Birding Howard County, Maryland

Species Lists for Centennial

BIRDS

Seasonal List

Seasons: Sp (Spring): March–May; Su (Summer): June–July; F (Fall): August–November; W (Winter): December–February.

Name Sp Su F W Greater White-fronted Goose x Snow Goose x x x x Cackling Goose x x Canada Goose * x x x x Mute Swan * x x x x Tundra Swan x x x Wood Duck * x x x x Gadwall x x x Eurasian Wigeon x American Wigeon x x x x American Black Duck x x x x Mallard * x x x x Blue-winged Teal x x x x Northern Shoveler x x x x Northern Pintail x x x Green-winged Teal x x x Canvasback x x x x Redhead x x x Ring-necked Duck x x x x Greater Scaup x x x Lesser Scaup x x x Surf Scoter x x x White-winged Scoter x x Black Scoter x x Long-tailed Duck x x x Bufflehead x x x x Common Goldeneye x x x Hooded Merganser x x x Common Merganser x x x Red-breasted Merganser x x x Ruddy Duck x x x x Ring-necked Pheasant x x x x Northern Bobwhite x x x x Red-throated Loon x x Common Loon x x x Pied-billed Grebe x x x x Horned Grebe x x x Red-necked Grebe x Eared Grebe x Double-crested Cormorant x x x American Bittern x x Least Bittern x Great Blue Heron x x x x Great Egret x x x Snowy Egret x x x Little Blue Heron x x Cattle Egret x x Green Heron * x x x Black-crowned Night-Heron x x x Yellow-crowned Night-Heron x x Glossy Ibis x x Black Vulture x x x x Turkey Vulture x x x x Osprey x x x x Bald Eagle x x x x Northern Harrier x x x Sharp-shinned Hawk x x x Cooper's Hawk x x x x Northern Goshawk x x x Red-shouldered Hawk * x x x x Broad-winged Hawk x x Red-tailed Hawk x x x x Rough-legged Hawk x Golden Eagle x x King Rail x x Virginia Rail x x Common Moorhen x x American Coot x x x x Sora x x Killdeer * x x x x Greater Yellowlegs x x Lesser Yellowlegs x x x Solitary Sandpiper x x x Spotted Sandpiper x x x Semipalmated Sandpiper x x Least Sandpiper x x x Pectoral Sandpiper x Dunlin x x Wilson's Snipe x x x American Woodcock x x Red Phalarope x Bonaparte's Gull x x x Laughing Gull x x Ring-billed Gull x x x x Herring Gull x x x Iceland Gull x Lesser Black-backed Gull x Glaucous Gull x Great Black-backed Gull x x x Caspian Tern x x Forster's Tern x x x Black Tern x x x Rock Pigeon x x x x Mourning Dove * x x x x Black-billed Cuckoo x x x Yellow-billed Cuckoo * x x x Eastern Screech-Owl x x x x Great Horned Owl * x x x x Barred Owl x x Long-eared Owl x Short-eared Owl x Northern Saw-whet Owl x Common Nighthawk x x Chimney Swift * x x x Ruby-throated Hummingbird x x x Belted Kingfisher x x x x Red-headed Woodpecker x Red-bellied Woodpecker * x x x x Yellow-bellied Sapsucker x x x Downy Woodpecker * x x x x Hairy Woodpecker x x x x Northern Flicker * x x x x Pileated Woodpecker x x x x American Kestrel * x x x x Merlin x x x Peregrine Falcon x x x Olive-sided Flycatcher x Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x Yellow-bellied Flycatcher x Acadian Flycatcher x x

