Howard County Bird Club
A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society
Smith Island
| Trip leader: Joe Hanfman & Nancy O’Hara | Date of trip: April 30, 2022 |
| Location: Smith Island | Number attending: 40 |
| Details: Point Lookout, the boat ride to Smith Island and Smith Island. Although it would have been impossible for people to see every species, we had a great day, calm seas, great weather, lots of birds, and numerous lifers. Great cooperation between the Baltimore and Howard Bird clubs. Lots of help from many participants. | |
8 Canada Goose
2 Wood Duck
4 Mallard
24 American Black Duck
2 Black Scoter
6 Red-breasted Merganser
2 Horned Grebe
16 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)
3 Mourning Dove
3 Chimney Swift
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird
4 Clapper Rail
2 Virginia Rail
7 American Oystercatcher
4 Semipalmated Plover
30 Dunlin
1 Least Sandpiper
1 Spotted Sandpiper
4 Greater Yellowlegs
10 Willet (Eastern)
4 Lesser Yellowlegs
31 Laughing Gull
10 Ring-billed Gull
280 Herring Gull
1 Glaucous Gull
22 Great Black-backed Gull
2 Caspian Tern
12 Common Tern
8 Forster’s Tern
38 Royal Tern
5 Red-throated Loon
9 Common Loon
205 Double-crested Cormorant
120 Brown Pelican
14 Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)
8 Great Egret (American)
2 Snowy Egret
8 Little Blue Heron
14 Tricolored Heron
1 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
22 Glossy Ibis
2 Black Vulture
6 Turkey Vulture
21 Osprey (carolinensis)
1 Northern Harrier
4 Bald Eagle
2 Red-shouldered Hawk
1 Belted Kingfisher
3 Red-headed Woodpecker
1 Red-bellied Woodpecker
1 Northern Flicker
1 Peregrine Falcon
2 Great Crested Flycatcher
1 Eastern Kingbird
1 Blue-headed Vireo
1 Red-eyed Vireo
1 Blue Jay
6 American Crow
17 Fish Crow
2 Tufted Titmouse
5 Purple Martin
2 Tree Swallow
51 Barn Swallow
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet
1 White-breasted Nuthatch
3 Brown-headed Nuthatch
3 House Wren
1 Marsh Wren
8 Carolina Wren
14 European Starling
3 Gray Catbird
1 Brown Thrasher
6 Northern Mockingbird
11 Eastern Bluebird
1 American Robin
19 House Sparrow
2 House Finch
3 American Goldfinch
4 Chipping Sparrow
14 White-throated Sparrow
11 Seaside Sparrow
1 Saltmarsh Sparrow
26 Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)
5 Song Sparrow
1 Swamp Sparrow
1 Eastern Towhee
1 Eastern Meadowlark
2 Orchard Oriole
1 Baltimore Oriole
42 Red-winged Blackbird
4 Brown-headed Cowbird
1 Rusty Blackbird
16 Common Grackle
8 Boat-tailed Grackle
1 Worm-eating Warbler
3 Black-and-white Warbler
7 Common Yellowthroat
2 Northern Parula
1 Yellow Warbler
1 Blackpoll Warbler
2 Black-throated Blue Warbler
1 Palm Warbler (Yellow)
4 Pine Warbler
12 Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)
1 Prairie Warbler
1 Summer Tanager
9 Northern Cardinal
2 Blue Grosbeak