I walked the Middle Patuxent Environmental Area Red Trail (high to low) returning on the Orange (Connector) Trail this morning. Most of the time it was very quiet. I only had 4 birds on the first mile . A pocket of birds along the river included Brown Creeper, Hermit Thrush, and Hairy Woodpecker. 


Site Guide map of MPEA. 

http://howardbirds.org/birdinghowardcounty/MPEA/MPEA_directions.htm 



The male Common Goldeneye is still at Brighton Dam just south of the dam. 


Joe Hanfman 

Columbia, MD 




Location:     Middle Patuxent Environmental Area 
Observation date:     1/6/10 
Number of species:     24 

Canada Goose     10 
Red-tailed Hawk     1 
Belted Kingfisher     1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker     4 
Downy Woodpecker     3 
Hairy Woodpecker     1 
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     1 
Blue Jay     6 
American Crow     1 
Carolina Chickadee     4 
Tufted Titmouse     6 
White-breasted Nuthatch     6 
Brown Creeper     1 
Eastern Bluebird     2 
Hermit Thrush     3 
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     2 
Eastern Towhee     3 
Field Sparrow     1 
Savannah Sparrow     1 
Song Sparrow     1 
White-throated Sparrow     48 
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     18 
Northern Cardinal     16 
American Goldfinch     2 

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