Birds and Beverages Feeder Watch and Walk during the Great Backyard Bird Count
| Trip leaders: Woody Merkle, Val Swan, & Terri Berkheimer Recorder: Val Swan |
Date of trip: February 14, 2026 |
| Location: Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant | Number attending: 28 |
| Details: In addition to noting birds at the feeders at the Gudelsky Education Center, there were two field trips. Leaders for each and eBird checklist links are included in the bird lists | |
FEEDERS This is the tally from the entire 4 hrs. from the windows of the Gudelsky building
Leaders: Woody Merkle, Val Swan, Terri Berikeimer
eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S300484974
Birds:
Mourning Dove 1
Turkey Vulture 2
Cooper’s Hawk 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 3
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 1
American/Fish Crow 3
Carolina Chickadee 2
Tufted Titmouse 2
White-breasted Nuthatch 1
European Starling 3
Northern Mockingbird 1
Eastern Bluebird 2
House Finch 7
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 4
Dark-eyed Junco 6
White-throated Sparrow 17
Song Sparrow 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Northern Cardinal 6
FIRST GROUP Field trip leaders are Val Swan, Kurt Schwarz, and Tom Berkheimer
eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S300404002
Birds:
Mourning Dove 1
Ring-billed Gull 1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker 1
Blue Jay 4
American Crow 5
Fish Crow 2
Tufted Titmouse 1
Carolina Wren 2
European Starling 1
Eastern Bluebird 1
House Finch 2
White-throated Sparrow 1
Northern Cardinal 1
SECOND GROUP . Field trip leaders are Val , Kurt, Tom and Terri Berkheimer
eBird checklist: https://ebird.org/checklist/S300478326
Birds:
Black Vulture 2
Turkey Vulture 3
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 1
Red-bellied Woodpecker 1
Blue Jay 3
American Crow 2
Fish Crow 2
Carolina Chickadee 1
Carolina Wren 1
Hermit Thrush 1
Cedar Waxwing 8
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
