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Field Checklist of the Birds of Howard County

See legend at end of list   Gtr White-fronted Goose * A   Snow Goose M,WV   Cackling Goose * C ◊ Canada Goose M,PR   Brant * H ◊ Mute Swan PR   Tundra Swan M,WV ◊ Wood Duck M,SR,WV ◊ Gadwall M,WV   Eurasian Wigeon * A   American Wigeon M,WV ◊ American Black Duck M,WV ◊ Mallard M,PR   Blue-winged Teal M   Northern Shoveler M,WV   Northern Pintail M,WV   Green-winged Teal M,WV   Canvasback M,WV   Redhead M,WV   Ring-necked Duck M,WV   Greater Scaup C   Lesser Scaup M,WV   Surf Scoter C   White-winged Scoter C   Black Scoter C   Long-tailed Duck M,WV   Bufflehead M,WV   Common Goldeneye M,WV ◊ Hooded Merganser M,WV   Common Merganser M,WR   Red-breasted Merganser M,WV   Ruddy Duck M,WV ◊ Ring-necked Pheasant PR ◊ Wild Turkey PR ◊ Northern Bobwhite PR   Red-throated Loon * C   Common Loon M,WV   Pied-billed Grebe M,WV   Horned Grebe M,WV   Red-necked Grebe C   Eared Grebe * A   Western Grebe * H   Double-crested Cormorant M,SV,WV   Anhinga A   American Bittern M   Least Bittern C ◊ Great Blue Heron M,PR   Great Egret M,SV   Snowy Egret M,SV   Little Blue Heron M,SV   Tricolored Heron * A   Cattle Egret M,SV ◊ Green Heron M,SR   Black-crowned Night-Heron M,SV   Yellow-crowned Night-Heron SV   White Ibis * A	Glossy Ibis C ◊ Black Vulture M,PR ◊ Turkey Vulture M,PR   Osprey M,SV   Mississippi Kite * A ◊ Bald Eagle M,PR   Northern Harrier M,WV   Sharp-shinned Hawk M,WR ◊ Cooper's Hawk M,PR,WV   Northern Goshawk * M,WV ◊ Red-shouldered Hawk M,PR ◊ Broad-winged Hawk M,SR ◊ Red-tailed Hawk M,PR   Rough-legged Hawk M,WV   Golden Eagle * C ◊ American Kestrel M,PR   Merlin M,WV   Peregrine Falcon M,WV   King Rail * C ◊ Virginia Rail M ◊  Sora M ◊ Common Moorhen C   American Coot M,WV   Limpkin * A   Sandhill Crane * A   Black-bellied Plover C   American Golden-Plover C   Semipalmated Plover M   Piping Plover * A ◊ Killdeer M,PR   Black-necked Stilt * A   American Avocet * A ◊ Spotted Sandpiper M,SV   Solitary Sandpiper M,SV   Greater Yellowlegs M,SV   Lesser Yellowlegs M,SV   Upland Sandpiper C   Whimbrel * H   Ruddy Turnstone * H   Red Knot * H   Sanderling C   Semipalmated Sandpiper M,SV   Western Sandpiper * C   Least Sandpiper M,SV   White-rumped Sandpiper * C   Baird's Sandpiper * A   Pectoral Sandpiper M,SV   Dunlin C   Stilt Sandpiper * A   Buff-breasted Sandpiper * C   Short-billed Dowitcher * C   Long-billed Dowitcher * A   Wilson’s Snipe M,WV ◊ American Woodcock M,SR,WV   Wilson’s Phalarope * A	Red Phalarope * A   Laughing Gull C   Bonaparte’s Gull M,WV   Ring-billed Gull M,SV,WR   Herring Gull M,WR   Thayer’s Gull * A   Iceland Gull C   Lesser Black-backed Gull C   Glaucous Gull C   Great Black-backed Gull M,WV   Caspian Tern M,SV   Least Tern H   Black Tern C   Common Tern * C   Forster's Tern M ◊ Rock Pigeon PR ◊ Mourning Dove PR ◊ Yellow-billed Cuckoo M,SR ◊ Black-billed Cuckoo M,SR ◊ Barn Owl C ◊ Eastern Screech-Owl PR ◊ Great Horned Owl PR   Snowy Owl * A ◊ Barred Owl PR   Long-eared Owl C   Short-eared Owl C   Northern Saw-whet Owl C   Common Nighthawk M   Chuck-will's-widow * C ◊ Whip-poor-will M,SR? ◊ Chimney Swift M,SR ◊ Ruby-throated Hummingbird M,SR   Rufous Hummingbird * A ◊ Belted Kingfisher PR ◊ Red-headed Woodpecker M,WV ◊ Red-bellied Woodpecker PR   Yellow-bellied Sapsucker M,WV ◊ Downy Woodpecker PR ◊ Hairy Woodpecker PR ◊ Northern Flicker M,PR ◊ Pileated Woodpecker PR   Olive-sided Flycatcher M ◊ Eastern Wood-Pewee M,SR   Yellow-bellied Flycatcher M ◊ Acadian Flycatcher M,SR   Alder Flycatcher C ◊ Willow Flycatcher M,SR ◊ Least Flycatcher M,SV ◊ Eastern Phoebe M,SR,WV ◊ Great Crested Flycatcher M,SR ◊ Eastern Kingbird M,SR   Loggerhead Shrike * C   Northern Shrike * A ◊ White-eyed Vireo M,SR ◊ Yellow-throated Vireo M,SR   Blue-headed Vireo M

