Species Lists for Wilde Lake

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.”

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard*
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Coot
Black-necked Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer
Piping Plover
Short-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Bonaparte’s Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret

Green Heron
Great Egret
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
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
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least 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
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin

Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated 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
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville 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
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
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Brewster’s Warbler

Contributors: HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Parks Checklist Project, Ken Board, Connie Bockstie, Martha Chestem, Jane Coskren, Fred Cowden, Joe Hanfman, Emy Holdridge, Ed Heustis, Mike Kerwin, Chris Ludwig, John Maloney, Linda McDaniel, Marjorie Mountjoy, Carol Newman, Paul Newman, Doug Odermatt, Richard Orr, Peter Osenton, Bonnie Ott, Sherry Peruzzi, Sue Probst, Elise Seay, Steve Simon, Jo Solem, Eva Sunell, Helen Zeichner, Jim Wilkinson, Kurt Schwarz, Nathan Baum, Diane Eidelman.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Peck’s Skipper
  • Sachem
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Monarch

Contributor: Howard County Butterfly Survey.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Orange Bluet
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Common Whitetail
  • Eastern Amberwing

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Pamela Franks.