Species Lists for Meadowbrook Park

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
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
Killdeer
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser Yellowlegs
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
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
Tree Swallow
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Cedar Waxwing
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
European Starling
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow

Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper 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
Brewer’s Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May 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
Dickcissel

Contributors: Dick Smith, Howard County Butterfly Survey, Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Karen Darcy, Richard Orr, Bonnie Ott, Jim Wilkinson, Grazina McClure, Kevin Heffernan, Sue Muller, Kathy Litzinger.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Horace’s Duskywing
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing
  • Common Checkered-Skipper
  • Least Skipper
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Peck’s Skipper
  • Tawny-edged Skipper
  • Crossline Skipper
  • Southern Broken Dash
  • LIttle Glassywing
  • Sachem
  • Zabulon Skipper
  • Dun Skipper
  • Broad-winged Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Black Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Black Swallowtail
  • Checkered White
  • Cabbage White
  • Falcate Orangetip
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Bronze Copper
  • Banded Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Azure sp
  • Summer Azure

<ul>
<li>Variegated Fritillary</li>
<li>Great Spangled Fritillary</li>
<li>Pearl Crescent</li>
<li>Question Mark</li>
<li>Eastern Comma</li>
<li>Mourning Cloak</li>
<li>Americann Lady</li>
<li>Painted Lady</li>
<li>Red Admiral</li>
<li>Common Buckeye</li>
<li>Red-spotted Purple</li>
<li>Viceroy</li>
<li>Northern Pearly-eye</li>
<li>Appalachian Brown</li>
<li>Monarch</li>
</ul>

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, June Tveekrem, Nancy Magnusson, Wes Earp, Bonnie Ott.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • American Rubyspot
  • Southern Spreadwing
  • Sweetflag Spreadwing
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Eastern Red Damsel
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Powdered Dancer
  • Azure Bluet
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Skimming Bluet
  • Slender Bluet
  • Orange Bluet
  • Citrine Forktail
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Rambur’s Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Shadow Darner
  • Common Green Darner
  • Comet Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Unicorn Clubtail
  • Lancet Clubtail
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Common Baskettail
  • Calico Pennant
  • Halloween Pennant
  • Common Pondhawk
  • BBlue Corporal
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Needham’s Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Painted Skimmer
  • Great Blue Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Wandering Glider
  • Spot-winged Glider
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Blue-faced Meadowhawk
  • White-faced Meadowhawk
  • Ruby Meadowhawk
  • Band-winged Meadowhawk
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Carolina Saddlebags
  • Black Saddlebags
  • Red Saddlebags

AMPHIBIANS

  • N. Two-lined Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Fowler’s Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • E. Cricket Frog
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • N. Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog
Contributors: Howard County FrogWatchUSA, Sue Muller (MARA data), Bonnie Ott.

REPTILES

  • E. Box Turtle
  • PE. Painted Turtle
  • Red-eared Slider
  • E. Snapping Turtle
  • N. Watersnake
  • Queen Snake
  • N. Brownsnake
  • E. Gartersnake
  • E. Ratsnake
Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Michele Wright, Bonnie Ott, Sue Muller (MARA data)