Howard County Bird Club

Trip Leader: Cullison, Ralph

Date of Trip: Saturday, April 02, 2011

Location: Alpha Ridge Landfill

Details: Half day, Cool high in 50's; Mostly cloudy with short periods of sun and drizzle.

Number on trip: 21

See a video Kurt Schwarz took of the Vesper Sparrow HERE

Birds:

• Canada Goose: 25
• Mallard: 2
• Ring-necked Duck: 6
• Common Loon: 14
• Great Blue Heron: 2
• Black Vulture: 1
• Turkey Vulture: 6
• Osprey: 1
• Red-tailed Hawk: 2
• American Kestrel: 3
• Killdeer: 2
• Wilson's Snipe:
• Ring-billed Gull: 5
• Rock Pigeon: 12
• Mourning Dove: 5
• Red-bellied Woodpecker: 2
• Northern Flicker: 1
• Eastern Phoebe: 8
• Blue Jay: 1
• American Crow: 2
• Fish Crow: 1
• Horned Lark: 2

• Tree Swallow: 14
• N. Rough-winged Swallow:
• Barn Swallow: 1
• Tufted Titmouse: 1
• Eastern Bluebird: 2
• American Robin: 48
• Northern Mockingbird: 2
• European Starling: 60
• Yellow-rumped Warbler: 2
• Eastern Towhee: 1
• Vesper Sparrow: 1
• Savannah Sparrow: 28
• Fox Sparrow: 3
• Song Sparrow: 16
• White-throated Sparrow: 4
• White-crowned Sparrow: 2
• Dark-eyed Junco: 4
• Northern Cardinal: 2
• Red-winged Blackbird: 10
• Eastern Meadowlark: 4
• Brown-headed Cowbird: 1
• American Goldfinch: 1