Species Lists for Alpha Ridge Park
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Wind Turkey
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-Crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
N Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Contributors: Howard County Bird Club field trips and seasonal counts, Ralph Cullison, Darius Ecker, Paula Sortino, Nancy Magnusson, Bonnie Ott, Jo Solem, Jim Wilkinson.
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Horace’s Duskywing
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Common Sootywing
- Swarthy Skipper
- Least Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck’s Skipper
- Tawny-edged Skipper
- Little Glassywing
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
- Dun Skipper
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Cloudless Sulphur
- American Copper
- Banded Hairstreak
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Juniper Hairstreak
- White M Hairstreak
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Azure sp
- Summer Azure
- American Snout
- Variegated Fritillary
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Meadow Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Eastern Comma
- Mourning Cloak
- American Lady
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Common Buckeye
- Red-spotted Purple
- Viceroy
- Northern Pearly-eye
- Monarch
Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Nancy Magnusson, Jo Solem, Jim Wilkinson, Sue Muller, Woody Merkle.
- Ebony Jewelwing
- Great Spreadwing
- Southern Spreadwing
- Spotted Spreadwing
- Slender Spreadwing
- Violet (Variable) Dancer
- Azure Bluet
- Familiar Bluet
- Skimming Bluet
- Orange Bluet
- Citrine Forktail
- Fragile Forktail
- Eastern Forktail
- Black-tipped Darner
- Common Green Darner
- Swamp Darner
- Calico Pennant
- Halloween Pennant
- Common Pondhawk
- Spangled Skimmer
- Slaty Skimmer
- Widow Skimmer
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Painted Skimmer
- Blue Dasher
- Wandering Glider
- Spot-winged Glider
- Eastern Amberwing
- ommon Whitetail
- Blue-faced Meadowhawk
- White-faced Meadowhawk
- Autumn Meadowhawk
- Carolina Saddlebags
- Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Nancy Magnusson, Bob Solem, Jo Solem, June Tveekrem, Bonnie Ott