Publications Available from the Howard Bird Club:

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Field Checklist of the Birds of Howard County

PDF file [142 KB]
Compiled by the Records Committee of the Howard County Bird Club, Society, based on 45+ years of records.

Howard County Feeder Birds

PDF file [30 KB]
List of species seen at feeders along with other brief information

Food preferences of Howard County Feeder Birds

PDF file [120 KB]
When you put out sunflower seed, millet, thistle, peanuts, suet, corn or safflower, what birds will likely come to your feeder?

Howard County Plants

PDF file [17 KB]
Blooming dates of native and alien flowering plants and list of woody plants found in the county based on 1970s-1980s records.

The Butterflies of Howard County

PDF file [181 KB]
Richard Smith’s annotated list with names, flight period, habitat, flowers visited, and larval host plants.

Identifying Selected Howard County Dragonflies

PDF file [324 KB]
Pictorial guide to 24 common odonates. [6 pages including phenograms].

Robert E Stewart, Chandler S Robbins (1958)
BIRDS OF MARYLAND AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
North American Fauna: January 1958, Number 62: pp. 1 – 401.

PDF file [21 MB]
"Stewart and Robbins (1958)" is a key historical work about the birds of our region.

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