Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)


Field Trip: Friday, May 18, 2007
Henryton (PVSP)

Trip Leader: Byrnes , Joseph

Date of Trip: Friday, May 18, 2007

Location: Henryton Road (PVSP)

Details: Co-leader Jeff Culler. Scheduled for 2 hours. Went from 8 AM until 11:45 AM. Overcast day, temperature in 60's. Little or no breeze. Easy walking on a pleasant day. 44 species recorded. Gray-cheeked Thrush seen thare and photographed the day before. No Cerulean, Yelow-throated or Worm-eating Warblers, no Cuckoos

Number on trip: 10

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

  • Canada Goose: 2 Heard
  • Wood Duck: 2
  • Great Blue Heron: 1
  • Turkey Vulture: 1
  • Spotted Sandpiper: 1
  • Mourning Dove: 1 Heard
  • Chimney Swift: 30
  • Belted Kingfisher: 4
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker: 5 Heard
  • Downy Woodpecker: 2 Heard
  • Pileated Woodpecker: 2
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee:
  • Acadian Flycatcher: 6
  • Great Crested Flycatcher: 2 Heard
  • Yellow-throated Vireo: 1 Heard
  • Red-eyed Vireo: 12
  • Blue Jay: 4 Heard
  • American Crow: 1 Heard
  • N. Rough-winged Swallow:
  • Barn Swallow: 3
  • Carolina Chickadee: 2
  • Tufted Titmouse: 4
  • White-breasted Nuthatch: 1 Heard
  • Carolina Wren: 5 Heard
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 5
  • Wood Thrush: 10
  • American Robin: 2
  • Gray Catbird: 6
  • Cedar Waxwing: 8
  • Northern Parula: 8
  • Yellow Warbler: 1
  • Blackpoll Warbler: 2 Heard
  • Black-and-white Warbler: 1 Heard
  • American Redstart: 2
  • Ovenbird: 5 Heard
  • Louisiana Waterthrush: 4
  • Scarlet Tanager: 2
  • Eastern Towhee: 2 Heard
  • Chipping Sparrow: 2
  • Northern Cardinal: 10
  • Indigo Bunting: 2 Heard
  • Red-winged Blackbird: 1
  • Brown-headed Cowbird: 1
  • Baltimore Oriole: 2
  • American Goldfinch: 4

Comments:
Two individuals spotted a Mink along the river bank on the trip back.