Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for MPEA

Middle Patuxent Environmental Area

Birds

Butterflies

Dragonflies

Mammals

Amphibians

Reptiles

Aquatic Wildlife

Lichens

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
Canada Goose X X X X
Tundra Swan X X
Wood Duck X X X X
Blue-winged Teal X X X X
Mallard X X X X
American Black Duck X X X X
Green-winged Teal X X X
Ring-necked Duck X X X
Bufflehead X
Hooded Merganser X X X
Common Merganser X X
Northern Bobwhite X X X X
Ring-necked Pheasant X X X X
Wild Turkey X X X X
Horned 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 X
Common Nighthawk X X X
Eastern Whip-poor-will X X
Chimney Swift X X X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X
Virginia Rail X X
Sora X X
Killdeer X X X X
American Woodcock X X X X
Wilson’s Snipe X X
Spotted Sandpiper X X
Solitary Sandpiper X X X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X X X
Herring Gull X X
Caspian Tern X X
Common Loon X
Double-crested Cormorant X X X
American Bittern X X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X X
Green Heron X X X
Great Egret X X
Great Blue Heron X X X X
Black Vulture X X X X
Turkey Vulture X X X X
Osprey X X 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
Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X
Broad-winged Hawk X X
Red-tailed Hawk X X X X
Barn Owl X X X X
Eastern Screech-Owl X X X X
Great Horned Owl X X X X
Barred Owl X X X X
Long-eared Owl X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker X X X 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
Peregrine Falcon X
Olive-sided Flycatcher X X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Acadian Flycatcher X X X
Alder Flycatcher X X
Willow Flycatcher X X 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 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 X
Common Raven X X X X
Carolina Chickadee X X X X
Black-capped Chickadee X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X
Horned Lark X X
Bank Swallow 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 X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X
House Wren X X X
Winter Wren X 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
Gray-cheeked Thrush X X
Bicknell’s Thrush 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
Evening Grosbeak X X
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X X X
Red Crossbill X X X
Pine Siskin X X X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Grasshopper Sparrow 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 X
White-crowned Sparrow X X X
White-throated Sparrow X X X
Vesper Sparrow X 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 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 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 X
Tennessee Warbler X X
Orange-crowned Warbler X
Nashville Warbler X X
Connecticut Warbler X
Mourning Warbler X X
Kentucky Warbler X X X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
Hooded Warble X X X
American Redstart X X X
Cape May Warbler X X
Cerulean Warbler X 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 X
Prairie Warbler X X X
Black-throated Green Warbler X X
Canada Warbler X X
Wilson’s Warbler X X
Summer Tanager X 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
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Brewster’s Warbler X

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.

MAMMALS

  • Virginia Opossum
  • Masked Shrew
  • Short-tailed Shrew
  • Least Shrew
  • Eastern Mole
  • Red Bat
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Woodchuck
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • Red Squirrel
  • American Beaver
  • Eastern Harvest Mouse
  • White-footed Mouse
  • Meadow Vole
  • Muskrat
  • House Mouse
  • Meadow Jumping Mouse
  • Coyote
  • Red Fox
  • Gray Fox
  • Common Raccoon
  • Long-tailed Weasel
  • Mink
  • Striped Skunk
  • Northern River Otter
  • White-tailed Deer

Contributors: 1971 flora and faunal survey of the MPEA by consultants; additions in 2000 by Howard County Recreation and Parks surveys.

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).

AQUATIC WILDLIFE

  • American Eel
  • Central Stoneroller
  • Rosyside Dace
  • Satinfin Shiner
  • Cutups Minnow
  • Common Shiner
  • River Chub
  • Swallowtail Shiner
  • Rosyface Shiner
  • Blacknose Dace
  • Longnose Dace
  • Creek Chub
  • Fallfish
  • White Sucker
  • Northern Hog Sucker
  • Margined Madtom
  • Redbreast Sunfish
  • Bluegill
  • Pumpkinseed
  • Smallmouth Bass
  • Rock Bass
  • Tessellated Darter
  • Shield Darter

Contributors: Surveys conducted in 1998 and 2000 under the direction of MPEA personnel.

LICHENS

Middle Patuxent Environmental Area

CRUSTOSE

  • Powdery goldspeck lichen
  • Common script lichen
  • Fluffy dust lichen
  • Smoky-eye boulder lichen
  • Concentric boulder lichen
  • Eastern pox lichen
  • Black stone lichen

FOLIOSE

  • Sea storm lichen
  • Streamside stippleback
  • Rock greenshield lichen
  • Common greenshield lichen
  • Orange-cored shadow lichen
  • Salted shield lichen
  • Southern powdered ruffle lichen
  • Powdered ruffle lichen
  • Hoary rosette lichen
  • Mealy rosette lichen
  • Rough speckled shield lichen

FRUITICOSE

  • Stalkless cladonia
  • Mealy pixie-cup
  • Common powderhorn
  • Fence-rail cladonia

Robinson Nature Center

CRUSTOSE

  • Powdery goldspeck lichen
  • Common script lichen
  • Fluffy dust lichen
  • Smoky-eye boulder lichen
  • Black stone lichen

FOLIOSE

  • Candleflame lichen
  • Sea storm lichen
  • Streamside stippleback
  • Rock greenshield lichen
  • Common greenshield lichen
  • Orange-cored shadow lichen
  • Star rosette lichen
  • Rough speckled shield lichen
  • Bottlebrush frost lichen

FRUITICOSE

  • Stalkless cladonia
  • Mealy pixie-cup
  • Common powderhorn
  • Fence-rail cladonia
  • Turban lichen

Contributor: Richard Orr.