Harford County May Count
Rick Blom (rblom@blazie.com)
Sun, 10 May 1998 07:05:58 -0400
From 6:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. I was at Conowingo Dam. I walked down
the trail about two miles and despite the light rain [or because of it]
there were large numbers of birds, most of them singing the whole time.
and hard and the wind blew. From 2:15-6:00 I was at Harve de Grace at the
marina, checking the flats. From 6:30 - 9:30 I was back at Perryman and
checking a few marshes along Rt. 40 [without success]. The marsh at the
entrance to the Sod Run Sewage Plant was somewhat productive at dusk. The
results by area are;
CONOWINGO DAM
Common Loon 18 (flying early and very low)
Double-crested Cormorant 700
Great Blue Heron 200
Green-backed Heron 1
SNOWY EGRET 3 (flyby)
Black-crowned Hight-Heron 9 (3 nests)
Canada Goose 16
Mallard 8
Black Duck 2
Red-breasted Merganser 31 (above dam)
Turkey Vulture 50
Black Vulture 40
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Red-shouldred Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 3 (adults)
Osprey 24
Wild Turkey 1 (responded to Barred Owl call)
Spotted Sandpiper 7
Great Black-backed Gull 63
Herring Gull 25
Ring-billed Gull 5
Caspian Tern 4
Rock Dove 40
Mourning Dove 7
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6
Barred Owl 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Chimney Swift 55
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Belted Kingfisher 1
Northern Flicker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 9
Downy Woodpecker 8
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 6
Great Crested Flycactcher 1
Eastern Phoebe 2
Tree Swallow 2500
Bank Swallow 30
Barn Swallow 600
Rouch-winged Swallow 15
Purple Martin 3
Blue Jay 72
Common Crow 18
Fish Crow 2
Crow sp. 30
Carolina Chickadee 28 [includes 3 nestlings]
Tufted Titmouse 21
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 8
Northern Mockingbird 3
Gray Catbird 13
American Robin 30
Wood Thrush 51
Swainson's Thrush 5
Veery 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 6
European Starling 400
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 64
Blue-headed Vireo 1 (singing male)
Yellow-throated Vireo 4
Warbling Vireo 8
Black-and-white Warbler 3
Prothonotary Warbler 8
Worm-eating Warbler 3
Nashville Warbler 2
Northern Parula 16
Yellow Warbler 1
Magnolia Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 11 (amazing)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 115
Black-throated Green Warbler 2
Cerulean Warbler 1
Yellow-throated Warbler 2
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1
Blackpoll Warbler 5
Ovenbird 12
Northern Waterthrush 6
Louisiana Waterthrush 4
Kentucky Warbler 2
MOURNING WARBLER 1 (singing male just past gas line and trail
bend to right)
Common Yellowthroat 3
Hooded Warbler 1
American Redstart 2
House Sparrow 4
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 14 (3 nest building)
Common Grackle 90
Red-winged Blackbird 25
Brown-headed Cowbird 5
Scarlet Tanager 10
Northern Cardinal 40
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 7
Indigo Bunting 7
House Finch 6
American Goldfinch 10
Rufous-sided Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 4
HAVRE DE GRACE
Great Blue Heron 16
Great Egret 2
Double-crested Cormorant 24
Canada Goose 43 [including 6 flightless young]
Mallard 50
Turkey Vulture 1
Bald Eagle 2 (adults)
Osprey 4
Killdeer 2
Least Sandpiper 18
Semipalmated Sandpiper 5
DUNLIN 2
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Great Blackbacked Gull 130
Herring Gull 85
LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL 3 (2 1st summer, 1 2nd)
Ring-billed Gull 110
Caspian Tern 186
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 14
Tree Swallow 1200
Barn Swallow 250
Rough-winged Swallow 2
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 3
American Crow 4
Crow sp. 15
Carolina Chickadee 1
Tufted Titmouse 2
House Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Gary Catbird 1
American Robin 20
European Starling 40
Yellow Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
Common Grackle 30
Red-winged Blackbird 10
American Goldfinch 2
House Sparrow 12
All observations were from the south end of the parking lot and the
adjacent yard.
PERRYMAN
Great Blue Heron 16
Canada Goose 9
Mallard 6
Turkey Vulture 4
Osprey 2
American Kestrel 2
Northern Bobwhite 4
VIRGINIA RAIL 2
SORA 1
Killdeer 1
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 1
Rock Dove 3
Mourning Dove 6
Chimney Swift 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 2
Horned Lark 2
Tree Swallow 150
Barn Swallow 40
Bank Swallow 2
Purple Martin 6
Blue Jay 3
Common Crow 2
Crow sp. 19
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1
Marsh Wren 1
Northern Mockingbird 7
Gray Catbird 2
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 220
White-eyed Vireo 3
Red-eyed Vireo 4
Northern Parula 2
Yellow Warbler 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler 10
Common Yellowthroat 8
Bobolink 2
Eastern Meadowlark 3
Red-winged Blackbird 100
Common Grackle 48
Northern Cardinal 2
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 4
House Finch 16
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 5
Field Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 6
House Sparrow 15
In addition, I stopped briefly on price Road on my way out of Conowingo and had:
Canada Goose 9
Tree Swallow 15
Barn Swallow 10
Bobolink 15
Eastern Meadowlark 3
House Finch 2
Song Sparrow 1
At my house on Moore's Mill Road:
Barred Owl 1
At the community pond in Major's Choice on Moore's Mill Road (by flashlight):
Mute Swan 1
Rick
"Lack of education is an extraordinary handicap when one is being
offensive." Josephine Tey
Rick Blom
rblom@blazie.com
Bel Air, Maryland