Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for Meadowbrook Park

Birds

Butterflies

Dragonflies

Mammals

Amphibians

Reptiles

BIRDS (AOS61)

They include many earlier records not available in eBird.
Name Sp Su F W
Snow Goose X X
Cackling Goose X X
Canada Goose X X X X
Tundra Swan X
Wood Duck X X X
Blue-winged Teal X
Northern Shoveler X
Gadwall X X
Mallard X X X X
American Black Duck X X X
Northern Pintail X
Redhead X
Ring-necked Duck X
Bufflehead X X X
Hooded Merganser X
Pied-billed Grebe X X 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
Virginia Rail x
Sora X X
Common Gallinule X
Killdeer X X X
Wilson’s Snipe X X
Spotted Sandpiper X
Solitary Sandpiper X X
Greater Yellowlegs X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Ring-billed Gull X X X X
Herring Gull X X X
Red-throated Loon X
Common Loon X X
Double-crested Cormorant X X
American Bittern X X
Great Blue Heron X X X X
Great Egret X X X
Little Blue Heron X
Green Heron X X X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X X X
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X X
Black Vulture X X X X
Turkey Vulture X X X X
Osprey X X
Bald Eagle X X X
Mississippi Kite X
Northern Harrier X X X
Sharp-shinned Hawk X X X
Cooper’s Hawk 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 X
Great Horned Owl X
Barred Owl X X X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker X X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X X X
Downy Woodpecker X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker X X X
Northern Flicker X X X X
Pileated Woodpecker X X X X
American Kestrel X X X
Merlin X X X
Peregrine Falcon X
Great Crested Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Kingbird X X X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Acadian Flycatcher X X X
Alder Flycatcher X X X
Willow Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Phoebe X X X X
White-eyed Vireo X X X
Yellow-throaded Vireo X
Blue-headed Vireo 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
Carolina Chickadee X X X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X
Tree Swallow X X X
N. Rough-winged Swallow X X X
Purple Martin X X X
Name Sp Su F W
Barn Swallow X X X
Cliff Swallow X X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X X X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X X X
Cedar Waxwing X X X X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X X
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X
Brown Creeper X X X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X
House Wren X X X X
Marsh Wren X X
Carolina Wren X X X X
Gray Catbird X X X X
Brown Thrasher X X X X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X
European Starling X X X X
Eastern Bluebird X X X X
Veery X
Swainson’s Thrush X X
Hermit Thrush X X X
Wood Thrush X X
American Robin X X X X
House Sparrow X X X X
American Pipit X X
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X X X
Pine Siskin X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Grasshopper Sparrow X X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X X
Clay-colored Sparrow X
Field Sparrow X X X X
Fox Sparrow X X X
American Tree 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 X
Savannah Sparrow X X X
Song Sparrow X X X X
Lincoln’s Sparrow X 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
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
Brewer’s Blackbird X
Common Grackle X X X X
Ovenbird X
Louisiana Waterthrush X
Northern Waterthrush X X
Blue-winged Warbler X
Black-and-white Warbler X X
Prothonotary Warbler X
Tennessee Warbler X X
Orange-crowned Warbler X
Nashville Warbler X
Connecticut Warbler X
Mourning Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
Hooded Warbler X
American Redstart X X X
Cape May Warbler X X
Northern Parula X X
Magnolia Warbler X X
Bay-breasted Warbler 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
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X
Yellow-throated Warbler X
Prairie Warbler X X
Black-throated Green Warbler X X
Canada Warbler X
Wilson’s Warbler X
Scarlet Tanager X X
Northern Cardinal X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X X X
Blue Grosbeak X X X
Indigo Bunting X X X
Dickcissel X

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.

  • 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

DRAGONFLIES

MAMMALS

  • Red Fox
  • Woodchuck
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • Beaver
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • White-tailed Deer
Contributors: Jo Solem

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)