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Species Lists for Rockburn Branch 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 Canada Goose x x x x Tundra Swan x Wood Duck x Mallard x x Blue-winged Teal x Ring-necked Pheasant x x x x Wild Turkey x Northern Bobwhite x x x x Common Loon x x Double-crested Cormorant x x Great Blue Heron x x Great Egret x Green Heron x x Yellow-crowned Night-Heron x x Black Vulture x x x x Turkey Vulture * x x x x Osprey x x Bald Eagle x x Northern Harrier 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 x American Kestrel * x x x x Merlin x x Peregrine Falcon x Killdeer x x x Solitary Sandpiper x American Woodcock x x Laughing Gull x x Ring-billed Gull x x x x Herring Gull x x x x Great Black-backed Gull x Rock Pigeon x x x x Mourning Dove * x x x x Black-billed Cuckoo x Yellow-billed Cuckoo * 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 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 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 Least Flycatcher x Eastern Phoebe * x x x Great Crested Flycatcher * x x Eastern Kingbird * x x White-eyed Vireo * x x x Yellow-throated Vireo x x Blue-headed Vireo x 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 Purple Martin x Tree Swallow * x x x Northern Rough-winged Swallow x Cliff Swallow x Barn Swallow x x Carolina Chickadee * x x x x Tufted Titmouse * x x x x Red-breasted Nuthatch 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 Sedge Wren x Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x

Name Sp Su F W Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 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 x European Starling * x x x x American Pipit x Cedar Waxwing * x x x x Blue-winged Warbler x x x Golden-winged Warbler x Tennessee Warbler x x Orange-crowned Warbler x x Nashville Warbler x x Northern Parula * x x x Yellow Warbler * x x x Chestnut-sided Warbler x x Magnolia Warbler x x Cape May Warbler x x Black-throated Blue Warbler x x Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x Black-throated Green Warbler x x Blackburnian Warbler x x Yellow-throated Warbler x Pine Warbler x Prairie Warbler * x x x Palm Warbler x x Bay-breasted Warbler x x Blackpoll Warbler x x Cerulean Warbler x Black-and-white Warbler x x American Redstart * x x x Prothonotary Warbler x Worm-eating Warbler x x Ovenbird * x x x Northern Waterthrush x x x Louisiana Waterthrush * x x x Kentucky Warbler * x x x Connecticut Warbler x Mourning Warbler x x Common Yellowthroat * x x x Hooded Warbler * x x x Wilson's Warbler x x Canada Warbler x x Yellow-breasted Chat * x x x Summer Tanager x x Scarlet Tanager * x x x Eastern Towhee * x x x x American Tree Sparrow x x Chipping Sparrow * x x x Field Sparrow * x x x x Savannah Sparrow x Grasshopper Sparrow x Henslow's Sparrow x Fox Sparrow 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 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 x Baltimore Oriole * x x x Purple Finch x x x House Finch * x x x x American Goldfinch * x x x x House Sparrow * x x x x * breeding records for these species

Contributors: HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Parks Checklist Project, Stan Arnold, Connie Bockstie, Martha Chestem, Karen Darcy, Phil Davis, Darius Ecker, Jane Geuder, Ralph Geuder, Kevin Heffernan, Emy Holdridge, John Maloney, Joel Martin, Elayne Metter, Jeff Metter, Eric Neupert, Bonnie Ott, Jo Solem, Paula Sortino, Al Swann, Helen Zeichner.

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-spotted Skipper Dreamy Duskywing Common Checkered-Skipper Least Skipper Black Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Cabbage White Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur Gray Hairstreak	Eastern Tailed-Blue Pearl Crescent Question Mark Painted Lady American Lady Red-spotted Purple Northern Pearly-Eye Little Wood-Satyr Monarch	Northern Pearly_Eye Photo by Kevin Heffernan
Contributors: Dick Smith, Jo Solem, Bonnie Ott, Richard Orr, Kevin Heffernan

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing Violet Dancer Familiar Bluet Skimming Bluet Orange Bluet Fragile Forktail Eastern Forktail Common Green Darner	Comet Darner Unicorn Clubtail Calico Pennant Common Pondhawk Spangled Skimmer Slaty Skimmer Widow Skimmer Twelve-spotted Skimmer	Painted Skimmer Blue Dasher Wandering Glider Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Autumn Meadowhawk Carolina Saddlebags Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem.

AMPHIBIANS

American Bullfrog American Toad Cope's Gray Treefrog Green Frog Pickerel Frog Spring Peeper Contributors: Howard County FrogWatchUSA

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