Lou Nielson and I found birding at Fort McHenry very exciting this morning,
Not many warblers to talk about; but Lou had an nine sparrow day and I saw
seven species before going to work.
Field Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Lifer)
Seaside Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow (Lou)
White-crowed Sparrow (Lou)
We found a lot of great birds today, check it out...
Location: Fort McHenry NHM
Observation date: 4/29/09
Number of species: 55
Canada Goose 4
Mallard 6
Bufflehead 7
Double-crested Cormorant 3
Green Heron 1
Black-crowned Night-Heron 2
Glossy Ibis 2
Osprey 1
American Coot 1
Killdeer 2
Spotted Sandpiper 1
Ring-billed Gull 8
Herring Gull 4
Great Black-backed Gull 1
Mourning Dove 3
Chuck-will's-widow 1 Fantastic look at a bird that flushed from the
trail, flew away, turned and came back (twice) then landed on the upper
trail.
Chimney Swift 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 1
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
Eastern Kingbird 4
Blue Jay 2
Fish Crow 3
Tree Swallow 30
Barn Swallow 2
House Wren 3
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 1
Veery 1
Swainson's Thrush 1
Hermit Thrush 2
Wood Thrush 1
American Robin 9
Gray Catbird 26
Northern Mockingbird 4
Brown Thrasher 2
European Starling 4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 3
Ovenbird 2
Common Yellowthroat 6
Eastern Towhee 4
Field Sparrow 1
Savannah Sparrow 2
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow 1 Feeding on the rip rap near the
first wetland trail bridge. Lifer.
Seaside Sparrow 2 Feeding on the rip rap near the first wetland
trail bridge.
Song Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 23
White-throated Sparrow 34
Blue Grosbeak 1
Red-winged Blackbird 14
Common Grackle 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 3
Orchard Oriole 2
Baltimore Oriole 1
American Goldfinch 3
House Sparrow 1
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)
Keith Eric Costley
Randallstown, Baltimore County, MD |