Frederick County sparrows
Norm Saunders (osprey@ARI.Net)
Sun, 25 Oct 1998 18:07:52 -0500
Our appetite whetted by yesterday's trip with the Howard County Bird Club, Fran
and I went for a bit of a wander around southeastern Frederick County this
morning to see what might turn up. First good bird was actually at Lake
Needwood, near Rockville: a female Northern Shoveler sharing the lake with the
usual mass quantities of Mallards and Canada Geese.
In Frederick County:
Along Monocacy Bottom Road
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 5
Northern Flicker 7
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler..many
White-crowned Sparrows 60-70, many singing, both juvenile and adult
Chipping Sparrows 2
Lincoln's Sparrow 1
Along Oland Road
Northern Harrier, male
American Pipit 8
Horned Lark 15
Savannah Sparrow 7
Along the unpaved portion of Greenfield Road
White-throated Sparrow 70+ in one large flock
We had our first yard Juncos for the year this evening, in Colesville, MD.
Best,
Norm & Fran
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Norm Saunders
Colesville, MD
osprey@ari.net