Back to Wilde Lake Overview

Birding Howard County, Maryland

Species Lists for Wilde Lake 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 Greater White-fronted Goose x Cackling Goose x Canada Goose * x x x x Mute Swan x x x x Tundra Swan x x x Wood Duck x x x x Gadwall x x x American Wigeon x x x American Black Duck x x x Mallard * x x x x Blue-winged Teal x x Northern Shoveler x Northern Pintail x x Green-winged Teal x x x Canvasback x x x Redhead x x Ring-necked Duck x x x Greater Scaup x Lesser Scaup x x x Black Scoter x Long-tailed Duck x x Bufflehead x x x Common Goldeneye x x x Hooded Merganser x x x Common Merganser x x x Red-breasted Merganser x x Ruddy Duck x x x Common Loon x x x Pied-billed Grebe x x x x Horned Grebe x x x Red-necked Grebe x x Double-crested Cormorant x x x American Bittern x Great Blue Heron x x x x Great Egret x x x Snowy Egret x x Little Blue Heron x Green Heron x x x Black-crowned Night-Heron x 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 x Northern Harrier 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 x Red-tailed Hawk x x x x Merlin x x x Peregrine Falcon x x American Coot x x x x Black-bellied Plover x Semipalmated Plover x Piping Plover x Killdeer x x x x Black-necked Stilt x Greater Yellowlegs x x Lesser Yellowlegs x x x Solitary Sandpiper x x x Spotted Sandpiper x x x Sanderling x Semipalmated Sandpiper x Least Sandpiper x x Pectoral Sandpiper x Short-billed Dowitcher x American Woodcock x x Laughing Gull x x Bonaparte's Gull x Ring-billed Gull x x x x Herring Gull x x x Lesser Black-backed Gull x Glaucous Gull x Great Black-backed Gull x x Caspian Tern x x Forster's Tern x Black 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 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 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 Willow Flycatcher x x Least Flycatcher x Eastern Phoebe * x 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 x x Philadelphia Vireo x x

Name Sp Su F W Red-eyed Vireo * x x x Blue Jay * x x x x American Crow x x x x Fish Crow x x x x Horned Lark Purple Martin x x x Tree Swallow x x x Northern Rough-winged Swallow x x x Bank Swallow * x x x Barn Swallow x x x Carolina Chickadee * x x x x Tufted Titmouse * x x x x Red-breasted Nuthatch x 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 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 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 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 x Tennessee Warbler x x Orange-crowned Warbler 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 x Pine Warbler x x Prairie Warbler x x x Palm Warbler x x Bay-breasted Warbler x x Blackpoll Warbler x x Cerulean Warbler x x Black-and-white Warbler x x x American Redstart x x x Prothonotary Warbler x Worm-eating Warbler x x Ovenbird x x x Northern Waterthrush x x Louisiana Waterthrush x x x Kentucky Warbler x x x Mourning Warbler 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 Scarlet Tanager * x x x Eastern Towhee * x x x x American Tree Sparrow x x x Chipping Sparrow x x x x Field Sparrow x x x x Savannah Sparrow x x Grasshopper Sparrow x x x Fox Sparrow x x x Song Sparrow * x x x x Blue Grosbeak 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 Red-winged Blackbird * x x x x Eastern Meadowlark x x x x Rusty Blackbird x x 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 Common Redpoll x x Pine Siskin x x x American Goldfinch * x x x x Evening Grosbeak x x x House Sparrow * x x x x   Brewster's Warbler x * breeding records for these species

Contributors: HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Parks Checklist Project, Ken Board, Connie Bockstie, Martha Chestem, Jane Coskren, Fred Cowden, Joe Hanfman, Emy Holdridge, Mike Kerwin, Chris Ludwig, John Maloney, Linda McDaniel, Marjorie Mountjoy, Carol Newman, Paul Newman, Doug Odermatt, Richard Orr, Peter Osenton, Bonnie Ott, Sherry Peruzzi, Sue Probst, Elise Seay, Steve Simon, Jo Solem, Eva Sunell, Helen Zeichner.

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing Blue-fronted Dancer Eastern Forktail Familiar Bluet Fragile Forktail Orange Bluet Violet Dancer Blue Dasher Common Whitetail Eastern Amberwing

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem.

© 2008