Hello all. 

A good Sunday walk at Lake Shore Athletic Complex yielded some good seasonal birds.  Two somewhat unexpected flocks of crows flew over at about 1030.  

The Purple Finch was the highlight of the day and was hanging around some brush near the last parking lot. Not a bad day. 

Totals:

Black Vulture: 1
Turkey Vulture: 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk: 1  
Ring-billed Gull: 2 flyover
Mourning Dove: 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker: 3
Northern Flicker: 2
Downy Woodpecker: 2
Eastern Phoebe: 2
American Crow: 20+
Fish Crow: 1
Crow sp.: 25  
Blue Jay: 12
Carolina Chickadee: 8
Tufted Titmouse: 3
Carolina Wren: 5
Ruby-crowned Kinglet: 5
Eastern Bluebird: 11
Hermit Thrush: 5
American Robin: 15
Northern Mockingbird: 2
Brown Thrasher: 1
European Starling: 220+
Cedar Waxwing: 2
Palm Warbler: 1 yellow
Myrtle Warbler: 2
Eastern Towhee: 3
Song Sparrow: 3
Savannah Sparrow: 1
White-throated Sparrow: 22
Chipping Sparrow: 1
Dark-eyed Junco: 12
Northern Cardinal: 10
Red-winged Blackbird: 10
Common Grackle: 37
House Finch: 14
Purple Finch: 1
American Goldfinch: 3

Butterflies:

Orange Sulphur: 1


Matt Grey
Pasadena, MD