Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS)


Field Trip: Sunday, September 10, 2006
Mount Pleasant

Trip Leader: Todd , Robin

Date of Trip: Sunday, September 10, 2006

Location: Mount Pleasant

Details: Beginners Bird Walk 08.00-10.00 warm, sunny, still.

Number on trip: 9

Birds:
(Numbers of individuals are shown if they were recorded.)

  • Black Vulture: 3
  • Turkey Vulture: 4
  • Red-shouldered Hawk: 3
  • Mourning Dove: fly over
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker: 1
  • Downy Woodpecker: 2
  • Northern Flicker: 1
  • Eastern Wood-Pewee: 1
  • Empidonax species: 2 - silent
  • Eastern Phoebe: 1
  • Blue Jay: Several
  • American Crow: 1 (heard - distant)
  • Carolina Chickadee: >1
  • Tufted Titmouse: 1
  • Carolina Wren: Several
  • House Wren: 1
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher:1
  • Eastern Bluebird: several at entrance
  • Gray Catbird: Several
  • Northern Mockingbird: 2
  • European Starling: small group
  • American Redstart: 1 - full male
  • Eastern Towhee: Several, including two recently fledged
  • Field Sparrow: few
  • Northern Cardinal: Several
  • Indigo Bunting: groups calling in undergrowth
  • American Goldfinch: numerous and vocal

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