Layhill Park 9/8; Backyard 9/9
Howard Youth (hmyouth@erols.com)
Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:43:27 -0400 (EDT)
Had a nice morning walk at Layhill Park 9/8, but this a.m. in my Rockville
backyard was just as thrilling--one of our best backyard sits ever (from
7:10-8:30 a.m.). For a few moments there, our postage-stamp backyard felt
like our own little Pt. Pelee. Ain't migration grand?
The two lists are below:
Layhill 9/8: Backyard 9/9:
1.Canada Goose 12
2. Wood Duck 1
3. Turkey Vulture 1
4. Red-shouldered Hawk 1
5. Cooper's Hawk 1
6. Rock Dove 6
7. Mourning Dove 8 4
8. Chimney Swift 12
9. Ruby-throated Hummer 1 1
10. Belted Kingfisher 1
11. Red-bellied Wdpckr 3 1
12. Downy Woodpecker 3 2
13. Pileated Wdpckr 1
14. Eastern Pewee 4
15. Eastern Kingbird 1
16. Blue Jay 8
17. American Crow 6 3
18. Carolina Chickadee 9 4
19. Tufted Titmouse 3 2
20. Carolina Wren 4 2
21. House Wren 1
22. Blue-gray Gnatcatc. 4 1
23. Eastern Bluebird 4
24. American Robin 11 2
25. Gray Catbird 20 1
26. No. Mockingbird 2
27. Cedar Waxwing 22 40
28. European Starling 8 6
29. PHILADELPHIA VIREO 1
30. Red-eyed Vireo 2 2
31. Nashville Warbler 1
32. No. Parula Warbler 2
33. Chestnut-sided W. 2 1
34. Magnolia Warbler 2
35. Black-thr. Blue W. 1 1
36. Blackburnian W. 1 1
37. Tennessee Warbler 1
38. American Redstart 6 2
39. Common Yellowthroat 4
40. WILSON'S WARBLER 1
41. Canada Warbler 1
42. Northern Cardinal 10 2
43. Rose-breasted Grosb. 1
44. Indigo Bunting 1
45. Eastern Towhee 2
46. Common Grackle 1 1
47. BH Cowbird 1
48. Baltimore Oriole 1 1
49. House Finch 10 8
50. American Goldfinch 18 16
51. House Sparrow 6
Howard Youth
Rockville, MD
hmyouth@erols.com