A great turnout for our annual Start your 2012 list field trip. We were rewarded with excellent sparrows on our first stop including American Tree, Swamp, Fox and Towhees. A nice mixed flock....  http://flic.kr/p/b5yjg8

Bonnie Ott

Species and places below

Centennial Lake, Howard, US-MD
Jan 1, 2012 7:50 AM - 8:15 AM
Protocol: Traveling
0.5 mile(s)
13 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  200
Mallard  2
Ring-necked Duck  1
crow sp.  6
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Carolina Wren  1
American Robin  2
Northern Mockingbird  1
European Starling  3
White-throated Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  1
Red-winged Blackbird  1
House Finch  2

Mount Pleasant Farm - Howard County Conservancy, Howard, US-MD
Jan 1, 2012 8:25 AM - 10:00 AM
Protocol: Traveling
1.29 mile(s)
34 species

Canada Goose  30
Great Blue Heron  1
Black Vulture  4
Turkey Vulture  4
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Ring-billed Gull  1
Herring Gull  4
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  2
American Crow  2
Fish Crow  1
Horned Lark  4
Carolina Chickadee  2
Tufted Titmouse  2
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  2
Eastern Bluebird  8
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  4
Eastern Towhee  1
American Tree Sparrow  1
Field Sparrow  18     
Fox Sparrow (Red)  1
Song Sparrow  45
Swamp Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  60
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)  50
Northern Cardinal  3
Red-winged Blackbird  3
House Finch  2
American Goldfinch  3

Triadelphia Reservoir--Pigtail Branch, Howard, US-MD
Jan 1, 2012 10:35 AM - 10:50 AM
Protocol: Stationary
10 species

Canada Goose  1
Gadwall  3
Mallard  1
Ring-necked Duck  39
Bufflehead  3
Pied-billed Grebe  7     
Great Blue Heron  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Tufted Titmouse  1
Eastern Towhee  2

Triadelphia Reservoir--Brighton Dam (Howard County), Howard, US-MD
Jan 1, 2012 11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Protocol: Stationary
5 species

Common Merganser  12
Black Vulture  2
Turkey Vulture  2
Bald Eagle  3
Ring-billed Gull  1

Middle Patuxent Environmental Area, Howard, US-MD
Jan 1, 2012 11:40 AM - 12:45 PM
Protocol: Traveling
1.9 mile(s)
14 species

Turkey Vulture  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Blue Jay  1
American Crow  4
Carolina Chickadee  3
Carolina Wren  3
Winter Wren  1
Song Sparrow  2
White-throated Sparrow  20
Northern Cardinal  4


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