Birding Howard County, Maryland

Species Lists for Lake Elkhorn and Forebay Pond

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 Snow Goose 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 American Wigeon x x x American Black Duck x x x Mallard * x x x x Blue-winged Teal x x x Northern Shoveler x x x Northern Pintail x x x Green-winged Teal x x x Canvasback x x x Redhead x x Ring-necked Duck x x x Greater Scaup x x Lesser Scaup x x x Surf Scoter x Black Scoter x Long-tailed Duck x Bufflehead x x x x Common Goldeneye x x Hooded Merganser x x x Common Merganser x x x Red-breasted Merganser x x Ruddy Duck x x x Northern Bobwhite x x Common Loon x x x x Pied-billed Grebe x x x x Horned Grebe x x x x Red-necked 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 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 x Black Vulture x x x x Turkey Vulture x x x x Osprey 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 Red-shouldered Hawk * x x x x Broad-winged Hawk x x x Red-tailed Hawk x x x x Rough-legged Hawk x American Kestrel x x x x Merlin x x x Peregrine Falcon x x x Virginia Rail x Common Galinule x x American Coot x x x x Semipalmated Plover x Killdeer x x x x American Avocet x Solitary Sandpiper x x x Spotted Sandpiper x x x Greater Yellowlegs x x Lesser Yellowlegs x x x Semipalmated Sandpiper x Least Sandpiper x x Pectoral Sandpiper x Wilson's Snipe x x American Woodcock x x Bonaparte's Gull x x Laughing Gull x x x Ring-billed Gull x x x x Herring Gull x x x Great Black-backed Gull x x Caspian Tern x x x Black Tern x x Common Tern x Forster's Tern x x Rock Pigeon x x x x Mourning Dove * x x x x Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x x Black-billed Cuckoo x x x Eastern Screech-Owl x x x x Great Horned Owl x x x x Barred Owl * x x x 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 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 Olive-sided Flycatcher x x x Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x Yellow-bellied Flycatcher x x Acadian Flycatcher x x x Alder Flycatcher x Willow Flycatcher * x x x Least 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

Name Sp Su F W Yellow-throated Vireo 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 Purple Martin x x x Tree Swallow * x x x Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x x Bank Swallow x x x Barn Swallow * x x x Cliff Swallow x x x Carolina Chickadee * x x x x Tufted Titmouse * x x x x Red-breasted Nuthatch x x x White-breasted Nuthatch * x x x x Brown Creeper x x x Carolina Wren * x x x x House Wren * x x x Winter Wren x x x Marsh Wren x Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * x x x Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x Eastern Bluebird * x x x x Veery x 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 Cedar Waxwing x x x x Snow Bunting x Ovenbird x x x Worm-eating Warbler x x Louisiana Waterthrush x x x Northern Waterthrush x x Blue-winged Warbler x x x Golden-winged Warbler 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 x Kentucky Warbler x x x Common Yellowthroat * x x x Hooded Warbler x x x American Redstart x x x Cape May Warbler x x Cerulean Warbler x x Northern Parula x x x Magnolia Warbler x x Bay-breasted Warbler x 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 Fox Sparrow x x x Song Sparrow * x x x x Lincoln's Sparrow x x Swamp Sparrow x x x White-throated Sparrow x x x x White-crowned Sparrow x x x Dark-eyed Junco x x x Summer Tanager x 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 Dickcissel x Bobolink x x Red-winged Blackbird * x x x x Eastern Meadowlark x x x x Rusty Blackbird x x x Brewer's Blackbird 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 x House Finch * x x x x Common Redpoll x Pine Siskin x x x American Goldfinch * x x x x House Sparrow * x x x x * breeding records for these species

Contributors: Parks Checklist Project, HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Stan Arnold, Maud Banks, John Blaisdell, Karan Blum, Jon E. Boone, Jon K. Boone, Rod Burley, Martha Chestem, Jane Coskren, Dennis Coskren, David Cummings, Darius Ecker, Jonathan Gallagher, Jane Geuder, Ralph Geuder, Richard Hegner, Jim Hill, Hans Holbrook, Emy Holdridge, Claire Horvath, V. Krishnamoorthy, Allen Lewis, Chris Ludwig, Kathy Mariano, Barry Miller, Marjorie Mountjoy, Sue Neri, Bonnie Ott, Dave Pardoe, Elaine Pardoe, Dave Perry, Kurt Schwarz, Elise Seay, Susan Setterberg, Jo Solem, Paula Sortino, Michelle Stewart, June Tveekrem, Don Waugh, Martha Waugh, Carol Wilkinson, Jim Wilkinson, Helen Zeichner.

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-spotted Skipper Juvenal's Duskywing Least Skipper Sachem Broad-winged Skipper Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Cabbage White Orange Sulphur Eastern Tailed-Blue Summer Azure Red-spotted Purple Viceroy Appalachian Brown Monarch
Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Sue Neri, June Tveekrem, Jane Coskren, Allen Lewis.

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing Great Spreadwing Southern Spreadwing Blue-fronted Dancer Violet Dancer Azure Bluet Familiar Bluet Skimming Bluet Orange Bluet Slender Bluet Lilypad Forktail Fragile Forktail Eastern Forktail Shadow Darner	Common Green Darner Comet Darner Unicorn Clubtail Stream Cruiser Prince Baskettail Calico Pennant Halloween Pennant Banded Pennant Common Pondhawk Bar-winged Skimmer Spangled Skimmer Slaty Skimmer Widow Skimmer	Twelve-spotted Skimmer Great Blue Skimmer Hyacinth Glider Roseate Skimmer Blue Dasher Wandering Glider Spot-winged Glider Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Ruby Meadowhawk Autumn Meadowhawk Carolina Saddlebags Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem.

MAMMALS

Eastern Mole Red Bat Raccoon River Otter Striped Skunk Red Fox Woodchuck Eastern Chipmunk Eastern Gray Squirrel Beaver Muskrat Eastern Cottontail Whitetail Deer Contributors: Chris Ludwig, Sue Neri, Jo Solem, Michelle Stewart, Jim Wilkinson.

AMPHIBIANS

American Bullfrog American Toad Pickeral Frog Spring Peeper Wood Frog Contributors: Sue Neri, Michelle Stewart, Jim Wilkinson, Jo Solem, Emmalyn Holdridge.

REPTILES

Eastern Snapping Turtle Eastern Painted Turtle Red-eared Slider Black Rat Snake Northern Water Snake Contributors: Sue Neri, Jo Solem, Michelle Stewart.

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