Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)


Field Trip: Saturday, September 29, 2007
Middle Patuxent Environmental Area

Trip Leader: Arnold, Stan

Date of Trip: Saturday, September 29, 2007

Location: Middle Patuxent Environmental Area

Details: It was a beautiful day with some nice birds to enjoy.

Number on trip: 12

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

  • Canada Goose: 4 flyovers
  • Wood Duck: 1 on river
  • Black Vulture: 1
  • Turkey Vulture: 5
  • Northern Harrier: 1 flyover
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1
  • Cooper's Hawk: 2
  • Red-shouldered Hawk: 6
  • Red-tailed Hawk: 2
  • Laughing Gull: 1 flyover
  • Mourning Dove: 5
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo: 1
  • Barred Owl: 1
  • Chimney Swift: 2
  • Belted Kingfisher: 1
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker: 10
  • Downy Woodpecker: 6
  • Hairy Woodpecker: 1
  • Northern Flicker: 5
  • Pileated Woodpecker: 4
  • Eastern Phoebe: 3
  • Blue Jay: 100s
  • American Crow: 15
  • Fish Crow: 1
  • Tree Swallow: 1
  • Carolina Chickadee: 20
  • Tufted Titmouse: 8
  • White-breasted Nuthatch: 5
  • Eastern Bluebird: 1
  • Wood Thrush: 1
  • American Robin: 50
  • Gray Catbird: 12
  • Northern Mockingbird: 3
  • Brown Thrasher: 2
  • Cedar Waxwing: 6
  • Black-throated Blue Warbler: 1
  • Black-throated Green Warbler: 5
  • American Redstart: 1
  • Common Yellowthroat: 1
  • Eastern Towhee: 3
  • Song Sparrow: 3
  • White-throated Sparrow: 1
  • Northern Cardinal: 15
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak: 1 male
  • Indigo Bunting: 15, juveniles
  • Purple Finch: 1
  • American Goldfinch: 12

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