Name Sp Su F W Willow Flycatcher * x x x Eastern Phoebe * x x x x Great Crested Flycatcher * x x x Eastern Kingbird * x x x White-eyed Vireo * x x x Yellow-throated Vireo x x x Blue-headed Vireo x x Warbling Vireo x x x Philadelphia Vireo x Red-eyed Vireo * x x x Blue Jay * x x x x American Crow * x x x x Fish Crow x x x x Common Raven x Horned Lark x Purple Martin x x x Tree Swallow * x x x Northern Rough-winged Swallow * x x x Bank Swallow x x x Cliff Swallow x x x Barn Swallow * x x x Carolina Chickadee * x x x x Black-capped Chickadee x Tufted Titmouse * x x x x Red-breasted Nuthatch x White-breasted Nuthatch x x x x Brown Creeper x x x House Wren * x x x x Winter Wren x x Sedge Wren x Marsh Wren x x Carolina Wren * x x x x Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * x x x Eastern Bluebird * x x x x Veery x Gray-cheeked Thrush x x Swainson's Thrush x x Hermit Thrush x x x Wood Thrush * x x x American Robin * x x x x Gray Catbird * x x x x Northern Mockingbird * x x x x Brown Thrasher * x x x European Starling * x x x x American Pipit x x x Cedar Waxwing * x x x x Ovenbird x x Worm-eating Warbler x Louisiana Waterthrush x x Northern Waterthrush x Golden-winged Warbler x x Blue-winged Warbler x x x Black-and-white Warbler x x x Prothonotary Warbler x Tennessee Warbler x x Orange-crowned Warbler x Nashville Warbler x x Connecticut Warbler x Mourning Warbler x Kentucky Warbler x x x Common Yellowthroat * x x x Hooded Warbler x x American Redstart x x x Cape May Warbler x x Cerulean Warbler x Northern Parula x x x Magnolia Warbler x x Bay-breasted Warbler x Blackburnian Warbler x x Yellow Warbler * x x x Chestnut-sided Warbler x x Blackpoll Warbler x x Black-throated Blue Warbler x x Palm Warbler x x Pine Warbler x x Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x Yellow-throated Warbler x Prairie Warbler x x x Black-throated Green Warbler x x Canada Warbler x x Wilson's Warbler x x Yellow-breasted Chat * x x x Eastern Towhee * x x x x American Tree Sparrow x x x Chipping Sparrow * x x x x Field Sparrow * x x x x Savannah Sparrow x x x Grasshopper Sparrow * x x x Fox Sparrow x x x Song Sparrow * x x x x Lincoln's Sparrow x Swamp Sparrow x x x White-throated Sparrow x x x White-crowned Sparrow x x x Dark-eyed Junco x x x Summer Tanager x Scarlet Tanager x x x Northern Cardinal * x x x x Rose-breasted Grosbeak x x Blue Grosbeak * x x x Indigo Bunting * x x x Bobolink x Red-winged Blackbird * x x x x Eastern Meadowlark * x x x x Rusty Blackbird x x x Common Grackle * x x x x Brown-headed Cowbird * x x x x Orchard Oriole * x x x Baltimore Oriole * x x x Purple Finch x x House Finch * x x x x Red Crossbill x White-winged Crossbill x x x Pine Siskin x x x American Goldfinch * x x x x Evening Grosbeak x House Sparrow * x x x x * breeding records for these species

Contributors: Contributors: HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Parks Checklist Project, David Abbott, Scott Atkinson, Glenn Austin, Mary-Jo Betts, Robert Betts, Jonathan Blithe, Connie Bockstie, Martha Chestem, Jane Coskren, Ralph Cullison, Phil Davis, Darius Ecker, Kevin Graff, Joe Hanfmann, Emy Holdridge, Mike Kerwin, Mike Leuman, Nancy Magnusson, Grazina McClure, Mike McClure, Helen Metzman, Rodney Mulchansingh, Larry Murphy, Doug Odermatt, Richard Orr, Peter Osenton, Bonnie Ott, Norma Peterson, Phill Probst, Sue Probst, Tim Ray, Bob Ringler, Steve Sanford, Kurt Schwarz, Jo Solem, Paula Sortino, Hank Stanton, Grace Su, June Tveekrem, Carol Wilkinson, Jim Wilkinson, Helen Zeichner, Paul Zucker, Bob Augustine, Dave Ziolkowski.

