This morning I birded a couple of familiar spots close to home. Highlights  
at Southwest Area Park were 1 heard-only RING-NECKED PHEASANT, my first 
SPOTTED  SANDPIPER of the year, 3 WILSON'S SNIPE, good numbers of SAVANNAH 
SPARROWS, one  FOX SPARROW getting late, and one EASTERN MEADOWLARK flushed in 
the north  field.
 
Later I stopped briefly at the Mears farm area of Patapsco Valley State  
Park and found nothing notable except for a pair of AMERICAN KESTREL who 
seemed  to be very much a pair.
 
Joel Martin
Catonsville, MD
 
Location:     Southwest Area Park
Observation date:   4/10/10
Notes:     Weather sunny, 50-55 degrees  F, wind 5-10 SW.
Number of species:      35

Mallard     2
Ring-necked Pheasant   1
Double-crested Cormorant     2
Black  Vulture     6
Turkey Vulture      8
Osprey     2
Killdeer     1
Spotted  Sandpiper     1
Wilson's Snipe      3
Ring-billed Gull     5
Herring Gull      1
Mourning Dove     1
Downy Woodpecker      2
American Crow     1
Fish Crow      4
Tree Swallow     1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow   4
Carolina Chickadee     2
Carolina Wren   2
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher     4
American  Robin     25
European Starling      5
Yellow-rumped Warbler     1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)   4
Savannah Sparrow     14
Fox Sparrow   1
Song Sparrow     3
Swamp Sparrow   1
White-throated Sparrow     12
Northern  Cardinal     2
Red-winged Blackbird      20
Eastern Meadowlark     1
Common Grackle   4
Brown-headed Cowbird     2
American  Goldfinch     10

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