Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)


Field Trip: Sunday, April 26, 2009

Trip Leader: Solem, Bob & Jo

Date of Trip: Sunday, April 26, 2009

Location: Daniels (PVSP)

Details: One of the first really hot days, but it was good for birds and wild flowers. See list of wild flowers below.

Number on trip: 10


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

  • Canada Goose
  • Turkey Vulture:
  • Bald Eagle:
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker:
  • Northern Flicker
  • Eastern Phoebe:
  • Blue Jay:
  • N. Rough-winged Swallow:
  • Carolina Chickadee:
  • Tufted Titmouse:
  • Carolina Wren:
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet:
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher:
  • Eastern Bluebird:
  • Wood Thrush:
  • American Robin:
  • Blue-winged Warbler:
  • Northern Parula
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler:
  • Palm Warbler
  • Black-and-white Warbler
  • Ovenbird:
  • White-throated Sparrow:
  • Northern Cardinal:

Comments:
Herbaceous plants, Field Horsetail, Early Saxifrage, Spring Beauty, Gill-over-the-ground, Wild Geranium, Rue Anemone, Wild Ginger, Skunk Cabbage, Yellow Violet, Kidney-leaved Buttercup, Lesser Celandine, Cut-leaved Toothwort, Slender Toothwort, Trout Lily, Star Chickweed, Common Blue violet, Jack-in-the-pulpit, Sweet White Violet, speedwell, Day Lilies, Mayapple, Bluets, Bedstraw, Cleavers, Miterwort, Dutchman's Breeches, Showy Orchis, Bloodroot. Not all were flowering. Field Horsetail had fertile and infertile stalks. Butterflies, Spring Azure, Cabbage White, Falcate Orangetip, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail. Amphibians, American Toad, tree frog.