Torrey C Brown Rail Trail (formally N Central Rail Trail), 04/27/17
Kevin Graff
04/27/17 – 745am-950am (parking lot area N of Paper Mill Rd and trail N to bridge)
Torrey C Brown Rail Trail—Paper Mill, B Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 56-62 degrees, E
6 mph- ESE 5 mph OBS: 7
Canada Goose – 2
Wood Duck – 5
Common Loon – 3
Double-crested Cormorant – 12
Black Vulture – 1 (return trip)
Turkey Vulture – 9
Bald Eagle – 1 (adult, return trip)
Red-shouldered Hawk – 2
Broad-winged Hawk – 1
Spotted Sandpiper – 2
Solitary Sandpiper – 1
Ring-billed Gull – 14
Mourning Dove – 3
Belted Kingfisher – 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker – 6
Downy Woodpecker – 3
Northern Flicker – 1
Eastern Phoebe – 1
White-eyed Vireo – 2
Yellow-throated Vireo – 1
Warbling Vireo – 1
Red-eyed Vireo – 2
Blue Jay – 72
American Crow – 8
N Rough-winged Swallow – 1
Barn Swallow – 2
Carolina Chickadee – 7
Tufted Titmouse – 5
Carolina Wren – 4
House Wren – 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 9
Wood Thrush – 2
American Robin – 16
Gray Catbird – 5
Northern Mockingbird – 2
European Starling – 3
Ovenbird – 3
Black-and-white Warbler – 2
Common Yellowthroat – 2
American Redstart – 1
Northern Parula – 9
Yellow-rumped Warbler – 11
Eastern Towhee – 1
Chipping Sparrow – 3
White-throated Sparrow – 3
Northern Cardinal – 10
Red-winged Blackbird – 9
Brown-headed Cowbird – 2
Baltimore Oriole – 1
House Finch – 2
American Goldfinch – 8
SPECIES: 51 INDIVIDUALS: 280
MAMMALS: Gray Squirrel – 8
BUTTERFLIES: E Tiger Swallowtail – 2, Cabbage White – 2
04/27/17 – 950am-1055am (trail S side of Paper Mill Rd)
Torrey C Brown Rail Trail—Ashland, B Co., MD
WEATHER: MC, 62-67 degrees, ESE 5 mph- ESE 4 mph OBS: 7
Canada Goose – 6
Great Bluer Heron – 4
Snowy Egret – 1 (uncommon away from coastal area)
Turkey Vulture – 3
Red-tailed Hawk – 2
Solitary Sandpiper – 5
Greater Yellowlegs – 1
Lesser Yellowlegs – 1
Mourning Dove – 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird – 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker – 2
Downy Woodpecker – 2
Eastern Phoebe – 2
White-eyed Vireo – 1
Blue Jay – 8
American Crow – 4
Barn Swallow – 1
Carolina Chickadee – 3
Tufted Titmouse – 3
White-breasted Nuthatch – 1
Carolina Wren – 3
House Wren – 2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher – 3
Eastern Bluebird – 1
American Robin – 10
Gray Catbird – 6
European Starling – 2
Northern Waterthrush – 1
Common Yellowthroat – 1
American Redstart – 1
Northern Parula – 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler – 1
Chipping Sparrow – 1
White-throated Sparrow – 2
Northern Cardinal – 5
Red-winged Blackbird – 4
Brown-headed Cowbird – 2
House Finch – 5
American Goldfinch – 4
SPECIES: 39 INDIVIDUALS: 110
MAMMALS: Gray Squirrel - 6, Eastern Cottontail – 1
REPTILES: E Painted Turtle – 5, Red-eared Slider – 3
BUTTERFLIES: E Tiger Swallowtail – 2, Cabbage White – 1
Kevin Graff
Jarrettsville, MD