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Species Lists for Mt Pleasant

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 X Tundra Swan X Wood Duck X Mallard X X Northern Pintail X Hooded Merganser X Ring-necked Pheasant X Wild Turkey X Northern Bobwhite X Common Loon X X Double-crested Cormorant X X Great Blue Heron X X X Great Egret X Green Heron X X Glossy Ibis X Black Vulture X X X X Turkey Vulture X X X X Osprey X X Bald Eagle 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 X Red-tailed Hawk X X X X Rough-legged Hawk X American Kestrel X X X Merlin X X Peregrine Falcon X Black-bellied Plover X Killdeer X X X Spotted Sandpiper X Solitary Sandpiper X Upland Sandpiper X Wilson's Snipe X American Woodcock X Laughing Gull X Bonaparte's Gull X X Ring-billed Gull X X X Herring Gull X X X Great Black-backed Gull X Rock Pigeon X X X Mourning Dove X X X X Black-billed Cuckoo X Yellow-billed Cuckoo X Eastern Screech-Owl X Barred Owl X Common Nighthawk X Chimney Swift X X X Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X Belted Kingfisher 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 Northern Flicker X X X Pileated Woodpecker X X X Olive-sided Flycatcher X Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X Yellow-bellied Flycatcher X Acadian Flycatcher X X X Willow Flycatcher X X Least Flycatcher X X Eastern Phoebe X X Great Crested Flycatcher X X Eastern Kingbird X X X White-eyed Vireo X X X Yellow-throated Vireo X Blue-headed Vireo X Warbling Vireo 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 Common Raven X Purple Martin X X X Tree Swallow X X X Northern Rough-winged Swallow X Barn Swallow X X X

Name Sp Su F W Carolina Chickadee X X X X Tufted Titmouse X X X X Red-breasted Nuthatch X White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X Brown Creeper X Carolina Wren X X X X House Wren X X X Winter Wren X Marsh Wren X Golden-crowned Kinglet X X X Ruby-crowned Kinglet X X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X Eastern Bluebird X X X X Veery X X Swainson's Thrush X Hermit Thrush X Wood Thrush X X American Robin X X X Gray Catbird X X X Northern Mockingbird X X X X Brown Thrasher X X X X European Starling X X X X American Pipit X Cedar Waxwing X X X Blue-winged Warbler X Tennessee Warbler X Orange-crowned Warbler X X Nashville Warbler X Northern Parula X X Yellow Warbler X X Chestnut-sided Warbler X X Magnolia Warbler X X Black-throated Blue Warbler X Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X X Black-throated Green Warbler X X Blackburnian Warbler X Prairie Warbler X X X Palm Warbler X X Blackpoll Warbler X X Black-and-white Warbler X X X American Redstart X X Northern Waterthrush X Connecticut Warbler X Mourning Warbler X Common Yellowthroat X X X Wilson's Warbler X Canada Warbler X X Yellow-breasted Chat X X X Scarlet Tanager X X X Eastern Towhee X X X X American Tree Sparrow X X X Chipping Sparrow X X X X Clay-colored Sparrow X Field Sparrow X 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 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 Common Grackle X X X X Brown-headed Cowbird X X X Orchard Oriole X X Baltimore Oriole 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: Howard County Bird Club field trips, seasonal counts, Scott Berglund, Jeff Culler, Ralph Cullison, Karen Darcy, Ralph Geuder, Joe Hanfman, Kevin Heffernan, Emmalyn Holdridge, David Holmes, Nancy Magnusson, Dave Harvey, Elayne and Jeff Metter, Richard Orr, Bonnie Ott, Kurt Schwarz, Dick Smith, Bob Solem, Joanne Solem, Chuck Stirrat, Robin Todd, June Tveekrem, Jim Wilkinson.

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-spotted Skipper Wild Indigo Duskywing Common Checkered-Skipper Swarthy Skipper Least Skipper Peck's Skipper Tawny-edged Skipper Crossline Skipper Little Glassywing Sachem Zabulon Skipper Black Swallowtail	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Cabbage White Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur American Copper Red-banded Hairstreak Gray Hairstreak Eastern Tailed-Blue Summer Azure	American Snout Variegated Fritillary Meadow Fritillary Pearl Crescent Painted Lady Common Buckeye Viceroy Little Wood-Satry Common Wood-Nymph Monarch
Contributors: Dick Smith, Wes Earp, Sue Earp, Grazine McClure, Bonnie Ott, Jo Solem.

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing Violet Dancer Common Green Darner Fawn Darner Swamp Darner	Brown Spiketail Twin-spotted Spiketail Slaty Skimmer Widow Skimmer Wandering Glider	Spot-winged Glider Common Whitetail Autumn Meadowhawk Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Bob Solem, Jo Solem, Richard Orr.

MAMMALS

Short-tailed Shrew Mink Striped Skunk Red Fox	Gray Fox Woodchuck Eastern Chipmunk Eastern Gray Squirrel	White-footed Mouse Meadow Vole Eastern Cottontail White-tailed Deer
Contributors: Howard County Conservancy staff and volunteers, Howard County Bird Club field trips, Scott Berglund, Wes Earp.

AMPHIBIANS

Northern Dusky Salamander	Northern Red Salamander	Wood Frog
Contributors: Howard County Conservancy staff and volunteers, Howard County Bird Club field trips.

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