Sorry for the late post. Karen and I birded Mt. Pleasant in Howard 
County on Sunday. We met Jeff Culler, Chuck Stirrat and Joe Hanfman 
there as well. We saw a nice mix of fall migrants and arriving winter 
residents. The list is below.

Canada Goose             12
Black Vulture                5
Turkey Vulture              5
Bald Eagle                   1
Sharp-shinned Hawk     1
Cooper Hawk               3
Red-shouldered Hawk   1
Broad-winged Hawk      6
Red-tailed Hawk           2
Am Kestral                   1
Mourning Dove              4
Chimney Swift               6
Red-bellied WP             3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  2
Downy WP                   3
Northern Flicker            12
Tree Swallow                 6
Blue Jay                       15
American Crow              7
Carolina Chickadee        5
Tufted Titmouse             4
White-breasted Nuthatch   4
Brown Creeper              1
Carolina Wren               4
Golden-crowned Kinglet    2
Eastern Bluebird              6
American Robin             10
Gray Catbird                    3
Northern Mockingbird       2
Northern Parula               1
Black-throated Green Warbler   1
Blackburnian Warbler               1
Palm Warbler                          12
Common Yellowthroat              3
Northern Cardinal                    6
Indigo Bunting                         2
Rufous-sided Towhee               2
Field Sparrow                          2
Song Sparrow                          3
Swamp Sparrow                       2
White-throated Sparrow             4
Purple Finch                              6
House Finch                            3
American Goldfinch                  15

        We also had a Red-breasted Nuthatch at the feeder on Saturday 
morning.



Kevin Heffernan
Ellicott City