Birding Howard County, Maryland

Species Lists for Patapsco Valley State Park

BIRDS

This list includes species from all PVSP sites. In addition, Race Road Wetlands has an individual list; those species are not included here.

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 Cackling Goose X Canada Goose* X X X X Tundra Swan X Wood Duck* X X X Gadwall X X American Wigeon X American Black Duck X X Mallard* X X X X Green-winged Teal X X Ring-necked Duck X X Bufflehead X Hooded Merganser* X X Common Merganser X X X Red-breasted Merganser X Northern Bobwhite X X Ring-necked Pheasant X X Wild Turkey* X X X X Common Loon X Pied-billed Grebe X X Double-crested Cormorant X X American Bittern X Least Bittern* X Great Blue Heron* X X X X Great Egret X X X Little Blue Heron X X X Green Heron* X X X X Black-crowned Night-Heron X X Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X X White Ibis X X Glossy Ibis X Black Vulture* X X X X Turkey Vulture* X X X X Osprey X X Bald Eagle X X X X Northern Harrier X Sharp-shinned Hawk X 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 Golden Eagle X American Kestrel X X X Peregrine Falcon X X Virginia Rail X X X Sora X X Common Galinule X American Coot X Killdeer* X X X Spotted Sandpiper X X Solitary Sandpiper X X X Least Sandpiper X American Woodcock X X Laughing Gull X Ring-billed Gull X X X Herring Gull X Great Black-backed Gull X Caspian Tern 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 Great Horned Owl X X X Barred Owl* X X X X Short-eared Owl X Common Nighthawk X X Eastern Whip-poor-will 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 Eastern Wood-Pewee* X X X Yellow-bellied Flycatcher X Acadian Flycatcher* X X X Willow Flycatcher* X X X Least Flycatcher X X X Eastern Phoebe* 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 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 X X Purple Martin X X X Tree Swallow* X X X

Name Sp Su F W Northern Rough-winged Swallow* 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 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 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 Northern Mockingbird* X X X X Brown Thrasher* X X X European Starling* X X X X Cedar Waxwing* X X X X Ovenbird* X X X Worm-eating Warbler* X 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 X X Tennessee Warbler X X Nashville Warbler X X Mourning Warbler X X Kentucky Warbler* X X X Common Yellowthroat* X X X X Hooded Warbler* X X X American Redstart* X X X Cape May Warbler X X Cerulean Warbler* X X X Northern Parula* X X X Magnolia Warbler X X X Bay-breasted Warbler X X Blackburnian Warbler X X Yellow Warbler* X X Chestnut-sided Warbler X X Blackpoll Warbler X 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 X X Prairie Warbler 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 Chipping Sparrow* X X X Field Sparrow* X X X X Vesper Sparrow X Savannah Sparrow X Grasshopper Sparrow 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 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 Indigo Bunting* X X X Bobolink X Red-winged Blackbird* X X X X Eastern Meadowlark X X Rusty Blackbird X Common Grackle* X X X X Brown-headed Cowbird* X X X X Orchard Oriole* X X Baltimore Oriole* X X X Purple Finch X X House Finch* X X X X Pine Siskin X American Goldfinch* X X X X House Sparrow* X X X X ---------- Brewsters Warbler X * breeding records for these species

Contributors: Howard County Bird Club field trips, seasonal counts, and breeding bird atlases, Felicia Lovelett, Chuck Stirrat, Steve Schwemmer, Andy Aguilera, Dianne Aguilera, Stan Arnold, Scott Atkinson, Scott Berglund, Eirik Blom, Jon E. Boone, Jon K. Boone, Joseph Byrnes, Russell Chandler, Martha Chestem, Jane Coskren, Jeff Culler, Ralph Cullison III, Darius Ecker, Tom Feild, Jane Geuder, Ralph Geuder, Kevin Graff, Irving Hampe, Dave Harvey, Maureen Harvey, Emmalyn Holdridge, David Holmes, Bill Hubick, Brigitte Lund, Nancy Magnusson, John Maloney, Jenny McClintock, Daryl Olson, Jim Orgain, Bonnie Ott, Tim Ray, Robert Ringler, Kurt Schwarz, Steve Simon, Bob Solem, Joanne Solem, Dan Southworth, Linda Southworth, Brian Sykes, Matt Tillett, Robin Todd, Mark Wright, Helen Zeichner.

