Species Lists for MPEA

Middle Patuxent Environmental Area

BIRDS

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
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Mallard
American Black Duck
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Northern Bobwhite
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Virginia Rail
Sora
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
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
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell’s Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow

American Tree Sparrow
Fox 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
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warble
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean 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
Summer Tanager
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Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
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Brewster’s Warbler

Contributors: Stan Arnold, Jeff Duguay, Jeff Culler, Karen Darcy, Ward Ebert, Cheryl Farfaras, Aelred Geis, Howard County Bird Club field trips, Joe Hanfman, Emmalyn Holdridge, Hans Holbrook, Bill Hubick, Bonnie Ott, Howard Patterson, Brad Quickel, Tim Ray, Chandler S. Robbins, Steve Sanford, Kurt Schwarz, Jeff Schwierjohann, Jo Solem, Chuck Stirrat, Phil Norman, Harry Fink, Jeff Claffey, Darek Richarson, Ed Huestis, John Harris.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Juvenal’s Duskywing
  • Horace’s Duskywing
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing
  • Common Checkered-Skipper
  • 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
  • Dun Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Giant Swallowtail
  • Black Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Falcate Orangetip
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Little Yellow
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Juniper Hairstreak
  • Banded Hairstreak
  • White M Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Azure sp
  • Summer Azure
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • Great Spangled Fritillary
  • Silvery Checkerspot
  • 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
  • Common Wood-Nymph
  • Monarch

Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Cheryl Farfaras, Mark Farfaras, Jeff Claffy, Brenda Belensky, Joanne Solem, Nancy Magnusson, Jim Wilkinson, NABA Butterfly Counts, Annette Allor.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Southern Spreadwing
  • Spotted Spreadwing
  • Amber-winged Spreadwing
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Dusky Dancer
  • Azure Bluet
  • Double-striped Bluet
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Skimming Bluet
  • Orange Bluet
  • Slender Bluet
  • Citrine Forktail
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Shadow Darner
  • Common Green Darner
  • Comet Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Unicorn Clubtail
  • Ashy Clubtail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Appalachian Snaketail
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Laura’s Clubtail
  • Twin-spotted Spiketail
  • Swift River Cruiser
  • Prince Baskettail
  • Mocha Emerald
  • Common Baskettail
  • Calico Pennant
  • Halloween Pennant
  • Banded Pennant
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Blue Corporal
  • Bar-winged Skimmer
  • 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
  • Carolina Saddlebags
  • Black Saddlebags

Contributors: Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, June Tveekrem, Bill Hubick, Richard Orr.

AMPHIBIANS

  • Marbled Salamander
  • Spotted Salamander
  • E. Red-backed Salamander
  • N. Dusky Salamander
  • N. Red Salamander
  • N. Two-lined Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Fowler’s Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Cope’s Treefrog
  • American Toad
  • Fowler’s Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Cope’s Treefrog

Contributors: Surveys conducted during 1998, 1999, and 2000 under the direction of MPEA personnel; Sue Muller (MARA data)

REPTILES

  • E. Box Turtle
  • E. Painted Turtle
  • E. Snapping Turtle
  • N. Watersnake
  • N. Brownsnake
  • E. Gartersnake
  • N. Ring-necked Snake
  • E. Wormsnake
  • E. Hog-nosed Snake
  • N. Black Racer
  • E. Ratsnake
  • E. Hog-nosed Snake
  • N. Black Racer
  • E. Ratsnake

Contributors: Surveys conducted during 1998, 1999, and 2000 under the direction of MPEA personnel; Sue Muller (MARA data).