Birding Howard County, Maryland

Species Lists for David Force Natural Resource Area

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
Canada Goose	X	X	X
Tundra Swan	X
Wood Duck	X		X
American Black Duck			X	X
Mallard	X
Northern Bobwhite	X	X
Red-throated Loon	X
Common Loon	X	X	X
Horned Grebe	X
American Bittern	X		X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X
Green Heron	X	X	X
Black-crowned Night-Heron			X
Black Vulture	X	X	X	X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X
Osprey	X
Northern Harrier	X
Sharp-shinned Hawk	X		X	X
Cooper's Hawk		X	X
Red-shouldered Hawk*	X	X	X	X
Broad-winged Hawk	X	X	X
Red-tailed Hawk*	X	X	X	X
American Kestrel	X		X
Merlin			X
Killdeer	X	X
Solitary Sandpiper	X
American Woodcock	X		X	X
Laughing Gull			X
Ring-billed Gull	X	X	X	X
Herring Gull	X		X
Rock Pigeon	X	X	X	X
Mourning Dove	X	X	X	X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo		X	X
Great Horned Owl*	X
Barred Owl*	X	X
Chimney Swift	X	X	X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird			X
Belted Kingfisher*	X	X	X	X
Red-headed Woodpecker			X
Red-bellied Woodpecker	X	X	X	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	X		X
Downy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X
Hairy Woodpecker	X		X	X
Northern Flicker	X	X	X	X
Pileated Woodpecker	X	X	X	X
Eastern Wood-Pewee	X	X	X
Acadian Flycatcher*	X	X	X
Willow Flycatcher		X
Eastern Phoebe	X	X	X
Great Crested Flycatcher*	X	X	X
Eastern Kingbird	X	X
White-eyed Vireo	X	X	X
Blue-headed Vireo	X		X
Red-eyed Vireo	X	X	X
Blue Jay	X	X	X	X
American Crow	X	X	X	X
Fish Crow	X	X	X
Purple Martin	X	X
Tree Swallow		X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow	X
Barn Swallow	X	X	X
Carolina Chickadee	X	X	X	X
Tufted Titmouse	X	X	X	X
White-breasted Nuthatch*	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper	X		X
Carolina Wren*	X	X	X	X
House Wren	X	X	X
Winter Wren	X		X	X

Name	Sp	Su	F	W
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher*	X	X	X
Golden-crowned Kinglet	X		X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	X		X	X
Eastern Bluebird*	X	X	X
Veery			X
Swainson's Thrush	X		X
Hermit Thrush			X
Wood Thrush	X	X	X
American Robin*	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird*	X	X	X
Northern Mockingbird	X	X	X	X
Brown Thrasher	X		X
European Starling	X	X	X	X
Cedar Waxwing*	X	X
Ovenbird	X	X
Louisiana Waterthrush*	X	X
Blue-winged Warbler	X
Black-and-white Warbler	X		X
Orange-crowned Warbler			X
Kentucky Warbler	X
Common Yellowthroat	X	X	X
American Redstart	X		X
Northern Parula	X	X	X
Magnolia Warbler	X		X
Bay-breasted Warbler			X
Yellow Warbler	X	X	X
Blackpoll Warbler	X
Black-throated Blue Warbler	X		X
Palm Warbler	X		X
Yellow-rumped Warbler	X		X	X
Prairie Warbler	X
Black-throated Green Warbler	X		X
Canada Warbler	X
Wilson's Warbler	X
Yellow-breasted Chat*	X	X
Eastern Towhee	X	X	X	X
American Tree Sparrow	X
Chipping Sparrow	X		X
Field Sparrow*	X	X	X	X
Fox Sparrow	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
Dark-eyed Junco	X		X	X
Scarlet Tanager	X	X	X
Northern Cardinal*	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	X		X
Blue Grosbeak		X
Indigo Bunting	X	X	X
Red-winged Blackbird	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark				X
Common Grackle	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird	X	X	X
Orchard Oriole	X
Baltimore Oriole	X	X
Purple Finch	X			X
House Finch	X	X	X	X
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch	X	X	X	X
House Sparrow*	X	X	X	X

* breeding records for these species

Contributors: Howard County Bird Club field trips, Seasonal Records, Michele Wright, Martha Chestem, Ralph Cullison III, Karen Darcy, Wes Earp, Ward Ebert, Kevin Heffernan, Bill Hill, Nancy Magnusson,Bonnie Ott, Kurt Schwarz, Bob Solem, Jo Solem, Chuck Stirrat, Mark Wallace.

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-spotted Skipper Duskywing sp. Least Skipper Peck's Skipper Tawny-edged Skipper Crossline Skipper Sachem Hobomok Skipper Zabulon Skipper	Dun Skipper Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Cabbage White Clouded Sulphur Red-banded Hairstreak Gray Hairstreak Eastern-tailed Blue Spring Azure Summer Azure	Great Spangled Frittilary Anglewing sp. Mourning Cloak Painted Lady Red Admiral Viceroy Appalachian Brown Little Wood-Satyr Common Wood-Nymph Monarch
Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem.

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing American Rubyspot Southern Spreadwing Spotted Spreadwing Slender Spreadwing Blue-fronted Dancer Violet Dancer Blue-tipped Dancer Dusky Dancer Azure Bluet Familiar Bluet Stream Bluet Orange Bluet Fragile Forktail	Eastern Forktail Shadow Darner Common Green Darner Springtime Darner Fawn Darner Lancet Clubtail Ashy Clubtail Dragonhunter Common Sanddragon Eastern Least Clubtail Swift River Cruiser Common Baskettail Common Ponkhawk Bar-winged Skimmer	Spangled Skimmer Slaty Skimmer Widow Skimmer Twelve-spotted Skimmer Painted Skimmer Great Blue Skimmer Blue Dasher Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Ruby Meadowhawk Band-winged Meadowhawk Autumn Meadowhawk Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Bob Solem, Jo Solem, Richard Orr, Michele Wright.

MAMMALS

Mink Red Fox Woodchuck	Eastern Chipmunk Eastern Gray Squirrel Beaver	Deer Mouse Eastern Cottontail White-tailed Deer
Contributors: Jo Solem, Michele Wright, Bob Solem, Emmalyn Holdridge.

AMPHIBIANS

Spotted Salamander Northern Dusky Salamander Northern Two-lined Salamander	American Toad Spring Peeper Gray Treefrog	Wood Frog Northern Green Frog American Bullfrog
Contributors: Sue Muller (MARA data), Michele Wright, Jo Solem, V. Krishnamoorthy.

REPTILES

Eastern Box Turtle Eastern Painted Turtle Eastern Snapping Turtle
Contributor: Michele Wright.