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Species Lists for Patuxent Branch Trail

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 Wood Duck X X American Black Duck Mallard X X Hooded Merganser X Common Loon X Great Blue Heron X X X Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X Black Vulture X X X Turkey Vulture X X X Osprey X Bald Eagle X Sharp-shinned Hawk X X X Cooper's Hawk X X Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X Red-tailed Hawk X X Killdeer X Solitary Sandpiper X Ring-billed Gull X X Rock Pigeon X Mourning Dove X X X X Yellow-billed Cuckoo X X Barred Owl X Chimney Swift X X Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X Belted Kingfisher X X 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 Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X Acadian Flycatcher X X Willow Flycatcher X Least Flycatcher X Eastern Phoebe X X X Great Crested Flycatcher X X Eastern Kingbird X X White-eyed Vireo X X Blue-headed Vireo X Warbling Vireo 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 Tree Swallow X Northern Rough-winged Swallow X X Barn Swallow X 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 X X Carolina Wren X X X X House Wren X X X Winter Wren X X X Sedge Wren X Sedge Wren X Marsh Wren X X Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X Golden-crowned Kinglet X X X Ruby-crowned Kinglet X X

Name Sp Su F W Eastern Bluebird X X Veery X X Gray-cheeked Thrush X X Swainson's Thrush X X Hermit Thrush X X Wood Thrush X X X American Robin X X X X Gray Catbird X X X Northern Mockingbird X X X Brown Thrasher X European Starling X X Cedar Waxwing X X X Ovenbird X X Worm-eating Warbler X Louisiana Waterthrush X X X Northern Waterthrush X Blue-winged Warbler X X Golden-winged Warbler X Black-and-white Warbler X X Prothonotary Warbler X Tennessee Warbler X Nashville Warbler X Mourning Warbler X Kentucky Warbler X X Common Yellowthroat X X X Hooded Warbler X American Redstart X X Northern Parula X X X Magnolia Warbler X X Bay-breasted Warbler X Blackburnian Warbler X Yellow Warbler X Chestnut-sided Warbler X X Blackpoll Warbler X X X Black-throated Blue Warbler X X Palm Warbler X Pine Warbler X Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X Yellow-throated Warbler X Prairie Warbler X Black-throated Green Warbler X X Canada Warbler X X X Wilson's Warbler X X Eastern Towhee X X Chipping Sparrow X X Field Sparrow X Song Sparrow X X X X Swamp Sparrow X White-throated Sparrow X X X Dark-eyed Junco X X X Scarlet Tanager X X X Northern Cardinal X X X X Rose-breasted Grosbeak X X Indigo Bunting X X X Red-winged Blackbird X X X Common Grackle X X X X Brown-headed Cowbird X X Orchard Oriole X Baltimore Oriole X Purple Finch X House Finch X X X X White-winged Crossbill X Pine Siskin X X X American Goldfinch X X X X House Sparrow X X X X

Contributors: Steve Collins, Tom Miller, Jo Solem, Steve Schwemmer, John McKitterick, Dan Southworth, Linda Southworth, Michelle Stewart, Barry Miller.

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-spotted Skipper Juvenal's Duskywing Horace's Duskywing Wild Indigo Duskywing Common Checkered-Skipper Least Skipper Peck's Skipper Little Glassywing Sachem Zabulon Skipper	Dun Skipper Zebra Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Cabbage White Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur Banded Hairstreak Red-banded Hairstreak Eastern Tailed-Blue	Spring Azure Pearl Crescent Question Mark Mourning Cloak American Lady Red Admiral Red-spotted Purple Northern Pearly-Eye Monarch
Contributors: Steve Collins, Joanne Solem, June Tveekrem.

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing American Rubyspot Slender Spreadwing Blue-fronted Dancer Violet Dancer Blue-tipped Dancer Azure Bluet Stream Bluet Citrine Forktail Fragile Forktail Eastern Forktail Shadow Darner	Common Green Darner Swamp Darner Lancet Clubtail Asy Clubtail Black-shouldered Spinyleg Dragonhunter Common Sanddragon Stream Cruiser Swift River Cruiser Common Baskettail Common Pondhawk	Slaty Skimmer Widow Skimmer Twelve-spotted Skimmer Great Blue Skimmer Blue Dasher Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Band-winged Meadowhawk Autumn Meadowhawk Carolina Saddlebags
Contributors: Steve Collins, Joanne Solem, Bob Solem.

MAMMALS

Shorttail Shrew Red Fox Woodchuck Eastern Chipmunk Eastern Gray Squirrel Southern Flying Squirrel Beaver White-tailed Deer

Contributors: Steve Collins, Joanne Solem, Bob Solem.

AMPHIBIANS

American Toad Spring Peeper Gray Treefrog Wood Frog

Contributors: Steve Collins, Joanne Solem.

REPTILES

Northern Black Racer Black Rat Snake Northern Brown Snake Eastern Garter Snake Red-eared Slider

Contributors: Steve Collins, Joanne Solem.

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