Birding Howard County, Maryland

Species Lists for Schooley Mill 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 Tundra Swan x x x Wood Duck * x x x American Black Duck x x Mallard * x x x x Northern Shoveler x Ring-necked Duck x Bufflehead x Common Merganser x Ring-necked Pheasant x Wild Turkey x x Northern Bobwhite * x x x x Common Loon x x Double-crested Cormorant x x Great Blue Heron x x x x Great Egret x x Green Heron x x x Black-crowned Night-Heron x x Yellow-crowned Night-Heron x Black Vulture x x x x Turkey Vulture x x x x Osprey x x x Bald Eagle x x x Northern Harrier x 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 x Rough-legged Hawk x Golden Eagle x American Kestrel * x x x x Merlin x Peregrine Falcon x King Rail x Virginia Rail x Sora x Killdeer * x x x x Greater Yellowlegs x Solitary Sandpiper x Spotted Sandpiper x Wilson's Snipe x American Woodcock x x x x Laughing Gull x Bonaparte's Gull x Ring-billed Gull x x x Herring Gull x x x Great Black-backed Gull x x Caspian Tern x Rock Pigeon x x x x Mourning Dove * x x x x Black-billed Cuckoo * x x x Yellow-billed Cuckoo * x x x Eastern Screech-Owl x x x Great Horned Owl * 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 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 Eastern Wood-Pewee * x x x Acadian Flycatcher * x x x Alder Flycatcher x Willow Flycatcher * x x Least Flycatcher x x Eastern Phoebe x x x x Great Crested Flycatcher * x x x Eastern Kingbird * x x x Northern Shrike x White-eyed Vireo * x x x Yellow-throated Vireo x x Blue-headed Vireo 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 Common Raven x Horned Lark x Purple Martin x x x Tree Swallow * x x x Northern Rough-winged Swallow x Bank Swallow x x x Cliff Swallow x x x Barn Swallow x x x Carolina Chickadee * x x x x Tufted Titmouse * x x x x

Name Sp Su F W 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 x Winter Wren x x x Marsh Wren x Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x Blue-gray Gnatcatcher * 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 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 Golden-winged Warbler x Tennessee Warbler x x Orange-crowned Warbler x Nashville Warbler x x Northern Parula * x x x Yellow Warbler * x x Chestnut-sided Warbler x x Magnolia Warbler x x Cape May Warbler x Black-throated Blue Warbler x x Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x Black-throated Green Warbler x x Blackburnian Warbler x x x Pine Warbler x x Prairie Warbler * x x x Palm Warbler x x Bay-breasted Warbler x x Blackpoll Warbler x x Black-and-white Warbler x x x American Redstart x x x Prothonotary Warbler x Worm-eating Warbler x x x Ovenbird * x x x Northern Waterthrush x x Louisiana Waterthrush * x x Kentucky Warbler * x x x Connecticut Warbler x Mourning Warbler x Common Yellowthroat * x 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 Scarlet Tanager * x x x Eastern Towhee * x x x x American Tree Sparrow x x x Chipping Sparrow * 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 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 x Red-winged Blackbird * x x x x Eastern Meadowlark * x x 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 x House Finch * x x x x Pine Siskin x x x American Goldfinch * x x x x Evening Grosbeak x House Sparrow x x x   Brewster's Warbler x Lawrence's Warbler x * breeding records for these species

Contributors: Parks Checklist Project, HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Scott Atkinson, John Blaisdell, Jon K Boone, Rod Burley, George Chase, Martha Chestem, Dennis Coskren, Jane Coskren, Susan Earp, Wes Earp, Darius Ecker, Gerald Elgert, Matt Hafner, Hans Holbrook, David Holmes, Mike Kerwin, Nancy Magnusson, Michael O'Brien, Daryl Olson, Peter Osenton, Bonnie Ott, Bob Ringler, Craig Sholley, Joanne Solem, Lisa Stevens.

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-spotted Skipper Juvenal's Duskywing Least Skipper Fiery Skipper Peck's Skipper Tawny-edged Skipper Sachem Pipevine Swallowtail Black Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Cabbage White Falcate Orangetip	Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur Cloudless Sulphur Sleepy Orange American Copper Red-banded Hairstreak Grey Hairstreak Eastern Tailed-Blue Spring Azure Summer Azure American Snout Varigated Fritillary Great Spangled Fritillary	Pearl Crescent Eastern Comma Mourning Cloak American Lady Painted Lady Red Admiral Common Buckeye Red-spotted Purple Viceroy Little Wood-Satyr Monarch
Contributors: Nancy Magnusson, Jo Solem, Dick Smith.

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing Great Spreadwing Southern Spreadwing Spotted Spreadwing Amber-winged Spreadwing Slender Spreadwing Azure Bluet Familiar Bluet Orange Bluet Fragile Forktail Eastern Forktail Common Green Darner Comet Darner Swamp Darner Unicorn Clubtail	Ashy Clubtail Common Baskettail Calico Pennant Halloween Pennant Common Pondhawk Spangled Skimmer Slaty Skimmer Widow Skimmer Twelve-spotted Skimmer Great Blue Skimmer Blue Dasher Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Blue-faced Meadowhawk Ruby Meadowhawk	Band-winged Meadowhawk Autumn Meadowhawk Carolina Saddlebags Black Saddlebags      Unicorn Clubtail      Photo by June Tveekrem
Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, June Tveekrem.

AMPHIBIANS

Spotted Salamander Red-backed Salamander American Toad Fowler's Toad	Spring Peeper Gray Treefrog American Bullfrog Green Frog	Wood Frog Pickerel Frog Southern Leopard Frog
Contributors: Howard County FrogWatchUSA, Nancy Magnusson

REPTILES

Hog-nosed Snake Ring-necked Snake Black Rat Snake Garter Snake	Eastern Box Turtle Eastern Painted Turtle Snapping Turtle
Contributor: Nancy Magnusson

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