Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Earth Day at Mount Pleasant

Trip leaders: Dave Ziolkowski, Kurt Schwarz, and Gregg Petersen Date of trip: April 20, 2024
Location: Mount Pleasant Number attending: 19
Details: Started overcast, then sunny. Temperature started at 52° rose to 60°.
Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Eastern Ratsnake. Photo by Cris Ausin
Eastern Painted Turtle. Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Eastern-tailed Blue. Photo by Cris Ausin.
White-eyed Vireo. Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Broad-winged Hawk. Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Blue-grey Gnatcatcher. Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Eastern Meadowlark. Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Orchard Oriole. Photo by Gregg Petersen.
Common Yellowthroat. Photo by Gregg Petersen.

Canada Goose  4
Mourning Dove  9
Green Heron  1
Black Vulture  8
Turkey Vulture  15
Osprey  2
Cooper’s Hawk  2
Bald Eagle  2
Red-shouldered Hawk  5
Broad-winged Hawk  14
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
Eastern Phoebe  2
White-eyed Vireo  7
Blue Jay  6
American Crow  5
Fish Crow  3
Tufted Titmouse  6
Tree Swallow  9
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  3
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  15

House Wren  1
Carolina Wren  17
European Starling  7
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  4
Eastern Bluebird  10
American Robin  3
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  3
Field Sparrow  9
White-throated Sparrow  8
Savannah Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  1
Lincoln’s Sparrow  1
Swamp Sparrow  5
Eastern Towhee  1
Eastern Meadowlark  6
Orchard Oriole  1
Red-winged Blackbird  12
Brown-headed Cowbird  11
Common Grackle  5
Common Yellowthroat  6
Yellow Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  5
Black-throated Green Warbler
Northern Cardinal  20