Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 21:46:19 -0400 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Stan Arnold Subject: Ho Co Bird Walk, Sun., 4/27 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Folks, Yesterday (4/27) twelve members of the Howard County Bird Club tried a new venue, and did a walk in the eastern part of the county, centered around Elkridge, and including the Orange Grove and Avalon sections of Patapsco Valley State Park. A total of 77 species were tallied, with 12 warbler species and 7 sparrow species. BALD EAGLE, HUMMINGBIRD, E. KINGBIRD, SCARLET TANAGER, and ORCHARD ORIOLE were nice finds. The tally: DC Cormorant--1 flyover Great Blue Heron--5 Black Vulture--6 Turkey Vulture--6 Canada Goose--beaucups Mallard--6 Bald Eagle--1 adult (atlas tick for Relay CW) Sharp-shinned Hawk--1 Cooper's Hawk--1 Red-shouldered Hawk--4 Broad-winged Hawk--1 Red-tailed Hawk--2 Ring-billed Gull--12 Caspian Tern--6 flyovers (Elkridge) Rock Dove--yep Mourning Dove--4 Chimney Swift--20 RT Hummingbird--2 Belted Kingfisher--3 Red-bellied Woodpecker--4 Downy Woodpecker--3 Hairy Woodpecker--2 N. Flicker--4 Pileated Woodpecker--2 E. Phoebe--3 E. Kingbird--1 White-eyed Vireo--2 Blue-headed Vireo--1 Blue Jay--4 American Crow--yes Fish Crow--many flyovers Tree Swallow--4 N. Rough-winged Swallow--4, one or two carrying nesting material into cavities in bank of Patapsco River at Avalon (PVSP); new confirmation for Relay NW atlas block Barn Swallow--6 C. Chickadee--5 T. Titmouse--8 WB Nuthatch--2 Carolina Wren--2 House Wren--4 RC Kinglet--4 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher--everywhere E. Bluebird--1 Hermit Thrush--1 Wood Thrush--1 Am. Robin--6 N. Mockingbird--2 Brown Thrasher--1 E. Starling--yes N. Parula--10 Yellow Warbler--3 Magnolia Warbler--1 Yellow-rumped Warbler--30 Yellow-throated Warbler--1 Palm Warbler--1 Black-and-white Warbler--2 Am. Redstart--2 Ovenbird--2 N. Waterthrush--1 (great looks) Louisiana Waterthrush--10 (some nice looks) Common Yellowthroat--2 Scarlet Tanager--2 E. Towhee--6 Chipping Sparrow--2 Savannah Sparrow--12 Song Sparrow--2 Swamp Sparrow--1 White-throated Sparrow--10 White-crowned Sparrow--2 Dark-eyed Junco--1 N. Cardinal--plenty Red-winged Blackbird--12 Common Grackle--5 BH Cowbird--20 Orchard Oriole--pair House Finch--1 Am. Goldfinch--15 House Sparrow--10 Nice birds, and incredible weather. Stan Arnold Glen Burnie dy.dx@verizon.net ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================