Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for Lake Kittamaqundi

Birds

Butterflies

Dragonflies

Mammals

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
Snow Goose X X X
Canada Goose X X X X
Mute Swan X X X X
Trumpeter Swan X
Tundra Swan X X X
Wood Duck X X X X
Blue-winged Teal X X X
Northern Shoveler X X X X
Gadwall X X X
American Wigeon X X X
Mallard X X X X
American Black Duck X X X
Northern Pintail X X X
Green-winged Teal X X X
Canvasback X X X
Redhead X X
Ring-necked Duck X X X
Greater Scaup X X X
Lesser Scaup X X X
Long-tailed Duck X X
Bufflehead X X X
Common Goldeneye X X
Hooded Merganser X X X
Common Merganser X X X
Red-breasted Merganser X
Ruddy Duck X X X
Wild Turkey X
Pied-billed Grebe X X X X
Horned Grebe X X
Red-necked 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
Common Nighthawk X X
Chimney Swift X X X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X
American Coot X X X
Killdeer X X X X
Semipalmated Plover X X
Spotted Sandpiper X X X
Wilson’s Snipe X
Spotted Sandpiper X X
Solitary Sandpiper X X X
Lesser Yellowlegs X X X
Greater Yellowlegs X X
Red Phalarope X
Least Sandpiper 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
Caspian Tern X X
Forster’s Tern X
Common Loon X X X X
Anhinga X
Double-crested Cormorant X X X X
American Bittern X
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X X X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X X X
Snowy Egret X X
Little Blue Heron X
Green Heron X X X
Great Egret X X X
Great Blue Heron X X X X
Glossy Ibis X
Black Vulture X X X X
Turkey Vulture X X X X
Osprey X X X
Golden Eagle X
Sharp-shinned Hawk X X X
Cooper’s Hawk X X X X
Bald Eagle X X X X
Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X
Broad-winged Hawk X X X
Red-tailed Hawk X X X X
Barred Owl X X X X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker 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
Olive-sided Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Acadian Flycatcher X X X
Willow Flycatcher 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
Blue-headed Vireo X X
Warbling Vireo X X X
Red-eyed Vireo X X X
Name Sp Su F W
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
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
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
House Wren X X X
Winter Wren X X X
Marsh 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
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
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X X X
Pine Siskin X X X
American Goldfinch X 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
Song Sparrow X X X X
Swamp Sparrow X X X
Eastern Towhee X X X X
Yellow-breasted Chat X X
Yellow-headed Blackbird 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 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
Tennessee Warbler X X
Orange-crowned Warbler X X
Nashville Warbler X X
Mourning Warbler X X
Kentucky Warbler X X X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
Hooded Warbler X 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
Black-throated Green Warbler X X
Canada Warbler X X
Wilson’s Warbler X X
Scarlet Tanager X X X
Northern Cardinal X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X X
Blue Grosbeak X
Indigo Bunting X X X

BUTTERFLIES

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

Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Clayton Koonce, Joanne Solem.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Southern Spreadwing
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Aurora Damsel
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Stream Bluet
  • Skimming Bluet
  • Orange Bluet
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Common Green Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Swamp Darner
  • Unicorn Clubtail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Appalachian Snaketail
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Eastern Least Clubtail
  • Laura’s Clubtail
  • Swift River Cruiser
  • Prince Baskettail
  • Slender Baskettail
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Painted Skimmer
  • Great Blue Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Wandering Glider
  • Spot-winged Glider
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Ruby Meadowhawk
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Black Saddlebags

Contributors: Bob Solem, Joanne Solem, Nancy Magnusson.

MAMMALS

  • White-tailed Deer
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Red-Fox
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew
  • Beaver
  • Muskrat
  • Northern River Otter
Contributors: Clayton Koonce, Joanne Solem.

REPTILES

  • E. Musk Turtle
  • E. Painted Turtle
  • Red-eared Slider
  • E. Snapping Turtle
  • N. Watersnake
  • E. Gartersnake
Contributor: Clayton Koonce.