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Southwest Area Park Vesper Sparrow

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Jon Corcoran

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Jon Corcoran

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Wed, 6 Apr 2011 17:10:19 -0700

Hello,
I birded Southwest Area Park in Baltimore after work today in hopes of getting in on some of the early warbler action, but came up short, with no warblers observed at all. The highlights were FOY VESPER SPARROW, FOY BARN SPARROW, and an impressive number of Northern Rough-winged Swallows around the ponds and fields adjacent to the boat launch. The Vesper was associating with the Savannah flock that feeds along the bike path, all the way opposite the boat launch. Full list below if interested, also some photos uploaded of the Vesper.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thrasher72/5596615592/

Location:     Southwest Area Park
Observation date:     4/6/11
Number of species:     42

Canada Goose - Branta canadensis     3
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos     8
Northern Shoveler - Anas clypeata     15
Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus     4
Double-crested Cormorant - Phalacrocorax auritus     3
Turkey Vulture - Cathartes aura     2
Osprey - Pandion haliaetus     1
Sharp-shinned Hawk - Accipiter striatus     1
Red-shouldered Hawk - Buteo lineatus     1
American Kestrel - Falco sparverius     1
Ring-billed Gull - Larus delawarensis     8
Great Black-backed Gull - Larus marinus     1
Rock Pigeon - Columba livia     4
Belted Kingfisher - Megaceryle alcyon     1
Red-bellied Woodpecker - Melanerpes carolinus     1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker - Sphyrapicus varius     1
Downy Woodpecker - Picoides pubescens     3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) - Colaptes auratus [auratus Group]     3
Blue Jay - Cyanocitta cristata     1
Fish Crow - Corvus ossifragus     6
crow sp. - Corvus sp. (crow sp.)     8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Stelgidopteryx serripennis     22
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor     6
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica     1
Carolina Chickadee - Poecile carolinensis     2
Tufted Titmouse - Baeolophus bicolor     2
Carolina Wren - Thryothorus ludovicianus     2
Golden-crowned Kinglet - Regulus satrapa     1
Hermit Thrush - Catharus guttatus     1
American Robin - Turdus migratorius     55
Northern Mockingbird - Mimus polyglottos     2
Brown Thrasher - Toxostoma rufum     1
Eastern Towhee - Pipilo erythrophthalmus     3
Field Sparrow - Spizella pusilla     1
Vesper Sparrow - Pooecetes gramineus     1
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern) - Passerculus sandwichensis [savanna Group]     7
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia     12
Swamp Sparrow - Melospiza georgiana     3
White-throated Sparrow - Zonotrichia albicollis     8
Northern Cardinal - Cardinalis cardinalis     4
Red-winged Blackbird - Agelaius phoeniceus     35
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis     1
House Sparrow - Passer domesticus     2

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Take care,
Jon Corcoran
Catonsville, MD

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