Hi all,



Baltimore Bird Club's 5th in a series of weekly walks to follow the progress of Late-Fall/Winter Arrival, next walk on 12/09/08, at 820am. Check with me to make sure the trip is on by Mon evening. We may change at last minutes to go elsewhere.


12/02/08 - 830am-12pm
Loch Raven Reservoir "Loch Raven Skeet & Trap Center" Dulaney Valley Rd., E of Stone Hill Rd.,Phoenix, Baltimore Co., MD

WEATHER: Fair/PC, 34-43 degrees, SSW 6 mph- NW 10 mph
OBSERVERS: Kevin G, John L, Paul N

Canada Goose - 433
Mute Swan - 4
Gadwall - 2
American Wigeon - 14
American Black Duck - 2
Mallard - 2
Ring-necked Duck - 416
Bufflehead - 22
Hooded Merganser - 4
Pied-billed Grebe - 12
Great Blue Heron - 4
Black Vulture - 1
Turkey Vulture - 5
Bald Eagle - 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk - 1
Red-tailed Hawk - 3
American Coot - 1
Ring-billed Gull - 16
Herring Gull - 1 (#1 bridge, John)
Red-bellied Woodpecker - 8
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - 2
Downy Woodpecker - 4
Northern Flicker - 9
Pileated Woodpecker - 1
Blue Jay - 5
American Crow - 4
Carolina Chickadee - 21
Tufted Titmouse - 9
White-breasted Nuthatch - 4
Brown Creeper - 2
Carolina Wren - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet - 2
Eastern Bluebird - 36
American Robin - 15
Northern Mockingbird - 3
European Starling - 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler - 2
Eastern Towhee - 2
Chipping Sparrow - 3
Field Sparrow - 9
Song Sparrow - 18
White-throated Sparrow - 164
"Slate-colored" Junco - 7
Northern Cardinal - 14
Red-winged Blackbird - 1
Common Grackle - 1
American Goldfinch - 3
SPECIES: 47
TOTAL BIRDS: 1298

MAMMALS
Gray Squirrel - 4
White-tailed Deer - 8


     Kevin Graff
     Jarrettsville, MD & West O.C., MD