My wife Jane and I joined the Anne Arundel Bird Club on their trip to
Patuxent River Park on Saturday 9/13/08. The highlights were 16 Sora's and 1
Least Bittern. Our guide and boat captain Greg did a great job getting us
excellent views of several Sora's (adult and juveniles). The bird list below
is not the official trip list but my personal list.  


Location:     Patuxent River Park
Observation date:     9/13/08
Number of species:     40

Canada Goose     16
Wood Duck     12
Mallard     6
Blue-winged Teal     11
Green-winged Teal     12
Least Bittern     1
Great Blue Heron     4
Great Egret     2
Green Heron     1
Turkey Vulture     1
Northern Harrier     1
Cooper's Hawk     1
Red-shouldered Hawk     2
Red-tailed Hawk     1
American Kestrel     1
Sora     9 PG; 7 additional Sora's on the AA County side. 
Laughing Gull     15
Ring-billed Gull     1
Caspian Tern     2
Mourning Dove     3
Chimney Swift     3
Belted Kingfisher     1
Hairy Woodpecker     2
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Eastern Wood-Pewee     1
Eastern Phoebe     1
White-eyed Vireo     2
Red-eyed Vireo     1
American Crow     4
Barn Swallow     1
White-breasted Nuthatch     1
Carolina Wren     1
Marsh Wren     10
Northern Waterthrush     1
Common Yellowthroat     12
Northern Cardinal     4
Bobolink     6
Red-winged Blackbird     150
House Finch     1
American Goldfinch     1

Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD