The Scenic Rivers Land Trust's 'Walk for the Woods' was a great
success for the third year in a row. David Curson may have additional
numbers to add to these, but from 6AM until Noon, the following
species were observed.
Migration, ahh how I love it!
Location: Bacon Ridge Branch / Crownsville
Observation date: 4/18/09
Number of species: 69
Canada Goose 18
Wood Duck 6
Mallard 8
Green-winged Teal 3
Ring-necked Duck 3
Bufflehead 2
Great Blue Heron 2
Cattle Egret (1 FOY fly-over at 7AM)
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 7
Osprey 2
Bald Eagle 2
Northern Harrier 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
American Kestrel 1
Killdeer 2
Herring Gull 1
Rock Pigeon 2
Mourning Dove 4
Barred Owl 1 1/2 (Warren & Lisa Strobel were a bit late to the
walk, so they snuck in behind the group. When I let out my gruff
hoots, Warren responded with the answer to the age old question, "Who
cooks for you all?'' Everyone had quite a laugh.)
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Eastern Phoebe 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue-headed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 11
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 6
Tree Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 6
Carolina Chickadee 14
Tufted Titmouse 9
White-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14
Eastern Bluebird 2
Hermit Thrush 3
American Robin 10
Northern Mockingbird 2
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 6
Pine Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 12
Black-and-white Warbler 6
Ovenbird 1 (FOY)
Louisiana Waterthrush 3
Eastern Towhee 4
Chipping Sparrow 4
Field Sparrow 2
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern) 3
Song Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 16
Dark-eyed Junco 2
Northern Cardinal 16
Red-winged Blackbird 15
Eastern Meadowlark 3
Common Grackle 7
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Lastly, this morning's impromptu Common Loon Watch ended around 11
with a total of 48 birds flying over and 2 cups of delicious coffee
before getting the chores done.
Good Birding,
Dan Haas
West Annapolis, MD
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