280

Yellow-rumped Warbler – 3

Eastern Towhee – 1

American Tree Sparrow – 1

Fox Sparrow – 1

Song Sparrow – 3

White-throated Sparrow – 10

“Slate-colored” Junco – 11

Northern Cardinal – 10

Red-winged Blackbird – 2

American Goldfinch – 2

SPECIES: 47



01/22/12 – 1040am-11am

Cox Point Park, Riverside Dr., Essex, Baltimore Co., MD



WEATHER: Overcast, 28 degrees, NE 5 mph- NE 4 mph

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff



Canada Goose – 14

Mallard – 10

Hooded Merganser – 4

Common Merganser – 2

Ruddy Duck – 139 (68 drakes, 71 hens)

Pied-billed Grebe – 1

Double-crested Cormorant – 1

Ring-billed Gull – 51

Herring Gull – 2

Rock Pigeon – 4

Mourning Dove – 4

American Crow – 4

Fish Crow – 5

American Robin – 15

Northern Mockingbird – 1

European Starling – 7

Song Sparrow – 1

Red-winged Blackbird – 1

House Sparrow – 6

SPECIES: 19



01/22/12 – 1115am-1130am  (birders no longer allowed there)

Oxygen Pond, Reservoir Rd., Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co., MD



WEATHER: Overcast, 28 degrees, NE 4 mph- calm

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff



Gadwall – 12

American Wigeon – 13

American Black Duck – 2

Mallard – 12

Northern Shoveler – 2

Ring-necked Duck – 10

Lesser Scaup – 3

Bufflehead – 6

Hooded Merganser – 6

Ruddy Duck – 72

Pied-billed Grebe – 3

Great Blue Heron – 1

Red-shouldered Hawk – 1

American Coot – 59

Ring-billed Gull – 3

Rock Pigeon – 8

American Crow – 1

Northern Mockingbird – 1

European Starling – 3

Song Sparrow – 1

House Sparrow – 2

SPECIES: 21



01/22/12 – 1133am

Warehouse Road Pond, only pair of Hooded Mergansers





01/22/12 – 1140am-1155am

Chesapeake Terrace Community, Bayfront Rd., Sparrows Point, Baltimore Co.,
MD



WEATHER: Overcast, 28 degrees, calm

OBSERVER:  Kevin Graff



Canada Goose – 96

Mallard – 2

Bufflehead – 3

Ring-billed Gull – 16

Herring Gull – 1

Great Black-backed Gull – 2

Rock Pigeon – 2

Mourning Dove – 1

American Crow – 1

Eastern Bluebird – 2

Northern Mockingbird – 1

European Starling – 8

American Pipit – 4 (loose gravel in front of Knights of Columbus Lodge)

White-throated Sparrow – 2

Northern Cardinal – 2

Common Grackle – 1

House Sparrow – 2

SPECIES: 17



01/22/12 – 12pm-1210pm

Edgemere Senior Center & Park,



WEATHER: Overcast, 28 degrees, calm

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff



Canada Goose – 120 (3 flocks of 53, 50 & 17 headed SSE)

Mallard – 57

Common Goldeneye – 1 (hen)

Pied-billed Grebe – 1

Black Vulture – 1 (soaring)

Ring-billed Gull – 46

Herring Gull – 2

Rock Pigeon – 2

European Starling – 6

Song Sparrow – 1

Red-winged Blackbird – 1

House Finch – 2

House Sparrow – 3

SPECIES: 13



01/22/12 – 1215pm-1245pm

Sparrows Point Country Club, Country Club Rd., Dundalk, Baltimore Co., MD



WEATHER: Overcast, 28 degrees, calm- NE 3 mph

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff



Canada Goose – 21 (single flock headed SSE)

Mute Swan – 2

Mallard – 6

Ring-necked Duck – 1

Hooded Merganser – 12

Ruddy Duck – 2

Double-crested Cormorant – 26

Great Blue Heron – 1

Turkey Vulture – 1

Ring-billed Gull – 19

Rock Pigeon – 3

Mourning Dove – 1

Red-bellied Woodpecker – 2

American Crow – 1

Carolina Chickadee – 1

Tufted Titmouse – 1

Northern Mockingbird – 1

European Starling – 3

Song Sparrow – 1

White-throated Sparrow – 5

“Slate-colored” Junco – 3

Northern Cardinal – 2

Red-winged Blackbird – 1 (flyby)

SPECIES: 23



01/22/12 – 110pm-150pm

Herring Run Park—upper section,



WEATHER: Overcast, 28 degrees, NE 3 mph- N 3 mph

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff



Canada Goose – 22 (single flock of headed SSE)

Mallard – 2

Turkey Vulture – 1

Red-tailed Hawk – 1

Merlin – 1

Ring-billed Gull – 1

Rock Pigeon – 9

Red-bellied Woodpecker – 2

Downy Woodpecker – 1

American Crow – 3

Carolina Chickadee – 2

Tufted Titmouse – 2

White-breasted Nuthatch – 1

Carolina Wren – 1

American Robin – 11 (single flock moving south from tree to tree)

Northern Mockingbird – 1

European Starling – 2

White-throated Sparrow – 8

Northern Cardinal – 6

House Sparrow – 1

SPECIES: 20



01/22/12 – 155pm-205pm

Lake Montebello, Whitman Dr/Curran Dr, Montebello section of Baltimore, MD



WEATHER: Overcast, 28-29 degrees, N 4 mph

OBSERVER: Kevin Graff



Mallard – 2

Hooded Merganser – 1 (hen)

Pied-billed Grebe – 1

Ring-billed Gull – 137

Herring Gull – 2

Great Black-backed Gull – 1

Rock Pigeon – 2

American Crow – 2

Fish Crow – 1

Northern Mockingbird – 1

European Starling – 2

Song Sparrow – 1

House Sparrow – 1

SPECIES: 13



     Kevin Graff

     Jarrettsville, MD

     

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