Yesterday, 12/15, I counted birds in the Essex and Bowleys Quarters Road 
areas for the Baltimore Harbor Christmas Count. Below the species and 
numbers of birds seen  are listed.

Essex Area 8:00am - noon

Canada Goose 81
Mallard 129
Ruddy Duck 5
Pied-billed Grebe 2
Gt. Blue Heron 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Bald Eagle 1 (2nd year)
Cooper's Hawk 3
Ring-billed Gull 186
Gt. Black-backed Gull 3
Rock Pigeon 94
Mourning Dove 41
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Downy Woodpecker 6
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
Blue Jay 22
American Crow 25
Fish Crow 18
Crow sp. 207
Carolina Chickadee 18
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 6
Carolina Wren 7
Winter Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
Northern Mockingbird 6
European Starling 95
Eastern Towhee 2
Chipping Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 7
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 110
Dark-eyed Junco 82
Northern Cardinal 26
Red-winged Blackbird 40
RUSTY BLACKBIRD 15 (at Sussex Elementary School- near marsh- feeding on 
ground)
Blackbird sp. 25
House Finch 25
Amer. Goldfinch 8
House Sparrow 110

Bowleys Quarters Road  1:00pm -3:00 pm

Canada Goose 63
Turkey Vulture 1
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 35
Rock Pigeon 6
Mourning Dove 17
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3
Downy Woodpecker 7
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 2
Crow sp. 15
Carolina Chickadee 12
Tufted Titmouse 5
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 250+ they were in the hollies,  reeds and edge of marsh 
water at Miami Beach  
Northern Mockingbird 2
European Starling 50
Eastern Towhee 10 (along marsh path at Miami Beach)
White-throated Sparrow 90
Dark-eyed Junco 4
Northern Cardinal 4
Red-winged Blackbird 35
American Goldfinch 3

Debbie Terry
gt5s @
Timonium, MD