Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)


Field Trip: Saturday, April 07, 2007
Alpha Ridge Landfill

Trip Leader: Cullison , Ralph

Date of Trip: Saturday, April 07, 2007

Location: Alpha Ridge Landfill

Details: Half day, Weather: Mostly cloudy,temperature in the mid. 30s, windy

Number on trip: 10

Birds:
(Numbers of individuals are shown if they were recorded.)

  • Canada Goose:
  • American Black Duck: 2
  • Mallard: 3
  • Common Loon:
  • Great Blue Heron: 2
  • Black Vulture:
  • Turkey Vulture:
  • Cooper's Hawk: 2
  • American Kestrel: 1
  • Killdeer: 3
  • Rock Pigeon: 2
  • Mourning Dove: 6
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker:
  • Downy Woodpecker:
  • Eastern Phoebe: 4
  • Blue Jay:
  • American Crow:
  • Fish Crow:
  • Tree Swallow:
  • N. Rough-winged Swallow:
  • Barn Swallow: 2
  • Carolina Chickadee:
  • Tufted Titmouse:
  • White-breasted Nuthatch:
  • Carolina Wren:
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet: 2
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 1
  • Eastern Bluebird:
  • American Robin:
  • Northern Mockingbird:
  • Brown Thrasher: 1
  • European Starling:
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler:
  • Palm Warbler: 8
  • Eastern Towhee:
  • Field Sparrow: 1
  • Vesper Sparrow: 3
  • Savannah Sparrow:
  • Song Sparrow:
  • Swamp Sparrow: 4
  • White-throated Sparrow:
  • Dark-eyed Junco:
  • Northern Cardinal:
  • Red-winged Blackbird:
  • Eastern Meadowlark: 3
  • Rusty Blackbird: 2
  • Brown-headed Cowbird:
  • American Goldfinch:
  • House Sparrow:

Comments:
Short-eared Owl