Lake Elkhorn

Trip leader: Allen Lewis
Recorder: Val Swan
Photographers: Gregg Petersen & Mary Lou Clark		 Date of trip: January 16, 2025
Location: Lake Elkhorn Number attending: 9
Details: Howard County Council member Christiana Rigby joined members of the club for the walk.

eBird link with bird photos
Before starting out (photo by Petersen)
Trying to find a bird (Clark)
Where is the bird? (photo by Clark)

Mourning Dove  14
Ring-billed Gull  1
Turkey Vulture  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  4
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  1
Blue Jay  3
American Crow  3
Fish Crow  6
Carolina Chickadee  1
Tufted Titmouse  3

White-breasted Nuthatch  3
Winter Wren  1
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  48
Eastern Bluebird  5
House Sparrow  20
House Finch  7
American Goldfinch  6
Dark-eyed Junco  21
White-throated Sparrow  25
Song Sparrow  10
Red-winged Blackbird  3
Northern Cardinal  4

Council member Rigby (center) receives a "thank you" coin from Vice President Val Swan and President Gregg Petersen (photo by Clark)
Getting used to the binoculars (photo by Petersen)