Yesterday, with sparrows on my mind, I walked through the Granite Area of
Patapsco Valley State Park then into the Hernwood Area. In Granite I found
five species of sparrows and six warbler species. Hernwood had six sparrows
and six warblers.
Sparrows: 2 Chipping Sparrow, 4 Field Sparrow, 9 Savannah Sparrow, 11 Song
Sparrow, 8 - Swamp Sparrow, 94 White-throated Sparrow, 2 White-crowned
Sparrow
Warblers: 1 Northern Parula, 2 Magnolia Warbler, 17 Black-throated Blue
Warbler, 5 Myrtle Warbler, 1 Black-throated Green Warbler, 2 Pine Warbler, 1
American Redstart, 1 Ovenbird, 1 Common Yellowthroat
G* - H** - Species
10 - 0 - Double-crested Cormorant
52 - 0 - Canada Goose
12 - 9 - Black Vulture
16 - 15 - Turkey Vulture
0 - 1 - Osprey
2 - 1 - Sharp-shinned Hawk
4 - 3 - Cooper's Hawk
4 - 2 - Broad-winged Hawk
6 - 3 - Red-tailed Hawk
2 - 0 - Merlin
1 - 1 - Mourning Dove
1 - 0 - Barred Owl
5 - 3 - Chimney Swift
1 - 0 - Belted Kingfisher
5 - 2 - Red-bellied Woodpecker
2 - 1 - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
4 - 1 - Downy Woodpecker
1 - 1 - Hairy Woodpecker
7 - 3 - Northern Flicker
2 - 1 - Pileated Woodpecker
3 - 1 - Eastern Phoebe
24 - 10 - Blue Jay
6 - 45 - American Crow
2 - 0 - Common Raven
15 - 2 - Carolina Chickadee
4 - 3 - Tufted Titmouse
4 - 1 - White-breasted Nuthatch
9 - 2 - Carolina Wren
39 - 11 - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
12 - 0 - American Robin
8 - 4 - Gray Catbird
6 - 2 - Northern Mockingbird
12 - 1 - Cedar Waxwing
1 - 1 - Blue-headed Vireo
0 - 1 - Northern Parula
0 - 2 - Magnolia Warbler
13 - 4 - Black-throated Blue Warbler
4 - 1 - Myrtle Warbler
0 - 1 - Black-throated Green Warbler
2 - 0 - Pine Warbler
1 - 0 - American Redstart
1 - 0 - Ovenbird
1 - 0 - Common Yellowthroat
2 - 0 - Scarlet Tanager
21 - 10 - Northern Cardinal
1 - 0 - Blue Grosbeak
1 - 1 - Indigo Bunting
6 - 1 - Eastern Towhee
0 - 2 - Chipping Sparrow
3 - 1 - Field Sparrow
0 - 9 - Savannah Sparrow
6 - 5 - Song Sparrow
8 - 0 - Swamp Sparrow
74 - 20 - White-throated Sparrow
2 - 0 - White-crowned Sparrow
2 - 0 - Dark-eyed Junco
0 - 33 - Brown-headed Cowbird
0 - 2 - House Finch
4 - 5 - American Goldfinch
50 - 44 Species (59 combined)
*Granite Birds
**Hernwood
Keith Eric Costley
Randallstown, Baltimore County, MD |