Howard County Bird Club

Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society
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Species Lists for David Force Natural Resource Area

Birds

Butterflies

Dragonflies

Mammals

Amphibians

Reptiles

BIRDS

They include many earlier records not available in eBird.

Seasonal List

Seasons: Sp (Spring): March–May; Su (Summer): June–July; F (Fall): August–November; W (Winter): December–February.

Name Sp Su F W
Canada Goose X X X
Tundra Swan X
Wood Duck X X X X
Mallard X X X X
American Black Duck X X
Ring-necked Duck X X
Lesser Scaup X X
Hooded Merganser X X
Northern Bobwhite X X
Horned Grebe X
Rock Pigeon X X X X
Mourning Dove X X X X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo X X
Common Nighthawk X X
Chimney Swift X X X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X
Killdeer X X
American Woodcock X X X
Wilson’s Snipe X
Solitary Sandpiper X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X X X X
Herring Gull X X X
Red-throated Loon X
Common Loon X X X
American Bittern X X
Double-crested Cormorant X X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X
Green Heron X X X X
Great Blue Heron X X X X
Black Vulture X X X X
Turkey Vulture X X X X
Osprey X X
Northern Harrier X
Sharp-shinned Hawk X X X
Cooper’s Hawk X X X X
Bald Eagle X X X
Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X
Broad-winged Hawk X X X
Red-tailed Hawk X X X X
Great Horned Owl X X
Barred Owl X X X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker X X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X
Downy Woodpecker X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker X X X X
Pileated Woodpecker X X X X
Northern Flicker X X X X
American Kestrel X X
Merlin X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Acadian Flycatcher X X X
Willow Flycatcher X X
Eastern Phoebe X X X X
Great Crested Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Kingbird X X
White-eyed Vireo X X X
Yellow-throated Vireo X X
Blue-headed Vireo X X
Philadelphia Vireo X
Warbling Vireo X X
Red-eyed Vireo X X X
Blue Jay X X X X
American Crow X X X X
Fish Crow X X X x
Common Raven X X x
Carolina Chickadee X X X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X
Tree Swallow X X
Purple Martin X X
N. Rough-winged Swallow X X
Barn Swallow X X X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X X X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X X
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X
Name Sp Su F W
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X
Brown Creeper X X X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X
House Wren X X X
Winter Wren X X X
Carolina Wren X X X X
Gray Catbird X X X X
Brown Thrasher X X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X
European Starling X X X X
Eastern Bluebird X X X
Veery X X X
Swainson’s Thrush X X
Hermit Thrush X X X
Wood Thrush X X X
American Robin X X X X
House Sparrow X X X X
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X X X
Pine Siskin X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X
Field Sparrow X X X X
Fox Sparrow X X X
American Tree Sparrow X
Dark-eyed Junco X X X
White-crowned Sparrow X
White-throated Sparrow X X X
Song Sparrow X X X X
Lincoln’s Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X X X
Eastern Towhee X X X X
Yellow-breasted Chat X X
Eastern Meadowlark X
Orchard Oriole X X
Baltimore Oriole X X X
Red-winged Blackbird X X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X X X
Rusty Blackbird X
Common Grackle X X X X
Ovenbird X X
Worm-eating Warbler X
Louisiana Waterthrush X X
Northern Waterthrush X
Blue-winged Warbler X X
Black-and-white Warbler X X
Tennessee Warbler X
Orange-crowned Warbler X
Nashville Warbler X X
Connecticut X
Kentucky Warbler X X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
Hooded Warbler X
American Redstart X X X
Northern Parula X X X
Magnolia Warbler X X
Bay-breasted Warble X X
Blackburnian Warbler X X
Yellow Warbler X X X
chestnut-sided Warbler X X
Blackpoll Warbler X X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X X
Palm Warbler* X X
Pine Warbler X X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X
Yellow-throated Warbler X
Prairie Warbler X
Black-throated Green Warbler X X
Canada Warbler X
Wilson’s Warbler X
Scarlet Tanager X X X
Northern Cardinal X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X X
Blue Grosbeak X X
Indigo Bunting X X X

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.

MAMMALS

  • Mink
  • Red Fox
  • Woodchuck
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • American Beaver
  • Deer Mouse
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • White-tailed Deer
Contributors: Jo Solem, Michele Wright, Bob Solem, Emmalyn Holdridge.

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.