Braved a cold morning and walked the mine trails at Soldier's Delight to get some exercise. Of course birded along the way. Ran into Jerry Tartabull who was birding as well. Overall, pretty standard stuff with a few exceptions. Had my first COMMON RAVEN for the park, being chased by crows. Also found a nice mixed sparrow flock, complete with FOX SPARROW and LINCOLN'S SPARROW.

Here's the list:

Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Red-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Downy Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Crow
COMMON RAVEN
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Hermit Thrush
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Northern Cardinal
American Goldfinch

Happy birding!

dcs

David C. Smith
Owings Mills, MD