Young Birder Fall Walk at Howard County Conservancy
| Trip leader: Roshan & Vitus Recorder: Vitus Photographer: Chen Chiu |
Date of trip: October 25, 2025 |
| Location: Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant | Number attending: 10 |
| Details: Weather: Clear early, cloudy later, 37-59 degrees. Wind: Light W winds. Highlights include a very high 98 Purple Finches moving SW throughout the day, with the constant cacophony of their calls filling the sky, as well as two Peregrines, a Merlin, and good numbers of other raptors. The large cormorant flock and high raven count were after the walk. | |
eBird link with bird photos |
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Canada Goose 9
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 5
Double-crested Cormorant 34
Black Vulture 15
Turkey Vulture (Northern) 50
Sharp-shinned Hawk 7
Cooper’s Hawk 7
Northern Harrier 1
Bald Eagle 6
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) 5
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 4
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 3
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 3
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 7
Merlin (Taiga) 1
Peregrine Falcon 2 (One at 1240, another at 1255)
Eastern Phoebe 1
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Blue Jay 30
American Crow 24
Fish Crow 104
Common Raven 14 (Exact count)
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 2
Tree Swallow 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 5
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 3
Red-breasted Nuthatch 1
Northern House Wren (Northern) 1
Carolina Wren (Northern) 6
European Starling 400
Northern Mockingbird 6
Eastern Bluebird (Eastern) 40
American Robin (migratorius Group) 100
Cedar Waxwing 20
American Pipit 2
House Finch (Common) 16
Purple Finch 98 (Incredible numbers!)
American Goldfinch 20
Chipping Sparrow 18
Field Sparrow 16
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 4
White-crowned Sparrow (Dark-lored) 1
White-throated Sparrow 60
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 40
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 20
Lincoln’s Sparrow 2
Swamp Sparrow 8
Eastern Towhee (Red-eyed) 2
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern) 4
Red-winged Blackbird 35
Brown-headed Cowbird 10
Rusty Blackbird 1
Common Grackle 2
Palm Warbler (Yellow) 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 30
Northern Cardinal (Common) 12