Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for Centennial Park

Birds

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
Snow Goose	x	x	x	x
Ross’s Goose			x
Greater White-fronted Goose			x	x
Cackling Goose	x		x	x
Canada Goose	x	x	x	x
Trumpeter Swan	x		x	x
Tundra Swan	x		x	x
Wood Duck	x	x	x	x
Blue-winged Teal	x	x	x	x
Northern Shoveler	x	x	x	x
Gadwall	x		x	x
Eurasian Wigeon	x
American Wigeon	x	x	x	x
Mallard	x	x	x	x
American Black Duck	x	x	x	x
Northern Pintail	x		x	x
Green-winged Teal	x		x	x
Canvasback	x	x	x	x
Redhead	x		x	x
Ring-necked Duck	x	x	x	x
Greater Scaup	x		x	x
Lesser Scaup	x		x	x
Surf Scoter	x		x	x
White-winged Scoter	x			x
Black Scoter	x		x
Long-tailed Duck	x		x	x
Bufflehead	x	x	x	x
Common Goldeneye	x		x	x
Hooded Merganser	x	x	x	x
Common Merganser	x		x	x
Red-breasted Merganser	x		x	x
Ruddy Duck	x	x	x	x
Northern Bobwhite	x	x	x	x
Ring-necked Pheasant	x	x	x	x
Pied-billed Grebe	x	x	x	x
Horned Grebe	x		x	x
Red-necked Grebe	x			x
Eared Grebe	x
Rock Pigeon	x	x	x	x
Mourning Dove	x	x	x	x
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	x	x	x
Black-billed Cuckoo	x	x	x
Common Nighthawk	x		x
Chimney Swift	x	x	x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	x	x	x
King Rail	x	x
Virginia Rail	x		x
Sora	x		x
Common Gallinule	x		x
American Coot	x	x	x	x
Sandhill Crane	x
Killdeer	x	x	x	x
American Woodcock	x		x
Wilson’s Snipe	x		x	x
Red Phalarope			x
Spotted Sandpiper	x	x	x
Solitary Sandpiper	x	x	x
Lesser Yellowlegs	x	x	x
Greater Yellowlegs	x		x
Dunlin	x		x
Least Sandpiper	x	x	x
Pectoral Sandpiper	x
Semipalmated Sandpiper	x		x
Little Gull	x		x
Bonaparte’s Gull	x		x	x
Laughing Gull	x		x
Ring-billed Gull	x	x	x	x
Herring Gull	x		x	x
Great Black-backed Gull	x		x	x
Glaucous Gull				x
Lesser Black-backed Gull			x	x
Iceland Gull	x
Caspian Tern	x	x	x
Black Tern	x	x	x
Forster’s Tern	x	x	x
Red-throated Loon	x	x	x
Common Loon	x	x	x
Double-crested Cormorant	x	x	x	x
American Bittern	x	x	x
Least Bittern	x
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	x		x
Black-crowned Night-Heron	x	x	x
Little Blue Heron	x	x	x
Tricolored Heron	x
Snowy Egret	x	x	x
Green Heron	x	x	x
Western Cattle Egret	x	x
Great Egret	x	x	x
Great Blue Heron	x	x	x	x
Glossy Ibis	x		x
Black Vulture	x	x	x	x
Turkey Vulture	x	x	x	x
Osprey	x	x	x	x
Mississippi Kite	x
Golden Eagle	x		x
Northern Harrier	x		x	x
Sharp-shinned Hawk	x		x	x
Cooper’s Hawk	x	x	x	x
American Goshawk	x		x	x
Bald Eagle	x	x	x	x
Red-shouldered Hawk	x	x	x	x
Broad-winged Hawk	x		x
Red-tailed Hawk	x	x	x	x
Rough-legged Hawk				x
Eastern Screech-Owl	x	x	x	x
Great Horned Owl	x	x	x	x
Barred Owl	x	x	x	x
Long-eared Owl				x
Short-eared Owl				x
Northern Saw-whet Owl				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	x	x
Merlin	x		x	x
Peregrine Falcon	x		x	x
Olive-sided Flycatcher			x
Eastern Wood-Pewee	x	x	x
Acadian Flycatcher	x	x

