Hi all,



05/28/08 - 8am-905am
C & O Canal National Historical Park & Trail "Antietam
Creek" River Rd., Sharpsburg, Washington Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/Sunny, 55-56 degrees, NNE 11 mph- N 10 
OBSERVERS: 3

Canada Goose - 8
Wood Duck - 1 (hen)
Mallard - 11 (2 adults, 9 ducklings)
Great Blue Heron - 1
Green Heron - 1 (1 mile north of canal on Rt 34)
Turkey Vulture - 1
Mourning Dove - 2
Chimney Swift - 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Downy Woodpecker - 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Acadian Flycatcher - 8
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 4
Warbling Vireo - 3
Red-eyed Vireo - 1
Tree Swallow - 1
Cliff Swallow - 22
Carolina Chickadee - 7
Tufted Titmouse - 3
Carolina Wren - 2
House Wren - 2
Wood Thrush - 3
American Robin - 6
Gray Catbird - 2
European Starling - 2
Cedar Waxwing - 11
Northern Parula - 3
Black-and-white Warbler - 2 (seen by one observer)
Prothonotary Warbler - 1 (heard by one observer)
Chipping Sparrow - 1
Song Sparrow - 1
Northern Cardinal - 5
Common Grackle - 7
Brown-headed Cowbird - 3
Orchard Oriole - 1
Baltimore Oriole - 3
House Finch - 1
SPECIES: 38
TOTAL BIRDS: 142

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 13

AMPHIBIANS
Gray Tree Frog - 3

05/28/08 - 915am-12pm (lunch break afterward)
Antietam National Battlefield, Sharpsburg, Washington
Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair, 56-61 degrees, N 11 mph- NE 6 mph 
OBSERVERS: 3

Canada Goose - 7
Great Blue Heron - 1
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 9
Red-tailed Hawk - 1
American Kestrel - 1
Mourning Dove - 3
Black-billed Cuckoo - 1
Yellow-billed Cuckoo - 4
Chimney Swift - 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - 1 (seen by one observer)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 3
Eastern Wood-Pewee - 2
Acadian Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Phoebe - 1
Great Crested Flycatcher - 2
Eastern Kingbird - 8
Red-eyed Vireo - 1 (heard only)
Blue Jay - 3
American Crow - 4
Purple Martin - 7
Tree Swallow - 13 
Cliff Swallow - 6
Barn Swallow - 18
Carolina Wren - 1
House Wren - 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - 1 (heard only)
Eastern Bluebird - 29
American Robin - 9
Gray Catbird - 2
Northern Mockingbird - 3
Brown Thrasher - 3
European Starling - 12
Prairie Warbler - 1 (heard only)
Blackpoll Warbler - 1 (heard only)
Common Yellowthroat - 2 (heard only)
Yellow-breasted Chat - 1 (heard only)
Eastern Towhee - 2 (heard only)
Chipping Sparrow - 19
Field Sparrow - 9
Grasshopper Sparrow - 6
Song Sparrow - 3
Northern Cardinal - 3
Blue Grosbeak - 1 (female)
Indigo Bunting - 10
Dickcissel - 1
Common Grackle - 28
Brown-headed Cowbird - 14
Orchard Oriole - 3
Baltimore Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 9
House Sparrow - 1
SPECIES: 52
TOTAL BIRDS: 278

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 8
Woodchuck - 4
White-tailed Deer - 2

BUTTERFLIES
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - 1
Black Swallowtail - 1
Spicebush Swallowtail - 1
Cabbage White - 8
Eastern Tailed Blue - 2
Pearl Crescent - 2
Red-spotted Purple - 2
Monarch - 1
Sachem - 1
skipper sp. - 3

BEETLES
Small Milkweed Bug - 11
Meadow Spittlebug - 4
Multicolored Asian Lady Beetle - 3

05/28/08 - 1250pm-135pm
Boonsboro WWTP and along road, Monroe Rd., Boonsboro,
Washington Co., MD

WEATHER: Sunny, 60-64 degrees, N 8 mph- NNE 11 mph
OBSERVERS: 3

Canada Goose - 37 (14 adults & 23 goslings)
Mallard - 25 (4 adults & 21 ducklings)
Horned Grebe - 1
Turkey Vulture - 8
Killdeer - 3
Spotted Sandpiper - 2
Rock Pigeon - 2
Mourning Dove - 5
Chimney Swift - 23
Eastern Kingbird - 4
American Crow - 3
Horned Lark - 1 (seen by one observer)
Tree Swallow - 11
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - 1
Barn Swallow - 29
Eastern Bluebird - 4
American Robin - 6
Northern Mockingbird - 1
European Starling - 35
Red-winged Blackbird - 2
Eastern Meadowlark - 1
Common Grackle - 32
Orchard Oriole - 1
American Goldfinch - 4
SPECIES: 24
TOTAL BIRDS: 241

BUTTERFLIES
Cabbage White - 5
Red-spotted Purple - 1


    Kevin Graff
    West Ocean City, MD