Harford Glen Park

George and I took a great morning walk at Harford Glen Park. This is another one of Harford Counties gems. Just less than a mile from busy Route 24 is a little oasis of forest, wetland and a bounty of wildlife.


Today the park was full of geese and goslings.



A Red-Winged Blackbird


This is a small section of a beaver dam that runs about 25 feet. The two beavers that made it completed all the work in just two weeks.



Wild Iris

Backyard Birding

Sometimes you don't have to go very far at all to have a really good birding day. This morning was a perfect example. Just sitting on the deck in my back yard I was able to see 29 species in a short 1 hour. It helps that it is the peak of spring migration and the Choke Cherry tree is in full bloom.

Here is the list:

Bald Eagle

Cardinal

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Red-shouldered Hawk

Blue Jay

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Great Blue Heron

Common Crow

Common Yellowthroat

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Common Grackle

Magnolia Warbler

Downy Woodpecker

Mockingbird

Black and White Warbler

White-breasted Nuthatch

Catbird

Prairee Warbler

Tufted Titmouse

American Robin

Northern Oriole

Carolina Chicadee

Wood Thrush

American Goldfinch
Canada Goose

Red-eyed Vireo

House Sparrow

Mourning Dove

Chipping Sparrow

Lillian Holt Park

Today's walk took George and I to a park we used to live near and visit quite often. Lillian Holt Park was always a good place to see warblers in the spring so we headed there early this morning. After watching birds dart in and out of the foliage for about an hour we came up with some birds worthy of our trip. Besides the usual common birds we always see, we saw the Blackburnian Warbler, Blackpoll Warbler, Magnolia Warbler, Yellow-throated Warbler, American Redstart, Ovenbird, Eastern Wood Peewee, Great Creasted Flycatcher, Belted Kingfisher and Rose-breasted Grosbeak.

The park has changed a lot since we were last there about 15 years ago, but oddly the same warblers in the same places.