59 species total

I overlooked one or two in the tally, total was 59 species, not too bad.  I 
made up a few numbers for some species.  This was submitted to the club 
website.
Howard County Bird Club
Trip Report by Trip Leaders


Trip leader: Schwarz, Kurt

Date of Trip: 04-25-09

Location: Middle Patuxent Environmental Area: Clegg Meadow and Trotter Lane 
Loops.

Details: Half day. Temps in 50s climbing to mid-80s. Cloudy to partly 
cloudy. No wind.

Species (ignore underscore in name):

Canada_Goose: 3

Wood_Duck: 2

Great_Blue_Heron: 1

Green_Heron: 1

Turkey_Vulture: 4

Red-shouldered_Hawk: 3

Mourning_Dove:

Barred_Owl: 1

Red-bellied_Woodpecker:

Downy_Woodpecker:

Northern_Flicker:

Pileated_Woodpecker: 3

Acadian_Flycatcher: 2

Eastern_Phoebe: 1

White-eyed_Vireo: 3

Yellow-throated_Vireo: 1

Blue-headed Vireo:

Blue_Jay:

American_Crow:

Fish_Crow: 1

Purple_Martin: 1

Tree_Swallow:

Carolina_Chickadee:

Tufted_Titmouse:

White-breasted_Nuthatch: 1

Carolina_Wren:

House_Wren: 2

Ruby-crowned_Kinglet: 4

Blue-gray_Gnatcatcher:

Eastern_Bluebird:

Wood_Thrush: 2

American_Robin:

Gray_Catbird:

Northern_Mockingbird:

Brown_Thrasher: 4

European_Starling:

Cedar_Waxwing: 10

Blue-winged_Warbler: 3

Northern_Parula:

Yellow_Warbler: 1

Yellow-rumped_Warbler: 15

Ovenbird: 4

Louisiana_Waterthrush: 1

Common_Yellowthroat: 3

Scarlet_Tanager: 1

Eastern_Towhee:

Chipping_Sparrow:

Field_Sparrow:

Song_Sparrow:

White-throated_Sparrow: 25

Northern_Cardinal:

Red-winged_Blackbird:

Common_Grackle:

Brown-headed_Cowbird:

Purple_Finch: 3-4

House_Finch:

American_Goldfinch: 50

Comments:

An additional Louisiana Waterthrush was singing on the Middle Patuxent at 
the Rt. 108 crossing. A Black-throated Green Warbler was singing on Trotter 
Rd. by Rt. 108. Blue-gray Gnatcathers, Northern Parulas, and Eastern Towhees 
were abundant, we made not attempt to count.