HCBC Lake Elkhorn Field Trip
Paulae2156 (Paulae2156@aol.com)
Sun, 3 May 1998 13:15:07 EDT
The Howard County Bird Club had a great field trip to Lake Elkhorn Sunday
morning, May 3. Birds seen were Horned Grebe, Double-crested Cormorant, Great
Blue Heron, Canada Goose, Wood Duck, Mallard, Ring-necked Duck, Turkey
Vulture, Red-shouldered Hawk, Kildeer, Solitary Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper,
Mourning Dove, Chimney Swift, Belted Kingfisher, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy
Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, Eastern Kingbird, Tree Swallow, Northern Rough-
winged Swallow, Barn Swallow, Blue Jay, American Crow, Fish Crow, Carolina
Chickadee, Tufted Titmouse, Carolina Wren, House Wren, Blue-gray Gnatcatcher,
Wood Thrush, American Robin, Gray Catbird, Northern Mockingbird, Cedar
Waxwing, European Starling, White-eyed Vireo, Red-eyed Vireo, Black-throated
Blue Warbler, Yellow-rumped Warbler, Black-throated Green Warbler, Prairie
Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Black-and-white Warbler, American Redstart, Common
Yellowthroat, Scarlet Tanager, Northern Cardinal, Eastern Towhee, Chipping
Sparrow, Song Sparrow, White-throated Sparrow, Red-winged Blackbird, Common
Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, House Finch,
American Goldfinch, and House Sparrow. In addition, as we were leaving the
parking lot after the trip we had an Osprey soaring overhead. Darius also had
Common Loon and Eastern Phoebe on his way to the field trip.
Many thanks are extended to the wonderful group of twenty-one (yes 21) fellow
birding enthusiasts who attend the trip. Thanks especially to our visiting
birder from Philadelphia, who we hope returns again soon to bird with us.
All told, a good time was had by all.
Paula Ecker
Paulae2156@aol.com
Columbia, MD