Young Birder Summer Walk
at Howard County Conservancy
| Trip leader & Recorder: Roshan Vignarajah and Vitus Li Photographer: Chen Chiu |
Date of trip: June 6, 2026 |
| Location: | Number attending: 9 (3 adults, 6 youth) |
| Details:
75F and mostly cloudy
Fairly good number of birds for the time of year. Bird highlights included several Willow Flycatchers, juvenile Common Ravens, and the local Red-shouldered Hawks carrying food to their nest.
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eBird link with bird photos |
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Canada Goose 15
Mourning Dove 4
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 1
Chimney Swift 20
Double-crested Cormorant 1
Green Heron 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Black Vulture 3
Turkey Vulture 12
Osprey 1
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) 4
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 3
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Eastern Wood-Pewee 1
Acadian Flycatcher 1
Willow Flycatcher 4
Eastern Phoebe 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 3
Eastern Kingbird 4
White-eyed Vireo 2
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 3
Common Raven 3
Carolina Chickadee 3
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 15
Purple Martin 2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 2
Barn Swallow (American) 6
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10
Northern House Wren 6
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 20
Exotic: Naturalized
Gray Catbird 5
Northern Mockingbird 8
Eastern Bluebird 10
American Robin 15
Cedar Waxwing 6
House Sparrow 3
House Finch 2
American Goldfinch 20
Chipping Sparrow 5
Field Sparrow 4
Song Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee (Red-eyed) 1
Yellow-breasted Chat 6
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Orchard Oriole 2
Red-winged Blackbird 5
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Common Grackle 3
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Parula 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 1
Prairie Warbler 1
Scarlet Tanager 2
Northern Cardinal 10
Blue Grosbeak 2
Indigo Bunting 5