Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)


Field Trip: Saturday, April 24, 2010

Trip Leader: Kerwin , Mike

Date of Trip: Saturday, April 24, 2010

Location: Mount Pleasant

Details: Earth Day Walk

Number on trip: 17

Killdeer Killdeer

Photos by Richard Orr.

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

  • Common Loon: 1
  • Double-crested Cormorant: 9
  • Black Vulture: 1
  • Turkey Vulture: 3
  • Osprey: 2
  • Cooper's Hawk: 1
  • Red-shouldered Hawk: 2
  • Broad-winged Hawk: 1
  • Red-tailed Hawk: 1
  • Killdeer: 5
  • Mourning Dove: 3
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1
  • Hairy Woodpecker: 1
  • Eastern Phoebe: 1
  • White-eyed Vireo: 3
  • Blue Jay: 21
  • American Crow: 4
  • Tree Swallow: 8
  • Barn Swallow: 2
  • Carolina Chickadee: 3
  • Tufted Titmouse: 2
  • Carolina Wren: 2
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher: 4
  • Eastern Bluebird: 8
  • American Robin: 12
  • Northern Mockingbird: 2
  • Brown Thrasher: 2
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler: 2
  • Prairie Warbler: 1
  • Palm Warbler: 2 (Yellow)
  • Eastern Towhee: 2
  • Chipping Sparrow: 3
  • Field Sparrow: 2
  • Song Sparrow: 3
  • White-throated Sparrow: 2
  • Northern Cardinal: 3
  • Red-winged Blackbird: 10
  • Eastern Meadowlark: 2
  • Common Grackle: 8
  • Brown-headed Cowbird: 2
  • American Goldfinch: 6

Comments:
Killdeer observed doing broken wing, with 3 young