Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)


Field Trip: Saturday, April 26, 2008

Trip Leader: Byrnes, Joe

Date of Trip: Saturday, April 26, 2008

Location: Daniels (PVSP)

Details: 3 hours, sunny, 62 - 70, cloudless, no wind.

Number on trip: 14


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

  • Canada Goose: 22
  • Wood Duck: 1
  • Mallard: 6
  • Great Blue Heron: 2
  • Green Heron: 1
  • Black Vulture: 2
  • Turkey Vulture: 1
  • Cooper's Hawk:
  • Red-shouldered Hawk: 1
  • Red-tailed Hawk:
  • Solitary Sandpiper: 3
  • Mourning Dove: 3
  • Belted Kingfisher: 2
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker: 6
  • Downy Woodpecker: 8
  • Hairy Woodpecker: 1
  • Northern Flicker: 2
  • Pileated Woodpecker: 1
  • Eastern Phoebe: 2
  • Blue Jay: 45
  • American Crow: 3
  • Fish Crow: 1
  • Carolina Chickadee: 10
  • Tufted Titmouse: 12
  • Red-breasted Nuthatch: 1
  • White-breasted Nuthatch: 1
  • Carolina Wren: 1
  • House Wren: 1
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 18
  • Eastern Bluebird: 1
  • American Robin: 6
  • European Starling: 1
  • Blue-winged Warbler: 1
  • Northern Parula: 8
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler: 18
  • Black-and-white Warbler: 4
  • American Redstart: 1
  • Worm-eating Warbler: 1
  • Ovenbird: 1
  • Louisiana Waterthrush: 4
  • Eastern Towhee: 1
  • Chipping Sparrow: 2
  • White-throated Sparrow: 4
  • Northern Cardinal: 18
  • Red-winged Blackbird: 2
  • Common Grackle: 1
  • Brown-headed Cowbird: 12
  • Baltimore Oriole: 1
  • American Goldfinch: 4

Comments:
50 species. Some of the species were seen/heard by only one or two people as they descended Daniels Road to the parking area.