Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)


Field Trip: Monday, October 12, 2009

Trip Leader: Wilkinson, Jim

Date of Trip: Monday, October 12, 2009

Location: Elkhorn Garden Plot

Details: Joe Hanfman, recorder

Number on trip: 12


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

  • Canada Goose: 26
  • Turkey Vulture: 2
  • Sharp-shinned Hawk: 2
  • Cooper's Hawk: 1
  • Red-shouldered Hawk: 1
  • American Kestrel: 1
  • Ring-billed Gull: 1
  • Herring Gull: 8
  • Rock Pigeon: 7
  • Mourning Dove: 8
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker: 2
  • Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 2
  • Downy Woodpecker: 1
  • Hairy Woodpecker: 2
  • Northern Flicker: 1
  • Pileated Woodpecker: 1
  • Eastern Phoebe: 2
  • Blue Jay: 24
  • American Crow: 6
  • Fish Crow: 1
  • Carolina Chickadee: 1
  • Tufted Titmouse: 1
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 2
  • Eastern Bluebird: 16
  • American Robin: 30
  • Northern Mockingbird: 3
  • European Starling: 12
  • Tennessee Warbler: 1
  • Nashville Warbler: 2
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler: 2
  • Palm Warbler: 5 (Western 2, Yellow 3)
  • Chipping Sparrow: 6
  • Field Sparrow: 1
  • Song Sparrow: 18
  • White-throated Sparrow: 1
  • Northern Cardinal: 4
  • House Finch: 10
  • American Goldfinch: 24
  • House Sparrow: 10

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