Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Sharps at Waterford Farm

Trip leader: Wes Earp
Recorder: John Harris
Date of trip: March 30, 2024
Location: Sharps at Waterford Farm Number attending: 23
Details: Sunny, 50s. President Gregg Petersen presented a “thank you” coin to Meagan Bolcar, newsletter editor.
Photo by Val Swan
Photo by Val Swan
Photo by Val Swan

Canada Goose  15
Wood Duck  3
American Black Duck  2
Mourning Dove  24
Killdeer  2
Wilson’s Snipe  5
Ring-billed Gull  1
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  1
Black Vulture  7
Turkey Vulture  12
Osprey  1
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Bald Eagle  4
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  2
Belted Kingfisher  2
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  3
Red-bellied Woodpecker  6
Downy Woodpecker  5
Pileated Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  3
Eastern Phoebe  4
Blue Jay  18
American Crow  4
Fish Crow  5
Common Raven  2
Carolina Chickadee  3
Tufted Titmouse  6
Horned Lark  2
Tree Swallow  21
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Golden-crowned Kinglet  5
White-breasted Nuthatch  2
Carolina Wren  10
European Starling  6
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  10
Eastern Bluebird  15
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  13
Cedar Waxwing  2
House Sparrow  10
American Goldfinch  3
Field Sparrow  5
Dark-eyed Junco  2
White-crowned Sparrow  1
White-throated Sparrow  9
Vesper Sparrow  1     Rare now. J on cheek, prominent eye ring, white outer tail feathers. Seen in field between barn and flats b
Savannah Sparrow  4
Song Sparrow  42
Swamp Sparrow  3
Eastern Towhee  7
Red-winged Blackbird  21
Brown-headed Cowbird  2
Rusty Blackbird  2
Common Grackle  47
Pine Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  26

Horned Lark. Photo by Yi-Ying Lee.
President Gregg Petersen (right) presents "thank you" coin to Meagan Bolcar, newsletter editor. Photo by Val Swan.