Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)


Field Trip: Sunday, April 05, 2009

Trip Leader: Schwarz, Kurt

Date of Trip: Sunday, April 05, 2009

Location: Rockburn Branch Park

Details:Joe Hanfman, recorder. Mostly sunny with increasing clouds. 40s rising into the 60s. Occassional wind gusts.

Number on trip:13


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

  • Canada Goose: 2 (fly over)
  • Common Merganser: 1 (fly over)
  • Double-crested Cormorant: 6 (fly over)
  • Black Vulture: 1
  • Turkey Vulture: 6
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk: 2
  • Cooper's Hawk: 2
  • Red-shouldered Hawk: 6
  • Red-tailed Hawk: 1
  • Ring-billed Gull: 2
  • Mourning Dove: 5
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker: 3
  • Downy Woodpecker: 3
  • Northern Flicker: 3
  • Pileated Woodpecker: 1
  • Eastern Phoebe: 1
  • Blue Jay: 6
  • American Crow:
  • Fish Crow: 1
  • Carolina Chickadee: 7
  • Tufted Titmouse: 4
  • White-breasted Nuthatch: 2
  • Carolina Wren: 4
  • Winter Wren: 1
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet: 9
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 1
  • Eastern Bluebird: 3
  • Hermit Thrush: 1
  • American Robin: 16
  • Northern Mockingbird: 7
  • Brown Thrasher: 1
  • European Starling:
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler: 4
  • Palm Warbler: 3 (Eastern, one heard only)
  • Eastern Towhee: 8
  • Chipping Sparrow: 9
  • Field Sparrow: 3
  • Fox Sparrow: 1
  • Song Sparrow: 4
  • White-throated Sparrow: 11
  • Dark-eyed Junco: 16
  • Northern Cardinal: 12
  • Red-winged Blackbird: 2
  • Common Grackle:
  • Brown-headed Cowbird: 2
  • House Finch: 1
  • Pine Siskin: 3
  • American Goldfinch:

Comments: