Howard
County Bird Club
A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)
Field Trip: Saturday, June 25, 2011
Trip Leader: Dr. Earle Havens, Curator of rare books and manuscripts,
Johns Hopkins Libraries
Date of Trip: Saturday, June 25, 2011
Location: Garrett Library of Evergreen House
Details: A chance to see:
- Audubon's double elephant folio of the
Birds of North America, (1827-1838)
- Chromolithographically illustrated portfolio volumes representing the many ornithological surveys of exotic corners of the world of John Gould
- and more
Number on trip: 10
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Birds seen in volumes in the library:
- Harlequin Duck – 3
- Carolina Parakeet – 5
- Black-billed Cuckoo – 2
- Ivory-billed Woodpecker – 1
- Pileated Woodpecker – 1
- Red-bellied Woodpecker – 1
- Hairy Woodpecker - 1
- Northern Flicker – 1
- Red-headed Woodpecker – 2
- Passenger Pigeon – 1
- White-crowned Pigeon – 1
- Bobolink –1
- Brown-headed Nuthatch – 1
- Rainbow Lorikeet – 1
- Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise - 1
- Princess Helena's Coquette – 1
- Shrike species - 3
- and many, many more...
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Birds seen outside the library:
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Red-tailed Hawk – 1
- House Wren – 1
- American Robins
- Gray Catbirds
But what was outside was not the purpose of this trip!
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Comments:
Trip arrangements by Jim Lubitz
Bird lists by Kurt Schwarz