This is turning out to be the best winter for sparrows at the Conservancy 
that I can recall. An amazing morning with wonderful numbers of birds.
At one point I had on the netting fence an American Tree, Swamp, Song, 
Field, White-throat in view at one time though the bins! I was very excited 
to find a LINCOLN'S Sparrow....extremely rare wintering sparrow for Howard. 
I keep looking for the potential rarity to show up since the numbers of 
birds are so high.

Mount Pleasant Farm - Howard County Conservancy, Howard, US-MD
Jan 8, 2012 7:15 AM - 9:33 AM
Protocol: Traveling
3.79 mile(s)
36 species

Canada Goose  48
Black Vulture  8
Turkey Vulture  16
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Rock Pigeon  8
Mourning Dove  14
Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  2
Blue Jay  4
American Crow  45
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  3
Winter Wren  1
Eastern Bluebird  14
Northern Mockingbird  3
European Starling  6
Eastern Towhee  3
American Tree Sparrow  6
Field Sparrow  22
Savannah Sparrow  9
Fox Sparrow  3
Song Sparrow  65
Lincoln's Sparrow  1     clean little Melospiza, buffy wash on white breast, 
very fine streaking sharply defined. Cresting head...
seen in close proximity to Swamp and Song for lovely comparison.
Swamp Sparrow  3
White-throated Sparrow  125
Dark-eyed Junco  79
Northern Cardinal  6
Red-winged Blackbird  1
House Finch  6
American Goldfinch  4

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