Hi Folks!

I took Matt's invitation to do some sparrowing in Harford.  From 7:00-9:30 I 
checked the fields in the Perryman area near Chelsea Road.  This is hedgerows, 
overgrown field and patches of recently harvested soybean.  In the dirt 
soybean fields were 2 Horned Lakrs & 14 Killdeer.  The hedgerows had:

White-crown Sparrow 28
White-throated Sparrow 6
Song Sparow 14
Swamp Sparrow 12
Chipping Sparrow 6
Field Sparrow 6
Savannah Sparrow 18
Lincoln's Sparrow 3
Yellow Palm Warbler 1

scounting the fields were 3 American Kestrels and a Cooper's Hawk that tried 
to grab a Sharp-shinned!

A wood patch had among the chickadees, timice, downies, and cardinals:

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 8
Indigo Bunting 4

Swan Harbor was nice, but after tromping in the marsh cell [in several places 
almost to my knees in water] I failed to find a Nelson's Sparrow or a bittern 
or any rail, but there were:

Green-winged Teal 41
Blue-winged Teal 1
Lesser Yellowlegs 2
Pectoral Sandpiper 1
Wilson's Snipe 8
Tree Swallow 20
Horned Lark 4
Western Palm Warbler 1
Savannah Sparrow 12
Swamp Sparrow 16
Song Sparrow 24
Bobolink 3

The wind was gusty by 12:30, so I called it a day.

Good Birding!

Jim

Jim Stasz
North Beach MD