Name	Sp	Su	F	W
Alder Flycatcher	x
Willow Flycatcher	x	x	x
Least Flycatcher	x		x
Eastern Phoebe	x	x	x	x
Great Crested Flycatcher	x	x	x
Eastern Kingbird	x	x	x
White-eyed Vireo	x	x	x
Yellow-throated Vireo	x	x	x
Blue-headed Vireo	x		x
Philadelphia Vireo			x
Warbling Vireo	x	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	x
Carolina Chickadee	x	x	x	x
Black-capped Chickadee			x
Tufted Titmouse	x	x	x	x
Horned Lark	x		x
Bank Swallow	x	x	x
Tree Swallow	x	x	x
Purple Martin	x	x	x
N. Rough-winged Swallow	x	x	x
Barn Swallow	x	x	x
Cliff Swallow	x	x	x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	x		x	x
Golden-crowned Kinglet	x		x	x
White-breasted Nuthatch	x	x	x	x
Red-breasted Nuthatch	x		x	x
Brown Creeper	x		x	x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	x	x	x
Marsh Wren	x	x	x
Winter Wren	x		x	x
Sedge Wren	x
Carolina Wren	x	x	x	x
European Starling	x	x	x	x
Gray Catbird	x	x	x	x
Brown Thrasher	x	x	x	x
Northern Mockingbird	x	x	x	x
Eastern Bluebird	x	x	x	x
Veery	x		x
Gray-cheeked Thrush	x		x
Swainson’s Thrush	x		x
Hermit Thrush	x		x	x
Wood Thrush	x	x	x
American Robin	x	x	x	x
Cedar Waxwing	x	x	x	x
House Sparrow	x	x	x	x
American Pipit	x		x	x
Evening Grosbeak				x
House Finch	x	x	x	x
Purple Finch	x		x
Red Crossbill			x
White-winged Crossbill	x		x	x
Pine Siskin	x		x	x
American Goldfinch	x	x	x	x
Grasshopper Sparrow	x	x	x
Chipping Sparrow	x	x	x	x
Field Sparrow	x	x	x	x
American Tree Sparrow	x		x	x
Fox Sparrow	x		x	x
Dark-eyed Junco	x		x	x
White-crowned Sparrow	x		x	x
White-throated Sparrow	x		x	x
Vesper Sparrow	x
Savannah Sparrow	x		x	x
Song Sparrow	x	x	x	x
Lincoln’s Sparrow	x		x
Swamp Sparrow	x		x	x
Eastern Towhee	x	x	x	x
Yellow-breasted Chat	x	x	x
Bobolink	x		x
Eastern Meadowlark	x	x	x	x
Orchard Oriole	x	x	x
Baltimore Oriole	x	x	x
Red-winged Blackbird	x	x	x	x
Brown-headed Cowbird	x	x	x	x
Rusty Blackbird	x		x	x
Common Grackle	x	x	x	x
Ovenbird	x	x	x
Worm-eating Warbler	x		x
Louisiana Waterthrush	x	x
Northern Waterthrush	x		x
Golden-winged Warbler	x		x
Blue-winged Warbler	x	x	x
Black-and-white Warbler	x	x	x
Prothonotary Warbler	x		x
Tennessee Warbler	x		x
Orange-crowned Warbler			x
Nashville Warbler	x		x
Connecticut Warbler			x
Mourning Warbler	x
Kentucky Warbler	x	x	x
Common Yellowthroat	x	x	x
Hooded Warbler	x		x
American Redstart	x	x	x
Cape May Warbler	x		x
Cerulean Warbler	x		x
Northern Parula	x	x	x
Magnolia Warbler	x		x
Bay-breasted Warbler	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	x
Yellow-rumped Warbler	x		x	x
Yellow-throated Warbler	x		x
Prairie Warbler	x	x	x
Black-throated Green Warbler	x		x
Canada Warbler	x		x
Wilson’s Warbler	x		x
Summer Tanager			x
Scarlet Tanager	x	x	x
Northern Cardinal	x	x	x	x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak	x		x
Blue Grosbeak	x	x	x
Indigo Bunting	x	x	x

Contributors: Contributors: HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Parks Checklist Project, David Abbott, Scott Atkinson, Glenn Austin, Mary-Jo Betts, Robert Betts, Jonathan Blithe, Connie Bockstie, Martha Chestem, Jane Coskren, Ralph Cullison, Karen Darcy, Phil Davis, Darius Ecker, Kevin Graff, Joe Hanfmann, Kevin Heffernan, Emy Holdridge, Mike Kerwin, Mike Leumas, Kathy Litzinger, Nancy Magnusson, Grazina McClure, Mike McClure, Helen Metzman, Rodney Mulchansingh, Larry Murphy, Doug Odermatt, Richard Orr, Peter Osenton, Bonnie Ott, Howard Patterson, Norma Peterson, Phill Probst, Sue Probst, Tim Ray, Bob Ringler, Matt Rogosky, Steve Sanford, Kurt Schwarz, Jo Solem, Paula Sortino, Hank Stanton, Grace Su, June Tveekrem, Carol Wilkinson, Jim Wilkinson, Helen Zeichner, Paul Zucker, Bob Augustine, Dave Ziolkowski, Wes Earp, Renee Peters, Richard Peters, Jeff Culler

