Species Lists for David Force Natural Resource Area

BIRDS
The list below is based on early records plus those in eBird. The the most complete seasonal and habitat records, see Howard county Annotated Records on the drop-down menu “Birding.”

Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
American Black Duck
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Hooded Merganser
Northern Bobwhite
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Solitary Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
American Bittern
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Great Blue 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
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel

Merlin
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian 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
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warble
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler*
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

Contributors: Howard County Bird Club field trips, Seasonal Records, Michele Wright, Martha Chestem, Ralph Cullison III, Karen Darcy, Wes Earp, Ward Ebert, Kevin Heffernan, Bill Hill, Nancy Magnusson,Bonnie Ott, Kurt Schwarz, Bob Solem, Jo Solem, Chuck Stirrat, Mark Wallace.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Horace’s Duskywing
  • Duskywing sp
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing
  • Least Skipper
  • Peck’s Skipper
  • Tawny-edged Skipper
  • Crossline Skipper
  • LIttle Glassywing
  • Sachem
  • Hobomok Skipper
  • Zabulon Skipper
  • Dun Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Black Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Banded Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Azure sp
  • Summer Azure
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • Great Spangled Fritillary
  • Silvery Checkerspot
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Question Mark
  • Eastern Comma
  • Mourning Cloak
  • Americann Lady
  • Painted Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Viceroy
  • Northern Pearly-eye
  • Appalachian Brown
  • Little Wood-Satyr
  • Common Wood-Nymph
  • Monarch

Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Jo Solem, Bob Solem.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • American Rubyspot
  • Southern Spreadwing
  • Spotted Spreadwing
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Dusky Dancer
  • Azure Bluet
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Stream Bluet
  • Orange Bluet
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Shadow Darner
  • Common Green Darner
  • Springtime Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Lancet Clubtail
  • Ashy Clubtail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Eastern Least Clubtail
  • Swift River Cruiser
  • Slender Baskettail
  • Common Baskettail
  • Slender Baskettail
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Bar-winged Skimmer
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Painted Skimmer
  • Great Blue Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Ruby Meadowhawk
  • Band-winged Meadowhawk
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Black Saddlebags

Contributors: Bob Solem, Jo Solem, Richard Orr, Michele Wright, Bonnie Ott.

AMPHIBIANS

  • Spotted Salamander
  • N. Dusky Salamander
  • N. Two-lined Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Wood Frog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • N. Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog
Contributors: Sue Muller (MARA data), Michele Wright, Jo Solem, V. Krishnamoorthy, Linda Hunt.

REPTILES

  • E. Box Turtle
  • E. Painted Turtle
  • E. Snapping Turtle
Contributor: Michele Wright.