Beginning Birding:
Howard County Conservancy

Trip leader: Mary Maxey
Recorder: Val Swan
Date of trip: November 2, 2024
Location: Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant Number attending: 11
Details: After a comprehensive overview of beginning birder topics, we enjoyed viewing a variety of woodpeckers, sparrows, and residents while being serenaded by red- shouldered hawks!

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Photographer: Jayden Ward
Photographer: Val Swan
Photographer: Val Swan

Mourning Dove  4
Turkey Vulture  7
Bald Eagle  1
Red-shouldered Hawk  3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker  1
Red-bellied Woodpecker  1
Downy Woodpecker  2
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Eastern Phoebe  1
Blue Jay  2
Fish Crow  5
Tufted Titmouse  1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet  1
Carolina Wren  1
European Starling  5
Northern Mockingbird  2
Eastern Bluebird  10
American Robin  12
Cedar Waxwing  60
American Goldfinch  13
White-throated Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  1
Northern Cardinal  1