BUTTERFLIES

Silver-spotted Skipper
Southern Cloudywing
Horace’s Duskywing
Wild Indigo Duskywing
Common Checkered-Skipper
Common Sootywing
Swarthy Skipper
Clouded Skipper
Least Skipper
Fiery Skipper
Peck’s Skipper
Tawny-edged Skipper
Crossline Skipper
LIttle Glassywing
Sachem
Zabulon Skipper
Dun Skipper
Ocola Skipper
Pipevine Swallowtail
Zebra Swallowtail

Black Swallowtail
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Spicebush Swallowtail
Cabbage White
Falcate Orangetip
Clouded Sulphur
Orange Sulphur
Cloudless Sulphur
Sleepy Orange
American Copper
Coral Hairstreak
Banded Hairstreak
Red-banded Hairstreak
Juniper Hairstreak
White M Hairstreak
Gray Hairstreak
Eastern Tailed-Blue
Azure sp
Summer Azure
Americann Snout

Variegated Fritillary
Great Spangled Fritillary
Meadow Fritillary
Pearl Crescent
Question Mark
Eastern Comma
Mourning Cloak
Americann Lady
Painted Lady
Red Admiral
Common Buckeye
Red-spotted Purple
Viceroy
Hackberry Emperor
Northern Pearly-eye
Appalachian Brown
Little Wood-Satyr
Common Wood-Nymph
Monarch

Contributors: Dick Smith, Howard County Butterfly Survey, Richard Orr, Jo Solem, Tim Ray, Sue Muller, Annette Allor.

DRAGONFLIES

Ebony Jewelwing
Great Spreadwing
Southern Spreadwing
Sweetflag Spreadwing
Slender Spreadwing
Blue-fronted Dancer
Violet (Variable) Dancer
Powdered Dancer
Blue-tipped Dancer
Dusky Dancer
Azure Bluet
Double-striped Bluet
Familiar Bluet
Stream Bluet
Skimming Bluet
Orange Bluet
Vesper Bluet
Citrine Forktail

Lilypad Forktail
Fragile Forktail
Rambur’s Forktail
Eastern Forktail
Shadow Darner
Common Green Darner
Comet Darner
Fawn Darner
Swamp Darner
Unicorn Clubtail
Dragonhunter
Prince Baskettail
Clamp-tipped Emerald
Common Baskettail
Calico Pennant
Halloween Pennant
Banded Pennant
Common Pondhawk

Golden-winged Skimmer
Spangled Skimmer
Yellow-sided Skimmer
Slaty Skimmer
Widow Skimmer
Twelve-spotted Skimmer
Painted Skimmer
Great Blue Skimmer
Blue Dasher
Wandering Glider
Spot-winged Glider
Eastern Amberwing
Common Whitetail
Blue-faced Meadowhawk
Ruby Meadowhawk
Autumn Meadowhawk
Carolina Saddlebags
Black Saddlebags

Contributors: Richard Orr, Bob Solem, Jo Solem, June Tveekrem, Sue Muller, Ken Clayton, Bonnie Ott.

MAMMALS

Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Long-tailed Weasel
Mink
Red Fox
Woodchuck
Eastern Chipmunk
Eastern Gray Squirrel
American Beaver
Muskrat
Eastern Cottontail
White-tailed Deer

Contributors: Michele Wright, Tim Ray, Jo Solem, Bonnie Ott.

AMPHIBIANS

Spotted Salamander
Northern Red Salamander
American Toad
Fowler’s Toad
Spring Peeper
Gray Treefrog
Wood Frog
Pickerel Frog
N. Green Frog
American Bullfrog

Contributors: Howard County FrogWatchUSA; Sue Muller (MARA data).

REPTILES

E. Painted Turtle
E. Snapping Turtle
Alligator Snapping Turtle
E. Painted Turtle
Red-eared Slider
N. Red-bellied Cooter
N. Ring-necked Snake
N. Watersnake
N. Brownsnake
E. Gartersnake
E. Hog-nosed Snake
N. Black Racer
E. Ratsnake

Contributors: Jo Solem, Jane Coskren, Nancy Magnusson, Sue Muller, Richard Orr, Michele Wright; Sue Muller (MARA data), Barbara Sikorski

LICHENS

Contributor: Richard Orr.

CRUSTOSE

Sidewalk firedot lichen
Powdery goldspeck lichen
Common script lichen
Bumpy rim-lichen
Fluffy dust lichen

FOLIOSE

Candleflame lichen
Common greenshield lichen
Powdered ruffle lichen
Southern powdered ruffle lichen
Hoary rosette lichen
Mealy rosette lichen
Star rosette lichen
Rough speckled shield lichen

FRUITICOSE

Turban lichen