Earth Day at Howard County Conservancy
| Trip leader: Gregg Petersen, Cris Ausin, & Guy DiRoma Recorder: Cris Ausin Photographers: Cris Ausin & Rebecca Petersen |
Date of trip: April 25, 2026 |
| Location: Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant | Number attending: 13 |
| Details: Lily Weiss-Lora won an HCBC lens cloth for guessing closest to the start date of Earth Day in 1970 by Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson. We also found a metallic leaf beetle. | |
eBird link with bird photos |
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Canada Goose 5
Mourning Dove 2
Green Heron 2
Black Vulture 1
Turkey Vulture 5
Red-bellied Woodpecker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 2
Great Crested Flycatcher 1
White-eyed Vireo 1
Blue Jay 1
American Crow 1
Fish Crow 6
Carolina Chickadee 4
Tufted Titmouse 6
Tree Swallow 7
Barn Swallow 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 8
Northern House Wren 2
Carolina Wren 2
Gray Catbird 1
Northern Mockingbird 2
Eastern Bluebird 6
House Finch 1
American Goldfinch 9
Chipping Sparrow 1
Field Sparrow 2
White-throated Sparrow 5
Savannah Sparrow 1
Swamp Sparrow 2
Eastern Towhee 3
Eastern Meadowlark 1
Baltimore Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 9
Northern Waterthrush 1
Blue-winged Warbler 1
Black-and-white Warbler 1
Common Yellowthroat 4
Northern Parula 1
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Prairie Warbler 2
Northern Cardinal 7
Blue Grosbeak 1