Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

 Howard County Conservancy at Mount Pleasant
Species Lists

Birds

Lichens

Butterflies

Dragonflies

Mammals

Amphibians

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
Tundra Swan X
Wood Duck X
Blue-winged Teal X X
Northern Shoveler X
Gadwall X
Mallard X X
American Black Duck X X
Northern Pintail X
Green-winged Teal X
Ring-necked Duck X
Bufflehead X X
Hooded Merganser X X
Common Merganser X X
Northern Bobwhite X
Wild Turkey X X
Ring-necked Pheasant 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
Virginia Rail X
Sora X X
American Coot X
Sandhill Crane X
Black-bellied Plover X
Killdeer X X X
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
Upland Sandpiper X
American Woodcock X X X
Wilson’s Snipe X X X
Spotted Sandpiper X X X
Solitary Sandpiper X X X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Greater Yellowlegs X X
Pectoral Sandpiper X
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
Bonaparte’s Gull X X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X X X
Herring Gull X X X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern X X
Common Loon X X
Double-crested Cormorant X X X
American Bittern X X
Least Bittern X
Black-crowned Night-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
Golden Eagle X X
Mississippi Kite X X
Northern Harrier X X 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
Rough-legged Hawk X
Eastern Screech-Owl X X X X
Great Horned Owl 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 X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X
Downy Woodpecker X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker X X X
Pileated Woodpecker X X X X
Northern Flicker 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
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher X
Acadian Flycatcher X X X
Alder Flycatcher X X
Willow Flycatcher X X
Least Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Phoebe X X X
Great Crested Flycatcher X X X
Western Kingbird 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
Common Raven X X X X
Carolina Chickadee X X X X
Carolina Chickadee X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X
Horned Lark 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
Name Sp Su F W
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
Sedge Wren X
Marsh Wren X 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 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
Pine Siskin X X X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Grasshopper Sparrow X X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X X
Clay-colored Sparrow 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 X
LeConte’s Sparrow X
Nelson’s Sparrow X
Savannah Sparrow X 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 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
Louisiana Waterthrush X X X
Northern Waterthrush X X
Golden-winged Warbler X X
Blue-winged Warbler X X
Black-and-white Warbler X X X
Tennessee Warbler X/td> X
Orange-crowned Warbler X X X
Nashville Warbler X X X
Connecticut Warbler X
Mourning Warbler X X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
American Redstart X X X
Cape May 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 X
Blackpoll Warbler* X X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X X
Palm Warbler* X X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X X
Prairie Warbler X 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 X X
Indigo Bunting X X X
Dickcissel X

Contributors: Howard County Bird Club field trips, seasonal counts, Scott Berglund, Jeff Culler, Ralph Cullison, Karen Heffernan, Harry Fink, Ralph Geuder, Joe Hanfman, Kevin Heffernan, Emmalyn Holdridge, David Holmes, Nancy Magnusson, Dave Harvey, Elayne and Jeff Metter, Richard Orr, Bonnie Ott, Howard Patterson, Russ Ruffing, Kurt Schwarz, Dick Smith, Bob Solem, Joanne Solem, Chuck Stirrat, Robin Todd, June Tveekrem, Jim Wilkinson, Matt Rogosky.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Long-Tailed Skipper
  • Northern Cloudywing
  • Hayhurst’s Scallopwing
  • Juvenal’s Duskywing
  • 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
  • Southern Broken Dash
  • Northern Broken-Dash
  • LIttle Glassywing
  • Sachem
  • Hobomok Skipper
  • Zabulon Skipper
  • Broad-winged Skipper
  • Dun Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Zebra Swallowtail
  • Black Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Falcate Orangetip
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Harvester
  • American Copper
  • Coral Hairstreak
  • Banded Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Juniper Hairstreak
  • White M Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Azure sp
  • Summer Azure
  • American Snout
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • Great Spangled Fritillary
  • Meadow Fritillary
  • Silvery Checkerspot
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Question Mark
  • Eastern Comma
  • Mourning Cloak
  • American Lady
  • Painted Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Viceroy
  • Hackberry Emperor
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Northern Pearly-eye
  • Little Wood-Satyr
  • Common Wood-Nymph
  • Monarch

Contributors: Dick Smith, Howard County Butterfly Survey, Wes Earp, Sue Earp, Grazine McClure, Bonnie Ott, Jo Solem, Tom Stock, Annette Allor, Emmalyn Holdridge, Timothy Reichard, Kevin & Karen Heffernan, Maryland Biodiversity Project Bioblitz

DRAGONFLIES

  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Azure Bluet
  • Double-striped Bluet
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Stream Bluet
  • Citrine Forktail
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Common Green Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Swamp Darner
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Brown Spiketail
  • Tiger Spiketail
  • Twin-spotted Spiketail
  • Halloween Skimmer
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Painted Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Wandering Glider
  • Spot-winged Glider
  • Eastern GliderAmberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Black Saddlebags

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Richard Orr, Bonnie Ott, Timothy Reichard.

MAMMALS

  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew
  • Common Raccoon
  • Mink
  • Striped Skunk
  • Red Fox
  • Gray Fox
  • Woodchuck
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Muskrat
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • White-footed Mouse
  • Meadow Vole
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • White-tailed Deer
Contributors: Howard County Conservancy staff and volunteers, Howard County Bird Club field trips, Scott Berglund, Wes Earp, Bonnie Ott.

AMPHIBIANS

  • N. Dusky Salamander
  • N. Red Salamander
  • Spring Peeper
  • Wood Frog
Contributors: Howard County Conservancy staff and volunteers, Howard County Bird Club field trips.

REPTILES

  • E. Box Turtle
  • E. Ratsnake
  • E. Gartersnake
Contributors: Howard County Conservancy staff and volunteers, Howard County Bird Club field trips, Sue Muller.

LICHENS

CRUSTOSE

  • Common button lichen
  • Gray-rimmed firedot lichen
  • Red firedot lichen
  • Powdery goldspeck lichen
  • Common goldspeck lichen
  • Brown-eyed rim lichen
  • Rock disk lichen
  • Fluffy dust lichen
  • Speckled blister lichen
  • Black stone lichen

FOLIOSE

  • Candleflame lichen
  • Common greenshield lichen
  • Wrinkled loop lichen
  • Powdery axil-bristle lichen
  • Southern powdered ruffle lichen
  • Salted ruffle lichen
  • Rough speckled shield lichen

Contributor: Richard Orr.