I birded Swan Harbor near Aberdeen in Harford County this morning and then
trucked on down to North Point to see what it was like there. I started at
Swan Harbor this morning at about 7:00 a.m.. the highlights there were the 2
Soras, 2 Virginia Rails and 1 American Bittern. After spending an hour and a
half and seeing over 60 species of birds there, I decided that the place to
be was likely Fort Howard Park. Fort Howard was the happening place this
morning. I'm sorry that I didn't get there at dawn. Even though I arrived at
9:00, the place was a beehive of activity and the birds were nearly dripping
from the trees. I've only seen it better than this on a spring day once
before and that was about 30 years ago. Today, the birds were not quite as
numerous and the diversity was not as high, but it was a remarkable day none
the less. The cacophony of sounds from the singing birds made it very
difficult to focus on any one species to identify it by song at times. By
far the most numerous species was Myrtle Warbler. Although I listed 57 of
them, it could have easily been twice that many. I tried to be conservative
on all of the counts due to my circling route through the park and the
possibility that I might count the same birds twice. Considering the amount
of activity there and the fact that nearly every tree held at least one bird
at any given time, I really think that I could have gone much higher on some
of the species. Oh well, I'd rather err on the light side..
Here are the lists:
Location: Swan Harbor Farm Park
Observation date: 5/3/08
Number of species: 62
Canada Goose 11
Wood Duck 8
Mallard 4
Green-winged Teal (American) 2
Pied-billed Grebe 1
American Bittern 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 3
Virginia Rail 2
Sora 2
American Coot 1
Killdeer 3
Solitary Sandpiper 4
Greater Yellowlegs 4
Lesser Yellowlegs 3
Semipalmated Sandpiper 18
Least Sandpiper 29
Wilson's Snipe 2
Ring-billed Gull 47
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Red-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 6
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 35
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Bank Swallow 2
Barn Swallow 10
Carolina Chickadee 5
Tufted Titmouse 3
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Carolina Wren 2
House Wren 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
Wood Thrush 2
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 2
European Starling 23
Northern Parula 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 4
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 17
Song Sparrow 4
Swamp Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 2
Bobolink 2
Red-winged Blackbird 71
Common Grackle (Purple) 1
Brown-headed Cowbird 1
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 7
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Location: Fort Howard Park
Observation date: 5/3/08
Number of species: 67
Canada Goose 2
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Cattle Egret 4 Egrets were on farm property .8 miles outside of park
gate on east side of road.
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 2
Broad-winged Hawk 1
Ring-billed Gull 2
Caspian Tern 1
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Eastern Kingbird 8
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Warbling Vireo 1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 4
Fish Crow 3
Purple Martin 3
Carolina Chickadee 8
Tufted Titmouse 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2
Carolina Wren 6
House Wren 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 7
Eastern Bluebird 5
Veery 2
American Robin 4
Gray Catbird 14
Northern Mockingbird 1
European Starling 4
Nashville Warbler 1
Northern Parula 7
Yellow Warbler 6
Magnolia Warbler 2
Cape May Warbler 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 11
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 57
Black-throated Green Warbler 9
Blackburnian Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Palm Warbler (Western) 1
Black-and-white Warbler 9
American Redstart 4
Ovenbird 3
Common Yellowthroat 5
Hooded Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Song Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 35
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern) 1
Northern Cardinal 6
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 1
Blue Grosbeak 1
Indigo Bunting 11
Bobolink 19
Red-winged Blackbird 2
Common Grackle (Purple) 4
Orchard Oriole 1
Baltimore Oriole 2
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 27
House Sparrow 2
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Location: North Point SP
Observation date: 5/3/08
Number of species: 33
Double-crested Cormorant 26
Bald Eagle 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Eastern) 1
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Forster's Tern 2
Mourning Dove 2
Chimney Swift 3
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Red-eyed Vireo 5
Blue Jay 2
Tree Swallow 4
Barn Swallow 4
Tufted Titmouse 3
Carolina Wren 3
American Robin 2
Gray Catbird 9
Northern Mockingbird 1
Black-throated Blue Warbler 3
Black-throated Green Warbler 3
Black-and-white Warbler 2
Worm-eating Warbler 2
Ovenbird 1
Common Yellowthroat 7
Scarlet Tanager 1
Chipping Sparrow 2
Northern Cardinal 6
Indigo Bunting 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Common Grackle (Purple) 9
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 4
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Ed Boyd
Westminster, MD |