Howard County Bird Club

Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Mount Pleasant Habitat Discovery:
Flyovers/Hawk Watch (and more…)

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Trip leader: Bonnie Ott
Recorder: Kurt Schwarz
Date of trip: September 13, 2022
Location: Mount Pleasant Number attending: 6
Noteworthy: Rivers of Chimney Swifts, three Broad-winged Hawks (one far away but identifiable), and a Red-breasted Nuthatch against puffy clouds

Broad-winged Hawk-1

Lynn Gregg

Broad-winged Hawk-2

Lynn Gregg

Cooper’s Hawk

Lynn Gregg

Red-shouldered Hawk

Lynn Gregg

Citrus Flatid Planthopper

Kurt Schwarz

Salt Marsh Moth

Kurt Schwarz

Spicebush Swallowtail

Kurt Schwarz

White M Hairstreak

Kurt Schwarz

Birds

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  2
Mourning Dove  6
Chimney Swift  380
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  1
Turkey Vulture  109
Osprey  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper’s Hawk  6
Bald Eagle  7
Red-shouldered Hawk  7
Broad-winged Hawk  3
Red-tailed Hawk  4
Buteo sp.  4
Red-headed Woodpecker  1

 

Red-bellied Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)  4
American Kestrel  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
crow sp.  10
Red-breasted Nuthatch  1
Carolina Wren  3
European Starling  25
American Robin  1
American Goldfinch  22
Common Grackle  1
Common Yellowthroat  3

Other

Sachem
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Clouded Sulphur
Variegated Fritillary
Monarch

Common Green Darner
Wandering Glider
Black Saddlebags

Citrus Flatid Planthopper
Salt Marsh Moth
Spicebush Swallowtail
White M Hairstreak