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-spotted Skipper Southern Cloudywing Horace's Duskywing Wild Indigo Duskywing Common Checkered-Skipper Swarthy Skipper Clouded Skipper Least Skipper Fiery Skipper Peck's Skipper Tawny-edged Skipper Crossline Skipper Little Glassywing Sachem Zabulon Skipper Dun Skipper Ocola Skipper Pipevine Swallowtail Zebra Swallowtail Black Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail	Spicebush Swallowtail Cabbage White Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur Cloudless Sulphur Sleepy Orange Coral Hairstreak Banded Hairstreak Red-banded Hairstreak Juniper Hairstreak White M Hairstreak Gray Hairstreak Eastern Tailed-Blue Spring Azure Summer Azure American Snout Variegated Fritillary Great Spangled Fritillary Pearl Crescent Question Mark Eastern Comma	Mourning Cloak American Lady Painted Lady Red Admiral Common Buckeye Red-spotted Purple Viceroy Hackberry Emperor Appalachian Brown Common Wood-Nymph Monarch Red-spotted Purple Photo by June Tveekrem
Contributors: Dick Smith, Richard Orr, Jo Solem, Tim Ray, Sue Muller, Annette Allor.

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing Great Spreadwing Southern Spreadwing Sweetflag Spreadwing Slender Spreadwing Blue-fronted Dancer Violet Dancer Powdered Dancer Blue-tipped Dancer Dusky Dancer Azure Bluet Double-striped Bluet Familiar Bluet Stream Bluet Skimming Bluet Orange Bluet Vesper Bluet Citrine Forktail	Lilypad Forktail Fragile Forktail Rambur's Forktail Eastern Forktail Shadow Darner Common Green Darner Comet Darner Fawn Darner Swamp Darner Unicorn Clubtail Dragonhunter Prince Baskettail Clamp-tipped Emerald Common Baskettail Calico Pennant Halloween Pennant Banded Pennant Common Pondhawk	Golden-winged Skimmer Spangled Skimmer Yellow-sided Skimmer Slaty Skimmer Widow Skimmer Twelve-spotted Skimmer Painted Skimmer Great Blue Skimmer Blue Dasher Wandering Glider Spot-winged Glider Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Blue-faced Meadowhawk Ruby Meadowhawk Autumn Meadowhawk Carolina Saddlebags Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Richard Orr, Bob Solem, Jo Solem, June Tveekrem, Sue Muller, Ken Clayton, Bonnie Ott.

MAMMALS

Long-tailed Weasel Mink Red Fox Woodchuck Eastern Chipmunk Eastern Gray Squirrel Beaver Muskrat Eastern Cottontail Whitetail Deer

Contributors: Michele Wright, Tim Ray, Jo Solem, Bonnie Ott.

AMPHIBIANS

American Toad Fowler's Toad Upland Chorus Frog Spring Peeper Gray Treefrog Wood Frog Pickerel Frog Northern Green Frog American Bullfrog

Contributors: Howard County FrogWatchUSA; Sue Muller (MARA data).

REPTILES

Eastern Painted Turtle Eastern Snapping Turtle Alligator Snapping Turtle Eastern Painted Turtle Red-eared Slider Northern Red-bellied Cooter Northern Ring-necked Snake Northern Watersnake Northern Brown Snake Eastern Gartersnake Eastern Hog-nosed Snake Northern Black Racer

Contributors: Jo Solem, Jane Coskren, Nancy Magnusson, Sue Muller, Richard Orr, Michele Wright; Sue Muller (MARA data).

LICHENS

CRUSTOSE Sidewalk firedot lichen Powdery goldspeck lichen Common script lichen Bumpy rim-lichen Fluffy dust lichen	FOLIOSE Candleflame lichen Common greenshield lichen Powdered ruffle lichen Southern powdered ruffle lichen Hoary rosette lichen Mealy rosette lichen Star rosette lichen Rough speckled shield lichen	FRUITICOSE Turban lichen
Contributors: Richard Orr.

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