BUTTERFLIES

This list includes species from all PVSP sites. In addition, Race Road Wetlands has an individual list.

Silver-spotted Skipper Dreamy Duskywing Juvenal's Duskywing Horace's Duskywing Least Skipper Fiery Skipper Northern Broken-Dash Little Glassywing Sachem Hobomok Skipper Zabulon Skipper Dun Skipper Zebra Swallowtail	Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Cabbage White Falcate Orangetip Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur Harvester Banded Hairstreak Red-banded Hairstreak Gray Hairstreak Eastern Tailed-Blue Spring Azure Summer Azure Appalachian Azure	Great Spangled Fritillary Pearl Crescent Question Mark Mourning Cloak American Lady Red Admiral Red-spotted Purple Viceroy Northern Pearly-Eye Appalachian Brown Little Wood-Satyr Monarch
Contributors: Dick Smith, Jo Solem, Nancy Magnusson, Bob Solem, Jane Coskren, Sarah Haviland, Martha Chestem, June Tveekrem.

DRAGONFLIES

This list includes species from all PVSP sites. In addition, Race Road Wetlands has an individual list.

Ebony Jewelwing Spotted Spreadwing Slender Spreadwing Blue-fronted Dancer Violet Dancer Powdered Dancer Blue-tipped Dancer Dusky Dancer Azure Bluet Familiar Bluet Stream Bluet Orange Bluet Citrine Forktail Fragile Forktail Eastern Forktail Gray Petaltail Shadow Darner	Common Green Darner Springtime Darner Fawn Darner Cyrano Darner Unicorn Clubtail Black-shouldered Spinyleg Cobra Clubtail Ashy Clubtail Rapids Clubtail Dragonhunter Appalachian Snaketail Common Sanddragon Eastern Least Clubtail Laura's Clubtail Arrow Clubtail Brown Spiketail Tiger Spiketail Twin-spotted Spiketail	Swift River Cruiser Prince Baskettail Mocha Emerald Clamp-tipped Emerald Common Baskettail Calico Pennant Common Pondhawk Spangled Skimmer Widow Skimmer Twelve-spotted Skimmer Painted Skimmer Great Blue Skimmer Blue Dasher Wandering Glider Spot-winged Glider Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, June Tveekrem, Richard Orr, Nancy Magnusson.

MAMMALS

Short-tailed Shrew Mink River Otter Eastern Chipmunk Eastern Gray Squirrel Beaver White-tailed Deer

Contributors: Jo Solem, Jane Coskren, HCBC field trips.

AMPHIBIANS

Cope's Gray Treefrog American Bullfrog

Contributors: Howard County Frog Watch, Jo Solem

REPTILES

Eastern Gartersnake Notehern Copperhead

Nancy Magnusson, Jo Solem

LICHENS

Common Button Lichen Powdery Goldspeck Lichen Common Goldspeck Lichen Common Script Lichen Fluffy Dust Lichen Rock Wart Lichen Smoky-eye Boulder Lichen Sea Storm Lichen Rock Greenshield Lichen Common Greenshield Lichen	Bottlebrush Shield Lichen Southern Powdered Ruffle Lichen Powdered Ruffle Lichen Scaly Dog Lichen Hoary Rosette Lichen Mealy Rosette Lichen Buttlebrush Frost Lichen Common Powderhorn Lichen Turban Lichen
Contributors: Richard Orr, Grazina & Mike McClure.

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