Species Lists for Gorman NRA

BIRDS (AOS61)

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.”

Snow Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Mallard
Common Merganser
Northern Bobwhite|
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black-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
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
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

Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia 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
Cliff Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah 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
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean 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
Yellow-throated 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
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Brewster’s Warbler

Contributors: John McKitterick, Erin Eve, Tracy Eve, Jo Solem, Jane Coskren, Dennis Coskren, June Tveekrem, Kurt Schwarz, Peter Osenton, Mike Leumas, Dan Southworth.

BUTTERFLIES

    • Silver-spotted Skipper
    • Southern Cloudywing
    • Northern Cloudywing
    • Juvenal’s Duskywing
    • Horace’s Duskywing
    • Wild Indigo Duskywing
    • Common Checkered-Skipper
    • Swarthy Skipper
    • Least Skipper
    • Fiery Skipper
    • Peck’s Skipper
    • Tawny-edged Skipper
    • Crossline Skipper
    • Southern Broken Dash
    • Northern Broken-Dash
    • Little Glassywing
    • Sachem Skipper
    • Dun Skipper
  • Dusted Skipper
  • Black Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Falcate Orangetip
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Sleepy Orange
  • American Copper
  • Coral Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Azure sp
  • Summer Azure
  • American Snout
  • Variegated Fritillary
    • Hobomok Skipper
    • Zabulon Skipper
    • Great-spangled Fritillary
    • Meadow Fritillary
    • Silvery Checkerspot
    • Pearl Crescent
    • Question Mark
    • Eastern Comma
    • Mourning Cloak
    • American Lady
    • Painted Lady
    • Red Admiral
    • Common Buckeye
    • Red-spotted Purple
    • Viceroy
    • Northern Pearly-eye
    • Little Wood-Satyr
    • Monarch

Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, Dick Smith, Erin Eve, Tracy Eve, Allen Lewis.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • American Rubyspot
  • Southern Spreadwing
  • Sweetflag Spreadwing
  • Elegant Spreadwing
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Dusky Dancer
  • Aurora Damsel
  • Azure Bluet
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Stream Bluet
  • Orange Bluet
  • Slender Bluet
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Shadow Darner
  • Common Green Darner
  • Springtime Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Swamp Darner
  • Cyrano Darner
  • Black-shouldered Spinyleg
  • Lancet Clubtail
  • Ashy Clubtail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Appalachian Snaketail
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Eastern Least Clubtail
  • Laura’s Clubtail
  • Arrow Clubtail
  • Stream Cruiser
  • Swift River Cruiser
  • Illinois River Cruiser
  • Clamp-tipped Emerald
  • Common Baskettail
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Bar-winged Skimmer
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Painted Skimmer
  • Great Blue Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Wandering Glider
  • Spot-winged Glider
  • Common Whitetail
  • White-faced Meadowhawk
  • Ruby Meadowhawk
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Carolina Saddlebags
  • Black Saddlebags

AMPHIBIANS

  • Spotted Salamander
  • N. Dusky Salamander
  • Four-toed Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Chorus Frog
  • Spring Peeper
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Wood Frog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • N. Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog

Contributors: Erin Eve, Tracy Eve, Sue Muller (MARA data), Jo Solem.

REPTILES

  • E. Box Turtle
  • E. Painted Turtle
  • E. Snapping Turtle
  • N. Watersnake
  • E. Gartersnake
  • E. Ratsnake

Contributors: Jo Solem, Tracy Eve, Emmalyn Holdridge, Sue Muller (MARA data).