Young Birder Winter Walk at Mount Pleasant
| Trip leaders: Roshan and Vitus Recorder: Roshan Photographer: Chen Chiu |
Date of trip: December 7, 2025 |
| Location: Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant | Number attending: 10 |
| Details: Additional comments: Highlights included a large movement of geese, with 322 Canada Geese and 2 Cackling flying over the Skywatch, as well as majestic views of a Great Blue Heron and several Rusty Blackbirds. Overcast clouds. Temperature: 28 – 42°F. Wind: Light breeze – gentle breeze. Wind Direction: N – S. Cloud Cover: 99 – 100%. Humidity: 64 – 91% | |
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Cackling Goose (Richardson’s) 2
Canada Goose 322
Mallard 1
American Black Duck 5
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1
Mourning Dove 2
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue) 1
Black Vulture 8
Turkey Vulture (Northern) 20
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern) 4
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-shouldered Hawk (lineatus Group) 2
Red-tailed Hawk (borealis) 4
Belted Kingfisher 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker (Eastern) 4
Hairy Woodpecker (Eastern) 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted) 2
Blue Jay 12
American Crow 10
Fish Crow 20
Common Raven 2
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 6
Horned Lark (Eastern dark Group) 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1
White-breasted Nuthatch (Eastern) 2
Winter Wren 2
Carolina Wren (Northern) 5
European Starling 80
Northern Mockingbird 4
Eastern Bluebird (Eastern) 24
Hermit Thrush (faxoni/crymophilus) 2
American Robin (migratorius Group) 30
Cedar Waxwing 60
House Finch (Common) 4
Exotic: Naturalized
Purple Finch (Eastern) 8
American Goldfinch 40
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 18
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored) 20
White-throated Sparrow 60
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah) 2
Song Sparrow (melodia/atlantica) 20
Swamp Sparrow 3
Eastern Towhee (Red-eyed) 2
Eastern Meadowlark (Eastern) 1
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged) 20
Rusty Blackbird 5
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle) 2
Northern Cardinal (Common) 6