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Birding Howard County, Maryland

Species Lists for Western Regional 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 Wood Duck x Gadwall x American Black Duck x Mallard* x x x x Northern Shoveler x Green-winged Teal x Redhead x Ring-necked Duck x x Bufflehead x x Common Goldeneye x Common Merganser x Common Loon x Double-crested Cormorant x Great Blue Heron x x x Great Egret x x Green Heron x x Black Vulture x x x x Turkey Vulture x x x x Osprey x x Northern Harrier x x Sharp-shinned Hawk x x x Cooper's Hawk x x Red-shouldered Hawk 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 American Golden-Plover x Semipalmated Plover x x x Killdeer* x x x x Spotted Sandpiper x x x Solitary Sandpiper x x x Greater Yellowlegs x x x Lesser Yellowlegs x x x Semipalmated Sandpiper x x x Least Sandpiper x x x White-rumped Sandpiper x x x Pectoral Sandpiper x x Dunlin x Stilt Sandpiper x Buff-breasted Sandpiper x Short-billed Dowitcher x Wilson's Snipe x x Laughing Gull x Bonaparte's Gull x Ring-billed Gull x x x Herring Gull x Caspian Tern x x Rock Pigeon* x x x x Mourning Dove* x x x x Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x Black-billed Cuckoo x Eastern Screech-Owl x x x Great Horned Owl x Barred Owl x x Common Nighthawk x Chimney Swift x x x Ruby-throated Hummingbird x x x Belted Kingfisher x 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 Olive-sided Flycatcher x Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x Acadian Flycatcher x x Willow Flycatcher* 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 Blue-headed Vireo x x Warbling 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 x Horned Lark* x x x x Tree Swallow* x x N. Rough-winged Swallow x Bank Swallow x

Name Sp Su F W Barn Swallow* x 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 Carolina Wren x x x x House Wren* x x x Winter Wren x Sedge Wren x Marsh Wren x Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* x x x Eastern Bluebird* x x x x Veery x Gray-cheeked Thrush x Swainson's Thrush 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 American Pipit x x x Cedar Waxwing x x 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 Palm Warbler x x Blackpoll Warbler x x Black-and-white Warbler x x x American Redstart* x x x Worm-eating Warbler x Ovenbird x x x Louisiana Waterthrush x Connecticut Warbler x Common Yellowthroat x x x Hooded Warbler x x Canada Warbler x Yellow-breasted Chat x x Summer Tanager x Scarlet Tanager* x x x Eastern Towhee* x x x x American Tree Sparrow x x Chipping Sparrow* x x x x Clay-colored Sparrow x Field Sparrow* x x x x Vesper Sparrow x x x Lark Sparrow x Savannah Sparrow* x x x Grasshopper Sparrow* x x x Fox Sparrow x x Song Sparrow* x x x x Lincoln's Sparrow x Swamp Sparrow x x x White-throated Sparrow x x x White-crowned Sparrow 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 Dickcissel x Bobolink x x Red-winged Blackbird* x x x Eastern Meadowlark* x x x Rusty Blackbird x Common Grackle x x x x Brown-headed Cowbird x x x Orchard Oriole* x x Baltimore Oriole * x x Purple Finch x House Finch* x x x x American Goldfinch x x x x House Sparrow* x x x x   Brewster's Warbler x * breeding records for these species

Contributors: Rod Burley, Scott Berglund, Lisa Colangelo, Ralph Cullison, Karen Darcy, Sue Earp, Wesley Earp, Tom Feild, Joe Hanfman, Bill Hill, Gayle Hill, Hans Holbrook, Emmalyn Holdridge, Bill Hubick, Nancy Magnusson, Bonnie Ott, Robert Ringler, Bob Solem, Jo Solem, Kate Tufts, June Tveekrem, Jim Wilkinson.

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-spotted Skipper Common Sootywing Peck's Skipper Sachem Zabulon Skipper Black Swallowtail Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Spicebush Swallowtail Cabbage White	Clouded Sulphur Orange Sulphur Gray Hairstreak Spring Azure Summer Azure Eastern Tailed-Blue Varigated Fritillary Great Spangled Fritillary Meadow Fritillary	Pearl Crescent Mourning Cloak American Lady Painted Lady Red Admiral Common Buckeye Red-spotted Purple Monarch
Contributors: Joanne Solem, Nancy Magnusson, Wesley Earp, June Tveekrem, Jim Winkinson.

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing Slender Spreadwing Azure Bluet Double-striped Bluet Familiar Bluet Orange Bluet Fragile Forktail Eastern Forktail Common Green Darner Comet Darner Unicorn Clubtail	Ashy Clubtail Dragonhunter Brown Spiketail Tiger Spiketail Slender Baskettail Calico Pennant Halloween Pennant Common Pondhawk Blue Corporal Spangled Skimmer Slaty Skimmer	Widow Skimmer Twelve-spotted Skimmer Painted Skimmer Blue Dasher Wandering Glider Spot-winged Glider Eastern Amberwing Common Whitetail Carolina Saddlebags Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Rod Burley, Jerry Persall, Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, June Tveekrem, Jim Wilkinson.

AMPHIBIANS

American Bullfrog American Toad Gray Treefrog Green Frog Northern Cricket Frog Pickerel Frog Spring Peeper Western Chorus Frog Contributors: Howard County Frogwatch

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