Doh! I forgot the Swamp Sparrow.

Keith Eric Costley

Randallstown, Baltimore County, MD

on 4/23/06 8:46 PM, Keith Eric Costley at  wrote:

> The Baltimore Bird Club walk in the Granite Area of Patapsco Valley State
> Park was very nice. The overcast skies did not release the rain until the
> six participates had returned to the shelter in their cars. Just before 7:3=
> 0
> three Osprey flew over The Woodstock Inn and continued their flight South
> (!?!). Most of the walk was quiet and we enjoyed the beauty of Granite as
> the effects of the last nights rain and Spring awakened the forest.
> 
> We heard the songs of a lone House Wren, several Ruby-crowned Kinglets,
> Louisiana Waterthrush, Northern Parula, Myrtle and Pine Warbler. The
> warblers that were encountered were cooperative, and we found them with a
> little patience and teamwork. Other highlights included the White-eyed Vire=
> o
> singing, the Purple Finch (I hope someone else saw it), the reliable
> sighting of the Pileated Woodpeckers.
> 
> I really enjoyed the company, the rhythmic sloshing of sound of six birders
> in the mud ...and the birds. Thank you you joining me =AD I know your out
> there.
> 
>   3  Black Vulture=20
>   5  Turkey Vulture
>   4  Canada Goose =20
>   1  Wood Duck  =20
>   6  Osprey  =20
>   1  Cooper's Hawk=20
>   1  Red-shouldered Hawk
>   1  Broad-winged Hawk
>   2  Rock Pigeon  =20
>   7  Mourning Dove=20
>   1  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
>   5  Red-bellied Woodpecker
>   3  Downy Woodpecker
>   2  Northern Flicker
>   4  Pileated Woodpecker
>   1  White-eyed Vireo
>   4  Blue Jay  =20
>   7  American Crow=20
>   2  Fish Crow  =20
>   4  Northern Rough-winged Swallow
>   7  Carolina Chickadee
>   8  Tufted Titmouse
>   1  White-breasted Nuthatch
>   3  Carolina Wren=20
>   1  House Wren  =20
>   7  Ruby-crowned Kinglet
>   6  Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
>   1  Eastern Bluebird
>   1  Hermit Thrush=20
>   6  American Robin
>   1  Northern Mockingbird
>   2  European Starling
>   5  Northern Parula
>   7  Myrtle Warbler
>   3  Pine Warbler =20
>   2  Ovenbird  =20
>   6  Louisiana Waterthrush
>   4  Eastern Towhee
>   1  Chipping Sparrow
> 26  White-throated Sparrow
>   1  Dark-eyed Junco
>   6  Northern Cardinal
>   2  Common Grackle
>   1  Purple Finch =20
>   8  American Goldfinch
>   5  House Sparrow=20
> 
> Keith Eric Costley
> 
Randallstown, Baltimore County, MD