Gunpowder Falls - Phoenix Road
Don Burggraf (dburggraf@hotmail.com)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:59:32 PDT
Dear All,
A few hours on the "Rails to Trails" section of Gunpowder Falls North
of Baltimore yielded a few interesting birds:
Canada Goose 3
Wood Duck 2
Mallard 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 3
Bald Eagle 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Solitary Sandpiper 1
Rock Dove 1
Mourning Dove 5
Barred Owl 1
Chimney Swift 1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 14
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Eastern Phoebe 4
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 1
Tree Swallow 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Blue Jay 8
American Crow 12
Fish Crow 1
Carolina Chickadee 11
Tufted Titmouse 10
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Eastern Bluebird 2
American Robin 8
Northern Mockinird 7
European Starling 2
White-eyed Vireo 1
Solitary Vireo 2
Yellow-throated Vireo 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Northern Parula 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Worm-eating Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Louisiana Waterthrush 2
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Cardinal 20
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
White-throated Sparrow 30
Dark-eyed Junco 1
Red-winged Blackbird 8
Common Grackle 2
Brown-headed Cowbird 18
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 14
The eagle was flying up the river, and was my first for this trail.
The owl was resting comfortably in a tree, about 80 yards off the
path but in plain view of many walkers, bikers, etc., which didn't
seem to bother it one bit.
Also, a red fox ran across the path twice in the morning's early
hours.
>From: Steve Sanford <tanager@bcpl.net>
>Reply-To: mdosprey@ARI.Net
>To: MD Osprey <MDOsprey@ARI.Net>
>Subject: Warblers and marsh sparrows in southern MD
>Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:03:05 -0400
>
>I took today off to enjoy the hoped-for influx of spring migrants. I
>decided to head south based on the weather forecast and lured by the
>report of marsh sparrows at Point Lookout.
>
>I was rewarded with 10 warbler species, the best of which was a
>highly-visible Prothonotary at Battle Creek Cypress Swamp, and a
Prairie
>in a wax myrtle just north of the last parking area at Point Lookout.
>The others were B&W (Severn Run), Redstart (Rt 382 at PG-Charles Co
>line), Parula's all over the place (about 10 at the cypress swamp),
>Ovenbirds, La Waterthrush (Cypress Swamp), Yellowthroats, Pine, and
>Myrtle (almost none!).
>
>At Pt Lookout there were about 5 Seaside Sparrows, several Swamp
>Sparrows, and 1 or two Nelson's Sharp-tailed Sparrows (per Kyle Rambo
>who was there and helping find the sparrows). Unfortunately I can't
say
>I got a good enough look at the Nelson's to feel I can add them to
my Md
>list. Kyle says they are pretty regular in migration in the marsh
around
>the ponds at the end of Pt Lookout. He also recommended the marsh
around
>the bridge at the end of Cornfield Harbor Dr (which is a southward
turn
>off Cornfield Harbor Rd which goes west off of Rt 5 about 2 miles
north
>of Pt Lookout Park. I went there later but a downpour started before
I
>could really bird it.
>
>Other goodies were a singing Wood Thrush, and a Winter Wren (both at
BC
>Cypress Swamp), a Hummer, a Chimney Swift, and a steel blue Merlin
(all
>at Pt Lookout).
>
>Some of you may know former Baltimore-birder Marty Cribb, who has
spent
>most of the last few years at Pt Lookout. He says he will be moving
>permanently to Smith Island next winter (I think next winter) and he
may
>even have a phone and a computer to let us know what's going on in
the
>bird-realm there.
>
>
> Steve Sanford
> tanager@bcpl.net
> Randallstown, Baltimore Co, MD
>
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