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◊ Warbling Vireo M,SR   Philadelphia Vireo M ◊ Red-eyed Vireo M,SR ◊ Blue Jay M,PR ◊ American Crow PR   Fish Crow PR   Common Raven * C ◊ Horned Lark M,PR ◊ Purple Martin M,SR ◊ Tree Swallow M,SR ◊ N. Rough-winged Swallow M,SR ◊ Bank Swallow M,SV ◊ Cliff Swallow M,SR ◊ Barn Swallow M,SR ◊ Carolina Chickadee PR   Black-capped Chickadee * WV ◊ Tufted Titmouse PR   Red-breasted Nuthatch ,WV ◊ White-breasted Nuthatch M,PR   Brown Creeper M,WR ◊ Carolina Wren PR ◊ House Wren M,SR   Winter Wren M,WR   Sedge Wren * C   Marsh Wren C   Golden-crowned Kinglet M,WR   Ruby-crowned Kinglet M,WV ◊ Blue-gray Gnatcatcher M,SR ◊ Eastern Bluebird PR ◊ Veery M,SR   Gray-cheeked Thrush M   Bicknell’s Thrush * H   Swainson's Thrush M   Hermit Thrush M,WR ◊ Wood Thrush M,SR ◊ American Robin M,PR   Varied Thrush * A ◊ Gray Catbird M,SR,WV ◊ Northern Mockingbird PR ◊ Brown Thrasher M,SR,WV ◊ European Starling PR   American Pipit M,WV

◊ Cedar Waxwing M,PR ◊ Blue-winged Warbler M,SR   Golden-winged Warbler >M   Tennessee Warbler M   Orange-crowned Warbler M   Nashville Warbler M   Northern Parula M,SR ◊ Yellow Warbler M,SR   Chestnut-sided Warbler M   Magnolia Warbler M   Cape May Warbler M   Bl-throated Blue Warbler     Yellow-rumped Warbler M,WV   Bl-throated Green Warbler M   Blackburnian Warbler M ◊ Yellow-throated Warbler M,SR ◊ Pine Warbler M,SR ◊ Prairie Warbler M,SR   Palm Warbler M   Bay-breasted Warbler M   Blackpoll Warbler M ◊ Cerulean Warbler M,SR ◊ Black-and-white Warbler M,SR ◊ American Redstart M,SR ◊ Prothonotary Warbler M,SR ◊ Worm-eating Warbler M,SR ◊ Ovenbird M,SR   Northern Waterthrush M ◊ Louisiana Waterthrush M,SR ◊ Kentucky Warbler M,SR   Connecticut Warbler M(fall)   Mourning Warbler M ◊ Common Yellowthroat M,SR ◊ Hooded Warbler M,SR   Wilson’s Warbler M   Canada Warbler M ◊ Yellow-breasted Chat M,SR   Summer Tanager M,SV ◊ Scarlet Tanager M,SR ◊ Eastern Towhee PR   Bachman’s Sparrow * H   American Tree Sparrow M,WR ◊ Chipping Sparrow M,SR,WV

Clay-colored Sparrow * C ◊ Field Sparrow M,PR ◊ Vesper Sparrow M,SR   Lark Sparrow * A ◊ Savannah Sparrow M,WR ◊ Grasshopper Sparrow M,SR   Henslow’s Sparrow * C   Nelson’ Sharp-tailed Spar * C   Fox Sparrow M,WR ◊ Song Sparrow M,PR   Lincoln’s Sparrow M   Swamp Sparrow M,WR   White-throated Sparrow M,WR   Harris’s Sparrow * A   White-crowned Sparrow M,WR   Dark-eyed Junco M,WR   Lapland Longspur * C   Snow Bunting * C ◊ Northern Cardinal PR   Rose-breasted Grosbeak M ◊ Blue Grosbeak M,SR ◊ Indigo Bunting M,SR   Painted Bunting * A ◊ Dickcissel * C   Bobolink M ◊ Red-winged Blackbird M,PR ◊ Eastern Meadowlark PR   Yellow-headed Blackbird * A   Rusty Blackbird M,WV   Brewer’s Blackbird * A ◊ Common Grackle M,PR ◊ Brown-headed Cowbird M,PR ◊ Orchard Oriole M,SR ◊ Baltimore Oriole M,SR   Purple Finch M,WV ◊ House Finch PR   Red Crossbill * C   White-winged Crossbill * A   Common Redpoll C   Pine Siskin M,WV ◊ American Goldfinch PR   Evening Grosbeak M,WV ◊ House Sparrow PR

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	LEGEND	SR - Summer Resident	M - Migrant	Spring - March-May
◊	Breeding evidence (may be a single record)	SV - Summer Visitor	C - Casual - (at least 6 records; highly irregular occurrence)	Summer - June-July
	Asterisk indicates written details or a photograph are required.	WR - Winter Resident	A - Accidental - (1-5 records with photo or specimen; 3-5 without)	Autumn - August-November
	PR - Permanent Resident	WV - Winter Visitor	H - Hypothetical - (1-2 records without a photograph, specimen, or Maryland/District of Columbia Records Committee acceptance)	Winter - December-February

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