Warfields Pond Park

• Size: 19.85 acres including a 3.8 acre pond.
• Habitat: Spring-fed pond with cattails, maturing mixed deciduous trees; brushy/weedy margins; some mown strips; seepage area in trees below dam; fallow field with hedgerow.
• Best Months: Spring, fall, and early winter. Least useful when the pond is frozen.
• Coverage Time: Less than one-half hour to one hour.
• Trails/Paths: Wide paved path around the pond. Total path system 1.3 miles including .07 miles of boardwalk; loop around pond is .65 miles.
• Notable Birds: Cackling Goose, Gadwall, Blue-winged Teal, Redhead, Greater Scaup, Ring-necked Pheasant, Horned Grebe, American Bittern, Little Blue Heron, Common Moorhen, American Woodcock, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Winter Wren, Marsh Wren, American Pipit, Blue-winged Warbler, American Tree Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Common Redpoll.
• Amenities: Tot lot; picnic pavilion; tennis, volleyball, and basketball courts.
• Handicapped Access: Wide paved path with gentle grades.
• Operation and Hours: Howard County park; dawn to dusk (or as posted).
• Special Attractions: Pond and boardwalk.