swankyspoon
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Alright, time to start up my Maryland list for my third full year of birding! I have twins (!) coming in a couple of weeks, so this might be a slower year for birding. Still, I think a solid list is attainable, with many good birds to show for it.
Here are my last totals.
2013: 110
2014: 152
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=273743
So, here we go 2015.
January 1, 2015
Backyard, Reisterstown, MD
1) Northern Cardinal (Very first bird of the year)
2) American Crow
3) Fish Crow
4) Brown Creeper (nice bird for my first few minutes of birding)
5) Song Sparrow
6) Dark-Eyed Junco
Woodlot/Drainage Pond across street from Home
7) Tufted Titmouse
8) White-Breasted Nuthatch
9) American Robin
Dover Road, Reisterstown
10) Red-Headed Woodpecker (start the year's woodpeckers with the rarest for the state!)
Pine Ridge Golf Course
I chose this spot as the main spot to fill in birds for my year list, and it paid off well.
11) Canada Goose
12) American Wigeon
13) Mallard
14) Redhead
15) Ring-Necked Duck
16) Bufflehead
17) Hooded Merganser
18) Common Merganser
19) Ruddy Duck
20) Sharp-Shinned Hawk
21) Bald Eagle
22) American Coot
23) Ring-Billed Gull
24) Belted Kingfisher
25) Downy Woodpecker
26) Northern Flicker
27) Pileated Woodpecker
28) Blue Jay
29) Carolina Chickadee
30) Carolina Wren
31) European Starling
32) Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Cornfield in Northeasten Baltimore County that is reliable for Sandhill Crane
... but not there at midday...
33) Turkey Vulture
34) Black Vulture
Essex Park and Ride, Baltimore County.
35) Rock Pigeon
36) Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
37) Peregrine Falcon
38)Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
39) Northern Mockingbird
40) Cape May Warbler B
LIFER (has been visiting the Park and Ride for almost two weeks - an extraordinary bird for Maryland in the winter. There has also been a Nashville Warbler at the same spot, but couldn't find it while I was there.
Back home in the Backyard
41) Mourning Dove
42) House Finch
43) House Sparrow
And that's it for the first day. No other bird outing yet, but a few low hanging fruits left, including.
January 2, 2015
Backyard
44) White-Throated Sparrow
Here are my last totals.
2013: 110
2014: 152
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=273743
So, here we go 2015.
January 1, 2015
Backyard, Reisterstown, MD
1) Northern Cardinal (Very first bird of the year)
2) American Crow
3) Fish Crow
4) Brown Creeper (nice bird for my first few minutes of birding)
5) Song Sparrow
6) Dark-Eyed Junco
Woodlot/Drainage Pond across street from Home
7) Tufted Titmouse
8) White-Breasted Nuthatch
9) American Robin
Dover Road, Reisterstown
10) Red-Headed Woodpecker (start the year's woodpeckers with the rarest for the state!)
Pine Ridge Golf Course
I chose this spot as the main spot to fill in birds for my year list, and it paid off well.
11) Canada Goose
12) American Wigeon
13) Mallard
14) Redhead
15) Ring-Necked Duck
16) Bufflehead
17) Hooded Merganser
18) Common Merganser
19) Ruddy Duck
20) Sharp-Shinned Hawk
21) Bald Eagle
22) American Coot
23) Ring-Billed Gull
24) Belted Kingfisher
25) Downy Woodpecker
26) Northern Flicker
27) Pileated Woodpecker
28) Blue Jay
29) Carolina Chickadee
30) Carolina Wren
31) European Starling
32) Yellow-Rumped Warbler
Cornfield in Northeasten Baltimore County that is reliable for Sandhill Crane
... but not there at midday...
33) Turkey Vulture
34) Black Vulture
Essex Park and Ride, Baltimore County.
35) Rock Pigeon
36) Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
37) Peregrine Falcon
38)Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
39) Northern Mockingbird
40) Cape May Warbler B
LIFER (has been visiting the Park and Ride for almost two weeks - an extraordinary bird for Maryland in the winter. There has also been a Nashville Warbler at the same spot, but couldn't find it while I was there. Back home in the Backyard
41) Mourning Dove
42) House Finch
43) House Sparrow
And that's it for the first day. No other bird outing yet, but a few low hanging fruits left, including.
January 2, 2015
Backyard
44) White-Throated Sparrow
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