Howard County Bird Club

Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Advanced Beginner/Intermediate:
Improving Your Skills birding workshop

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Trip leader: John Harris
Recorder: Meg Harris
Photographer: Gregg Petersen
Date of trip: October 21, 2023
Location: MPEA Number attending: 9
Details: Partly sunny, windy, 55.
In the parking lot
Along the trail
At the MPEA outdoor classroom
Mature Bald Eagle flying overhead
Eastern Bluebird
Eastern Phoebe

Mourning Dove 2
Black Vulture 6
Turkey Vulture 3
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Bald Eagle1 (Adult)
Red-shouldered Hawk 2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 3
American Kestrel 1 (Near Virginia Pines)
Eastern Phoebe 3
Blue Jay 9
American Crow 3
Common Raven 1
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2 (Good looks near Red 1)
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
Carolina Wren 4
European Starling 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
Hermit Thrush 1
American Robin 10
Cedar Waxwing  40 (Large group foraging near Red 2)
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 1
Chipping Sparrow 3
White-throated Sparrow 27
Song Sparrow 3
Swamp Sparrow 1
Eastern Towhee 5
Common Yellowthroat 2 (Meadow near Red 1)
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6 (Virginia pines)
Northern Cardinal 12