Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon
Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon

Conservation

Baltimore was BIRDY for the Baltimore Birding Weekend!

We had a blast at the Baltimore Birding Weekend! Many thanks to our guides, participants, and sponsors, who contributed to the success of this annual fundraiser to support community conservation in Baltimore. Though Patterson Park Audubon Center is part of National Audubon Society, we must raise all funds locally to support conservation and education programs. Many thanks again to all!

We had a sell-out event again this year with tons of birds and perfect weather. We saw a stunning 138 bird species across the city of Baltimore over three days, a remarkable diversity during fall migration. Sites included a variety of habitats such as Green Mount Cemetery, Hart-Miller Island, Cox Creek wetlands, the Patapsco River, the Maryland Zoo’s boat lake, and city parks such as Patterson Park, Herring Run Park, and Gwynns Falls/Leakin Park. Thank you to our guides for their expertise in leading tours by land and by water!

Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon
Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon
Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon
Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon
Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon
Photo: Luke Franke/Audubon

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138 Species Tallied

LOONS, GREBES & CORMORANTS (2) HERONS & EGRETS (8)
Pied-billed Grebe

Great Blue Heron

Double-crested Cormorant Great Egret
  Snowy Egret
  Little Blue Heron
  Tricolored Heron
  Green Heron
  Black-crowned Night-Heron
  Glossy Ibis

 

VULTURES (2) DUCKS, GEESE, & SWANS (14)
Black Vulture

Canada Goose

Turkey Vulture Trumpeter Swan
  Wood Duck
  Gadwall
  American Wigeon
  American Black Duck
  Mallard
  Blue-winged Teal
  Northern Shoveler
  Northern Pintail
  Green-winged Teal
  Canvasback
  Redhead
  Ruddy Duck

 

HAWKS, EAGLES & FALCONS (10) RAILS (2)
Osprey Virginia Rail
Bald Eagle Sora
Northern Harrier  
Sharp-shinned Hawk  
Cooper's Hawk  
Red-shouldered Hawk  
Broad-winged Hawk  
Red-tailed Hawk  
American Kestrel  
Merlin  

 

SHOREBIRDS (12) GULLS & TERNS (8)
Black-bellied Plover Laughing Gull
Semipalmated Plover Ring-billed Gull
Killdeer Herring Gull
Greater Yellowlegs Lesser Black-backed Gull
Lesser Yellowlegs Great Black-backed Gull
Solitary Sandpiper Caspian Tern
Spotted Sandpiper Forster's Tern
Sanderling Black Tern
Semipalmated Sandpiper  
Least Sandpiper  
Pectoral Sandpiper  
Stilt Sandpiper  

 

PIGEONS, DOVES & CUCKOOS (3) OWLS, SWIFTS & HUMMINGBIRDS (4)
Rock Pigeon Eastern Screech-Owl
Mourning Dove Barred Owl
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Chimney Swift
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird

 

KINGFISHERS & WOODPECKERS (7) FLYCATCHERS (3)
Belted Kingfisher Eastern Wood-Pewee
Red-bellied Woodpecker Eastern Phoebe
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Traill's Flycatcher
Downy Woodpecker  
Hairy Woodpecker  
Northern Flicker  
Pileated Woodpecker  

 

VIREOS (4) CROWS & JAYS (3)
White-eyed Vireo Blue Jay
Warbling Vireo American Crow
Philadelphia Vireo Fish Crow
Red-eyed Vireo  

 

SWALLOWS (4) CHICKADEES & NUTHATCHES (4)
Tree Swallow Carolina Chickadee
Northern Rough-winged Swallow Tufted Titmouse
Bank Swallow Red-breasted Nuthatch
Barn Swallow White-breasted Nuthatch

 

WRENS, KINGLETS & GNATCATCHERS (5) THRUSHES (3)
Carolina Wren Eastern Bluebird
House Wren Swainson's Thrush
Marsh Wren American Robin
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  

 

MOCKINGBIRDS & THRASHERS (3) STARLINGS & WAXWINGS (2)
Gray Catbird European Starling
Northern Mockingbird Cedar Waxwing
Brown Thrasher  

 

WARBLERS (17) TANAGERS & SPARROWS (6)
Northern Parula Scarlet Tanager
Yellow Warbler Eastern Towhee
Chestnut-sided Warbler Chipping Sparrow
Magnolia Warbler Savannah Sparrow
Cape May Warbler Song Sparrow
Black-throated Blue Warbler Swamp Sparrow
Yellow-rumped Warbler  
Black-throated Green Warbler  
Blackburnian Warbler  
Pine Warbler  
Palm Warbler  
Bay-breasted Warbler  
Blackpoll Warbler  
Black-and-white Warbler  
American Redstart  
Connecticut Warbler  
Common Yellowthroat  

 

CARDINALS & ALLIES (4) BLACKBIRDS, ORIOLES, & ALLIES (5)
Northern Cardinal Bobolink
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Red-winged Blackbird
Blue Grosbeak Common Grackle
Indigo Bunting Brown-headed Cowbird
  Baltimore Oriole

 

FINCHES & OLD WORLD SPARROWS (3)
House Finch
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

 

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