Birding Howard County, Maryland

Species Lists for Meadowbrook Park

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
Wood Duck x x
Gadwall x
American Black Duck x x x
Mallard x x x x
Blue-winged Teal x
Northern Shoveler x
Northern Pintail x
Hooded Merganser x
Common Loon x
Pied-billed Grebe x x x
Double-crested Cormorant x x
American Bittern x x
Great Blue Heron x x x x
Great Egret x x x
Little Blue Heron x
Green Heron x x x
Black-crowned Night-Heron x x
Black Vulture x x x x
Turkey Vulture x x x x
Osprey x x
Mississippi Kite x
Bald Eagle x x x
Northern Harrier x x x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x x x
Cooper's Hawk x x x x
Red-shouldered Hawk x x x x
Broad-winged Hawk x x
Red-tailed Hawk x x x
Rough-legged Hawk x
Sora x x
Killdeer x x x
Solitary Sandpiper x x
Spotted Sandpiper x
Greater Yellowlegs x
Wilson's Snipe x
Ring-billed Gull x x x
Herring Gull x
Rock Pigeon x x x
Mourning Dove x x x x
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x
Great Horned Owl x
Barred Owl x
Common Nighthawk x
Chimney Swift x x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird x
Belted Kingfisher 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
Northern Flicker x x x x
Pileated Woodpecker x x
American Kestrel x x x
Merlin x x x
Peregrine Falcon x
Eastern Wood-Pewee x
Acadian Flycatcher x
Alder Flycatcher x
Willow Flycatcher x x x
Eastern Phoebe x x x x
Great Crested Flycatcher x
Eastern Kingbird x x x
White-eyed Vireo x 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
Tree Swallow x x x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x x
Barn Swallow x x x
Carolina Chickadee x x x x
Tufted Titmouse x x x x
Red-breasted Nuthatch x
Name Sp Su F W
White-breasted Nuthatch x x x
House Wren x x x x
Marsh Wren x x
Carolina Wren x x x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x
Eastern Bluebird x x x x
Veery x
Swainson's Thrush x
Hermit Thrush x
Wood Thrush x
American Robin x x x x
Gray Catbird 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
Ovenbird x
Louisiana Waterthrush x
Black-and-white Warbler x x
Tennessee Warbler x
Orange-crowned Warbler x
Nashville Warbler x
Connecticut Warbler x
Mourning Warbler x
Common Yellowthroat x x x
American Redstart x
Northern Parula x
Magnolia Warbler x
Bay-breasted Warbler x
Yellow Warbler x x
Chestnut-sided Warbler x x
Blackpoll Warbler x x
Black-throated Blue Warbler x x
Palm Warbler x x
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x
Black-throated Green Warbler x x
Wilson's Warbler x
Yellow-breasted Chat x x x
Eastern Towhee x x x x
American Tree Sparrow x x
Chipping Sparrow x x x
Clay-colored Sparrow x
Field Sparrow x x x
Vesper Sparrow 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 x
Swamp Sparrow x x x
White-throated Sparrow x x x
White-crowned Sparrow x x x
Dark-eyed Junco x x x
Scarlet Tanager 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
Rusty Blackbird x x
Brewer's Blackbird x
Common Grackle x x x x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x x x
Orchard Oriole x x
Baltimore Oriole* x x
Purple Finch x
House Finch x x x x
Pine Siskin x
American Goldfinch x x x x
House Sparrow x x x x
Contributors: HCBC field trips and annual counts, Andy Aguilera, Dianne Aguilera, Sue Buswell, Jane Coskren, Sarel Cousins, Ralph Cullison, Karen Darcy, David Farner, Ralph Geuder, Joe Hanfman, Jane Heim, Hans Holbrook, Emmalyn Holdridge, Kathy Litzinger, Brigitte Lund, Nancy Magnusson, Bonnie Ott, Anita Picco, Robert Ringler, Kurt Schwarz, Jo Solem, Jim Wilkinson.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing
  • Common Checkered Skipper
  • Least Skipper
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Peck's Skipper
  • Tawny-edged Skipper
  • Little Glassywing
  • Sachem
  • Zabulon Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Black Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • Great Spangled Fritillary
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Common Buckeye
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Viceroy
  • Monarch
Contributors: Dick Smith, Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Karen Darcy, Richard Orr, Bonnie Ott, Jim Wilkinson.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • American Rubyspot
  • Southern Spreadwing
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Eastern Red Damsel
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet Dancer
  • Powdered Dancer
  • Azure Bluet
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Skimming Bluet
  • Orange Bluet
  • Citrine Forktail
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Rambur's Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Shadow Darner
  • Common Green Darner
  • Comet Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Unicorn Clubtail
  • Lancet Clubtail
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Common Baskettail
  • Calico Pennant
  • Halloween Pennant
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Blue Corporal
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Needham's 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
  • Blue-faced Meadowhawk
  • Band-winged Meadowhawk
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Carolina Saddlebags
  • Black Saddlebags
  • Red Saddlebags
Blue-faced Meadowhawk
Blue-facedMeadowhawk-RO (52K)
Photo by Richard Orr
Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, June Tveekrem, Nancy Magnusson, Wes Earp, Bonnie Ott.

MAMMALS

  • Red Fox
  • Woodchuck
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Whitetail Deer
Contributors: Jo Solem

AMPHIBIANS

  • Northern Two-lined Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Fowler's Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • Eastern Cricket Frog
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • Northern Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog
Contributors: Howard County FrogWatchUSA, Sue Muller (MARA data), Bonnie Ott.

REPTILES

  • Eastern Box Turtle
  • Eastern Painted Turtle
  • Red-eared Slider
  • Snapping Turtle
  • Northern Watersnake
  • Eastern Gartersnake
  • Eastern Ratsnake
Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Michele Wright, Sue Muller (MARA data)

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