Saturday and Sunday we took groups of 10 and 14 to the private University of
MD Central Farm searching for the Clay-colored and Nelson's Sparrows which
we had on Friday. Unfortunately we did not relocate them. Friday night must
have been a good night to migrate.
Saturday morning brought in a large number of Swamp Sparrows.
This morning, Sunday 10/16 we had great views of a MARSH WREN and a late
GRASSHOPPER SPARROW. The other highlight was a DICKCISSEL.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT BIRDERS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BIRD THIS PROPERTY UNLESS
THEY ARE PART OF A SCHEDULED BIRD WALK. We have tried to accomadate all
birders who have requested to bird here and recently have had birders from
Baltimore, Montgomery, PG, Anne Arundel, and Carroll Counties.

The complete lists from Sunday and Saturday are below.


University of Maryland Central Farm (private), Howard, US-MD
Oct 16, 2011 7:00 AM - 10:10 AM
Protocol: Traveling 1.66 mile(s)
46 species

Canada Goose  175
Mallard  1
Great Blue Heron  1
Green Heron  1     Continuing
Black Vulture  3
Turkey Vulture  5
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Killdeer  40
Rock Pigeon  200
Mourning Dove  2
Chimney Swift  4
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  8
American Crow  6
Fish Crow  350     Leaving their roost
Horned Lark  2
Carolina Wren  2
Marsh Wren  1     Excellent views. Pale breast, rufous back and rump.
Eastern Bluebird  8
American Robin  6
European Starling  36
American Pipit  10
Nashville Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  2
Palm Warbler (Western)  2
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  8
Chipping Sparrow  2
Field Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)  35
Grasshopper Sparrow  1     Getting late. First spotted by John Dennehy.
Unstreaked buffy breast, flat head, big eye with eyering, large bill, white
median crown-stripe.
Song Sparrow  70
Lincoln's Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  30
White-throated Sparrow  1
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)  4
Northern Cardinal  1
Dickcissel  1     First spotted by Nancy Magnusson. Perched briefly and seen
by others in flight. I did not see alot of black in the throat so it may
have been a female of immature male. Did show some rufous in the wing.
Red-winged Blackbird  85
American Goldfinch  4


University of Maryland Central Farm (private), Howard, US-MD
Oct 15, 2011 7:00 AM - 9:40 AM
Protocol: Traveling 1.59 mile(s)
48 species

Canada Goose  76
Wood Duck  2
Mallard  1
Green Heron  1     Not really rare for this location and date
Turkey Vulture  3
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Red-tailed Hawk  2
American Kestrel  1
Killdeer  40
Rock Pigeon  200
Mourning Dove  13
Chimney Swift  6

Belted Kingfisher    1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  2
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  10
Fish Crow  175     Leaving their roost
Horned Lark  2
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  2
Carolina Wren  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Eastern Bluebird  8
American Robin  6
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  36
American Pipit  1
Blackpoll Warbler  1
Palm Warbler (Yellow)  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  10
Black-throated Green Warbler  1
Chipping Sparrow  8
Savannah Sparrow (Eastern)  40
Song Sparrow  60
Lincoln's Sparrow  2
Swamp Sparrow  40
White-throated Sparrow  1
White-crowned Sparrow (Eastern)  3
Indigo Bunting  1
Red-winged Blackbird  30
American Goldfinch  5

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (http://ebird.org)
-- 
Joe Hanfman
Columbia, MD

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