Young Birder Fall Warblers Walk
at Howard County Conservancy

Trip leaders:Roshan Vignarajah & Vitus Li
Recorder: Roshan Vignarajah
Adult sponsors: Chen Chiu & Terri Berkheimer
Photographer: Gregg Petersen
Date of trip: August 28, 2024
Location: Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant Number attending: 24
Details: Overcast clouds 69 – 70°F. Wind: Mostly calm – moderate breeze. Wind Direction: E. Cloud Cover: 100%. Humidity: 96 – 97%. Weather generated by RainCrow. Relatively slow day. The trip began in partly cloudy weather but we were shrouded in a mist by 9 am.

eBird link with bird photos

Before starting
On the trail

Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  1
Mourning Dove  10
Chimney Swift  8
Ruby-throated Hummingbird  1
Herring Gull  1
Turkey Vulture  2
Cooper’s Hawk  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  2
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-headed Woodpecker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  3
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  5
American Kestrel  2
Eastern Wood-Pewee  1
Eastern Phoebe  3
White-eyed Vireo  1
Red-eyed Vireo 3
Blue Jay  84
American Crow  50
Fish Crow  1
Common Raven  1
Carolina Chickadee  5
Tufted Titmouse  5
Tree Swallow  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
White-breasted Nuthatch  1
House Wren  2

Carolina Wren  4
European Starling  50
Gray Catbird  10
Brown Thrasher  1
Northern Mockingbird  1
Eastern Bluebird  7
American Robin  35
Cedar Waxwing  2
House Sparrow  3
House Finch  4
American Goldfinch  6
Chipping Sparrow  10
White-crowned Sparrow  1
Song Sparrow  2
Brown-headed Cowbird  1
Common Grackle  4
Ovenbird  1
Black-and-white Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  5
American Redstart  3
Magnolia Warbler  1
Bay-breasted Warbler 1
Chestnut-sided Warbler  1
Palm Warbler 1
Pine Warbler  1
Prairie Warbler  1
Northern Cardinal  4
Rose-breasted Grosbeak  1
Indigo Bunting  2

Teri Berkheimer (L) and Gregg Petersen (R) present "thank you" coin to Chen Chiu
The youngest "Young Birder"