Gunpowder Falls - Phoenix Road

Don Burggraf (dburggraf@hotmail.com)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 19:58:07 PDT


Dear All,

A few hours on the "Rails to Trails" section of Gunpowder Falls North 
of Baltimore yielded a few interesting birds:
Canada Goose	3
Wood  Duck	2
Mallard	1
Turkey Vulture	1
Osprey	3
Bald Eagle	1
Red-shouldered Hawk	1
Solitary Sandpiper	1
Rock Dove 	1
Mourning Dove	5
Barred Owl	1
Chimney Swift	1
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	1
Belted Kingfisher	2
Red-bellied Woodpecker	14
Downy Woodpecker	6
Hairy Woodpecker	3
Northern Flicker	1
Pileated Woodpecker	1
Eastern Phoebe	4
Great Crested Flycatcher	1
Eastern Kingbird	1
Tree Swallow	2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	1
Blue Jay	8
American Crow	12
Fish Crow	1
Carolina Chickadee	11
Tufted Titmouse	10
White-breasted Nuthatch	2
Carolina Wren	6
House Wren	1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	5
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	8
Eastern Bluebird	2
American Robin	8
Northern Mockinird	7
European Starling	2
White-eyed Vireo	1
Solitary Vireo	2
Yellow-throated Vireo	1
Blue-winged Warbler	1
Northern Parula	10
Yellow-rumped Warbler	1
Prairie Warbler	1
Palm Warbler	1
Black-and-white Warbler	3
Worm-eating Warbler	1
Ovenbird	1
Louisiana Waterthrush	2
Common Yellowthroat	4
Northern Cardinal	20
Eastern Towhee	4
Chipping Sparrow	1
Song Sparrow	2
Swamp Sparrow	1
White-throated Sparrow	30
Dark-eyed Junco	1
Red-winged Blackbird	8
Common Grackle	2
Brown-headed Cowbird	18
House Finch	2
American Goldfinch	14


The eagle was flying up the river, and was my first for this trail.  
The owl was resting comfortably in a tree, about 80 yards off the 
path but in plain view of many walkers, bikers, etc., which didn't 
seem to bother it one bit.

Also, a red fox ran across the path twice in the morning's early 
hours.

Don Burggraf
Baltimore
dburggraf@hotmail.com

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