Howard
County Bird Club
A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)
Field Trip: Saturday, October 16, 2010
Trip Leader: Ott, Bonnie
Date of Trip: Saturday, October 16, 2010
Location: UMDCF
Details: Le Conte's Sparrow is a new county bird!
And at two locations!
For photos, go to Le
Conte's Sparrow in the Photo Gallery!
Number on trip: 11
University of Maryland Central Farm
- Canada Goose: 150
- Wood Duck: 1
- American Black Duck: 1
- Mallard: 5
- Black Vulture: 1
- Turkey Vulture: 6
- Cooper's Hawk: 2
- Red-shouldered Hawk: 1
- American Kestrel: 3
- Killdeer: 60
- Rock Pigeon: 400
- Mourning Dove: 40
- Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1
- Eastern Phoebe: 1
- Blue Jay: 6
- American Crow: 700
- Fish Crow: 1
- Horned Lark: 1
- Tree Swallow: 2
- Carolina Chickadee: 1
- Tufted Titmouse: 1
- Marsh Wren: 2
- Eastern Bluebird: 8
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- American Robin: 2
- Gray Catbird: 1
- European Starling: 10
- American Pipit: 3
- Yellow-rumped Warbler: 8
- Palm Warbler: 2 (Yellow)
- Common Yellowthroat: 1
- Eastern Towhee: 1
- Field Sparrow: 1
- Savannah Sparrow: 36
- Le Conte's Sparrow: 1
- Nelson's Sparrow: 1
- Song Sparrow: 30
- Lincoln's Sparrow: 3
- Swamp Sparrow: 14
- White-throated Sparrow: 6
- White-crowned Sparrow: 6 (Eastern)
- Red-winged Blackbird: 36
- Rusty Blackbird: 1
- Brown-headed Cowbird: 2
- Purple Finch: 1
- House Finch: 1
- House Sparrow: 12
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Alpha Ridge Park
- Black Vulture: 1
- Turkey Vulture: 2
- Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1
- Red-tailed Hawk: 1
- Eastern Phoebe: 1
- Blue Jay: 1
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- American Crow: 10
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 1
- Northern Mockingbird: 1
- Eastern Towhee: 1
- Field Sparrow: 1
- Song Sparrow: 2
- White-crowned Sparrow: 1 (Eastern)
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Alpha Ridge Landfill
- Canada Goose: 14
- Mallard: 8
- Great Blue Heron: 1
- Turkey Vulture: 4
- Bald Eagle: 1
- Northern Harrier: 1
- Cooper's Hawk: 1
- Red-tailed Hawk: 2
- American Kestrel: 1
- Mourning Dove: 12
- Belted Kingfisher: 1
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker: 1
- Blue Jay: 6
- American Crow: 12
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- Horned Lark: 6
- Tree Swallow: 14
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 2
- Gray Catbird: 1
- Northern Mockingbird: 1
- European Starling: 2
- Palm Warbler: 2 (Western)
- Savannah Sparrow: 12
- Grasshopper Sparrow: 1
- Song Sparrow: 10
- Northern Cardinal: 1
- Blue Grosbeak: 1
- Eastern Meadowlark: 8
- House Finch: 2
- American Goldfinch: 2
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Mount Pleasant
- Turkey Vulture: 3
- Sharp-shinned Hawk: 2
- Red-shouldered Hawk: 1
- Red-tailed Hawk: 1 (Eastern)
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- Blue Jay: 1
- Field Sparrow: 2
- Song Sparrow: 4
- Swamp Sparrow: 6
- White-throated Sparrow: 8
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West Friendship Park
- Canada Goose: 60
- Mallard: 12
- Turkey Vulture: 4
- Red-tailed Hawk: 3
- Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1
- Downy Woodpecker: 1
- Northern Flicker: 1
- Pileated Woodpecker: 1
- Eastern Phoebe: 1
- Blue Jay: 10
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- American Crow: 30
- Carolina Wren: 1
- Eastern Bluebird: 10
- American Robin: 2
- Northern Mockingbird: 1
- Chipping Sparrow: 14
- Field Sparrow: 2
- Song Sparrow: 6
- Red-winged Blackbird: 15
- Brown-headed Cowbird: 2
- American Goldfinch: 1
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Western Regional Park
- Black Vulture: 60
- Turkey Vulture: 12
- Northern Harrier: 1
- Cooper's Hawk: 1
- Red-tailed Hawk: 1
- Mourning Dove: 10
- Blue Jay: 4
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- American Crow: 4
- Field Sparrow: 2
- Song Sparrow: 2
- Swamp Sparrow: 1
- White-crowned Sparrow: 6
- Northern Cardinal: 1
- American Goldfinch: 15
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Waterford Farm
- Canada Goose: 375
- Mallard: 12
- Great Blue Heron: 1
- Turkey Vulture: 1
- Cooper's Hawk: 1
- American Kestrel: 1
- Mourning Dove: 6
- Barred Owl: 1
- Red-bellied Woodpecker: 2
- Northern Flicker: 4
- Eastern Phoebe: 1
- Blue Jay: 12
- American Crow: 20
- Tree Swallow: 16
- House Wren: 1
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- Eastern Bluebird: 2
- American Robin: 2
- Northern Mockingbird: 1
- Yellow-rumped Warbler: 28
- Palm Warbler: 4 (Yellow)
- Chipping Sparrow: 2
- Savannah Sparrow: 25
- Le Conte's Sparrow: 1
- Song Sparrow: 80
- Swamp Sparrow: 80
- White-throated Sparrow: 10
- White-crowned Sparrow: 2 (Eastern)
- Northern Cardinal: 1
- Red-winged Blackbird: 35
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Comments:
Joe Hanfman, recorder.