Howard County Bird Club
Species Lists for Patapsco Valley State Park
Compilation of historic and current material from
Avalon, Daniels Road, Henryton Road, Hollofield,
Marriottsville Road, Old Frederick Road,
Sykesville (River Road), and Woodstock Road
- Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whipporwill
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Coot
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Dunlin
Least Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Tricolored Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
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
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
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed 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
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored 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
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
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
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
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Lawrence’s Warbler
Contributors: Howard County Bird Club field trips, seasonal counts, and breeding bird atlases, Felicia Lovelett, Chuck Stirrat, Steve Schwemmer, Andy Aguilera, Dianne Aguilera, Stan Arnold, Scott Atkinson, Scott Berglund, Eirik Blom, Jon E. Boone, Jon K. Boone, Joseph Byrnes, Russell Chandler, Martha Chestem, Jane Coskren, Jeff Culler, Ralph Cullison III, Darius Ecker, Tom Feild, Jane Geuder, Ralph Geuder, Kevin Graff, Irving Hampe, Dave Harvey, Maureen Harvey, Emmalyn Holdridge, David Holmes, Bill Hubick, Brigitte Lund, Nancy Magnusson, John Maloney, Jenny McClintock, Daryl Olson, Jim Orgain, Bonnie Ott, Tim Ray, Robert Ringler, Kurt Schwarz, Steve Simon, Bob Solem, Joanne Solem, Dan Southworth, Linda Southworth, Brian Sykes, Matt Tillett, Robin Todd, Mark Wright, Helen Zeichner, Timothy Houghton, Grazina McClure.
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- JJuvenal’s Duskywing
- Horace’s Duskywing
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Least Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck’s Skipper
- Tawny-edged Skipper
- Crossline Skipper
- Northern Broken-Dash
- Little Glassywing
- Sachem
- Hobomok Skipper
- Zabulon Skipper
- Dun Skipper
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Falcate Orangetip
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Sleepy Orange
- Harvester
- Northern Cloudywing
- Banded Hairstreak
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Azure sp
- Summer Azure
- Variegated Fritillary
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark
- Eastern Comma
- Mourning Cloak
- Americann Lady
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Common Buckeye
- Viceroy
- Northern Pearly-eye
- Appalachian Brown
- Little Wood-Satyr
- Common Wood-Nymph
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- JJuvenal’s Duskywing
- Horace’s Duskywing
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Least Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck’s Skipper
- Tawny-edged Skipper
- Crossline Skipper
- Northern Broken-Dash
- Little Glassywing
- Sachem
- Hobomok Skipper
- Zabulon Skipper
- Dun Skipper
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Falcate Orangetip
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Sleepy Orange
- Harvester
- Northern Cloudywing
- Banded Hairstreak
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Azure sp
- Summer Azure
- Variegated Fritillary
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark
- Eastern Comma
- Mourning Cloak
- Americann Lady
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Common Buckeye
- Viceroy
- Northern Pearly-eye
- Appalachian Brown
- Little Wood-Satyr
- Common Wood-Nymph
- Monarch
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- JJuvenal’s Duskywing
- Horace’s Duskywing
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Least Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck’s Skipper
- Tawny-edged Skipper
- Crossline Skipper
- Northern Broken-Dash
- Little Glassywing
- Sachem
- Hobomok Skipper
- Zabulon Skipper
- Dun Skipper
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Falcate Orangetip
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Sleepy Orange
- Harvester
- Northern Cloudywing
- Banded Hairstreak
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Azure sp
- Summer Azure
- Variegated Fritillary
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark
- Eastern Comma
- Mourning Cloak
- Americann Lady
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Common Buckeye
- Viceroy
- Northern Pearly-eye
- Appalachian Brown
- Little Wood-Satyr
- Common Wood-Nymph
- Monarch
Contributors: Richard Smith, Howard County Butterfly Survey, Jo Solem, Nancy Magnusson, Bob Solem, Jane Coskren, Sarah Haviland, Martha Chestem, June Tveekrem, Annette Allor.
- Ebony Jewelwing
- Spotted Spreadwing
- Slender Spreadwing
- Blue-fronted Dancer
- Violet (Variable) Dancer
- Powdered Dancer
- Blue-tipped Dancer
- Dusky Dancer
- Azure Bluet
- Familiar Bluet
- Stream Bluet
- Orange Bluet
- Citrine Forktail
- Fragile Forktail
- Eastern Forktail
- Gray Petaltail
- Shadow Darner
- Common Green Darner
- Springtime Darner
- Fawn Darner
- Cyrano Darner
- Unicorn Clubtail
- Black-shouldered Spinyleg
- Cobra Clubtail
- Ashy Clubtail
- Rapids Clubtail
- Dragonhunter
- Appalachian Snaketail
- Common Sanddragon
- Eastern Least Clubtail
- Laura’s Clubtail
- Arrow Clubtail
- Brown Spiketail
- Tiger Spiketail
- Twin-spotted Spiketail
- Swift River Cruiser
- Umber Shadowdragon
- Prince Baskettail
- Mocha Emerald
- Clamp-tipped Emerald
- Common Baskettail
- Calico Pennant
- Common Pondhawk
- Spangled Skimmer
- Widow Skimmer
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Painted Skimmer
- Great Blue Skimmer
- Blue Dasher
- Wandering Glider
- Spot-winged Glider
- Eastern Amberwing
- Common Whitetail
- Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, June Tveekrem, Richard Orr, Nancy Magnusson, Bonnie Ott.
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| Contributors: Jo Solem, Jane Coskren, Bob Solem, Phil Smith, HCBC field trips. |
CRUSTOSE
- Powdery goldspeck lichen
- Crater Lichen
- Brown-eyed rim lichen
- Fluffy dust lichen
- Smoky-eye boulder lichen
FOLIOSE
- Candleflame lichen
- Common greenshield lichen
- Tattered jellyskin
- Hammered shield lichen
- Southern powdered ruffle lichen
- Powdered ruffle lichen
- Hoary rosette lichen
- Mealy rosette lichen
- Rough speckled shield lichen
FRUITICOSE
- Dragon cladonia
Contributors: Richard Orr, Grazina & Mike McClure.