Although I saw only three warbler species; the birding was very good at
Soldier's Delight yesterday morning.  I tallied forty-six species during a
four hour walk along the Red/Yellow/Orange trails.  I found seven Broadwing
Hawks roosting in deciduous forest along the Orange Trail.  They launched
themselves skyward at 9:30 a.m. as if the magic migration alarm clock went
off.  In the next hour, 147 had soured overhead accompanied by 2 Osprey, 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk, 1 Cooper¹s Hawk, 3 American Kestrel and a Merlin.

  24  Common Loon
    4  Double-cr Cormorant
    6  Great Blue Heron
    2  Turkey Vulture
  12  Canada Goose
    1  Mallard
    2  Osprey 
    2  Sharp-shinned Hawk
    1  Cooper's Hawk
147  Broad-winged Hawk
    3  American Kestrel
    1  Merlin
    3  Wild Turkey
132  Ring-billed Gull
    1  Rock Dove
    8  Mourning Dove
    4  Red-bellied Woodpecker
    3  Hairy Woodpecker
    7  Northern Flicker
    2  Pileated Woodpecker
    3  Eastern Phoebe
  16  Blue Jay
    8  American Crow
    2  Fish Crow
    2  N. Rough-winged Swallow
    1  Barn Swallow
    2  Carolina Chickadee
    9  Tufted Titmouse
    3  White-breasted Nuthatch
    4  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  11  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
    7  Eastern Bluebird
  16  American Robin
  22  YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER
    9  PINE WARBLER
  28  PALM WARBLER
  21  Eastern Towhee
    6  Chipping Sparrow
  16  Field Sparrow
    2  Song Sparrow
    6  White-throated Sparrow
  18  Dark-eyed Junco
  16  Northern Cardinal
  11  Red-winged Blackbird
    9  Brown-headed Cowbird
  19  American Goldfinch

Keith Eric Costley

Randallstown, Baltimore County, MD


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