Fall Birdwalk! Saturday Nov. 17!

Fall Bird Walk!  
Bring your binoculars, your cameras and your kids for a fun, educational tour of
the Springfield Woods and Historic Wilson Park of Baltimore, Maryland
led by bird expert Mike Hudson, this Saturday November 17th at 9:00 a.m.

Bird Walk 6/22 - Black Vultures!!

The Friends of the Springfield Woods hosted another Baltimore Greenspace Bird Walk on the morning of June 22 in the Springfield Woods.  It was again led by Mike "Birdman" Hudson and his mentor Bill.


Mike Hudson:  "I divided our birds into the three categories you'll see in the document. They correspond to the categories used to confirm breeding birds in Maryland Breeding Bird Atlas (a compilation of birds that breed in MD and where they breed). The birds with one star are species that are, to some degree, forest specialists. Of them the Acadian Fly and Red-eyed Vireo are the most reliant on woodlands. The Black Vulture gets three stars because, not only is it somewhat of a shy and specialist nester, its also fairly uncommon in this part of Maryland (about 1 Black for every 60 or 70 Turkey Vultures)."

--------------------------------

Observed- Species seen in the area, but birds exhibited no breeding or other behaviors to indicate nesting, and therefore no conclusion can be drawn to likelihood of nesting in area.

Mourning Dove 5

Chimney Swift 6

White-breasted Nuthatch 1

Common Grackle 10

American Goldfinch 5

Possible- Species observed in the area and was exhibiting breeding behavior such as singing or scolding, however no behavior such as feeding young or visiting nest observed; likely that bird is breeding or attempting to breed in area, but not enough information to confirm.

Downy Woodpecker 3

Eastern Wood-pewee 1*

Acadian Flycatcher 1*

Great Crested Flycatcher 1*

House Wren 1

Tufted Titmouse 1

Carolina Chickadee 4

Cedar Waxwing 12

Red-eyed Vireo 2*

House Sparrow 5

Confirmed- Species was seen visiting nest, interacting with a mate, carrying nesting material within area, feeding young, bringing food to a nest or young or on a nest with young; bird is breeding in area.

Black Vulture Photos by Katie Lautar

Black Vulture 3***

Carolina Wren 2

European Starling 2

American Robin 10

Gray Catbird 8

Northern Cardinal 

House Finch 3

Birds of the Springfield Woods (Bird Walk 4/28/2012)

The following is a result of a Baltimore Green Space Bird Walk of the Springfield Woods on Saturday, April 28, 2012.

Baltimore Green Space Walk (4/28/2012)

Springfield Woods (2 ½ Acre Urban Woodland)
Baltimore, Maryland

Spotter:  Mike Hudson 

Mourning Dove

Mourning Dove

Chimney Swift

 

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red bellied Woodpecker

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Northern Flicker

Empidonax Flycatcher

Red-eyed Vireo

Red eyed Vireo

White-eyed Vireo

Blue Jay

American Crow

Tufted Titmouse

Carolina Chickadee

House Wren

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (2)

American Robin

Gray Catbird

European Starling

Northern Parula

Northern Parula

Yellow-rumped Warbler (30)

Black-throated Green Warbler

Bay Breasted Warbler
http://www.billhubick.com/photos/birds/bay_breasted_warbler.php

Bay-breasted Warbler

Black-and-white Warbler

Common Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat

Northern Cardinal

Eastern Towhee

Eastern Towhee

White-throated Sparrow

Brown-headed Cowbird

Brown-headed Cowbird