Howard County Bird Club
A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society
Dick Smith Memorial Walk at Elkhorn Garden Plot
| Trip leader: Linda Hunt Bird Recorder: Kelsey Wellons |
Date of trip: September 1, 2019 |
| Location: Elkhorn Garden Plot | Number attending: 20 |
| Details: Many good butterflies including a Giant Swallowtail at the end of the walk! 28 species plus monarch caterpillars. | |
Horace’s Duskywing: 1
Wild Indigo Duskywing: 3
Common Checkered-Skipper: 2
Common Sootywing: 1
Clouded Skipper: 4
Least Skipper: 12
Fiery Skipper: 1
Peck’s Skipper: 9
Sachem: 25
Zabulon Skipper: 7
Dun Skipper: 1
Black Swallowtail: 3
Giant Swallowtail: 1
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail: 20
Spicebush Swallowtail: 2
Cabbage White: 15
Clouded Sulphur: 4
Orange Sulphur: 4
Cloudless Sulphur: 1
Sleepy Orange: 1
Gray Hairstreak: 2
Eastern Tailed-Blue: 2
Variegated Fritillary: 14
Painted Lady: 1
Red Admiral: 1
Common Buckeye: 21
Red-spotted Purple: 3
Common Wood-Nymph:
Monarch-adult: 1
Monarch-caterpillar: 2
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2
Red-shouldered Hawk 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 4
Carolina Wren 1
European Starling 11
Northern Mockingbird 1
House Sparrow 13
American Goldfinch 9
Song Sparrow 1
Red-winged Blackbird 1
Northern Cardinal 7