Hi Everyone,

Ed Carlson and I birded Schooley Mill Park in Howard Co. this afternoon. Activity was slow at first, but things picked up in the late afternoon. Here's the full eBird list.

Canada Goose--6
Turkey Vulture--4
Mourning Dove--6
Belted Kingfisher--1
Red-bellied Woodpecker--7
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker--1
Downy Woodpecker--8
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)--1
Pileated Woodpecker--2
Eastern Phoebe--1
Red-eyed Vireo--1
Blue Jay--14
American Crow--2
Carolina Chickadee--14
Tufted Titmouse--9
White-breasted Nuthatch--4
Carolina Wren--6
Winter Wren--1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet--13
Eastern Bluebird--1
Hermit Thrush--5. First of season for us.
American Robin--3
Northern Mockingbird--5
Black-throated Blue Warbler--2 adult males
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)--2
Black-throated Green Warbler--1
Eastern Towhee--3
Chipping Sparrow--1
Field Sparrow--3
Song Sparrow--21
Swamp Sparrow--5
White-throated Sparrow--27
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)--1 juvenile
Northern Cardinal--13
Purple Finch--2. One adult male and one female/immature. The latter did what I call their "vireo" call a few times.
House Finch--2
American Goldfinch--20
Non-avian: Especially vocal Eastern Chipmunks, Pearl Crescent, Orange Sulfurs, Sachems.

Good birding,

Bill

Bill Hubick
Pasadena, Maryland

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