Species Lists for Race Road Wetlands

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.”

Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
American Woodcock
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Greater Black-backed Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
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
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Veery

Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
House Finch
Purple Finch
White-winged Crossbill
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May 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
Wilson’s Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

Contributors: Stan Arnold, John Maloney, Emmalyn Holdridge, Nancy Magnusson, Jo Solem, Bonnie Ott, Steve Schwemmer, Ann Coren, Bob Coren, Bob Ringler, Saundra Byrd, Bill Hill, Tom Feild, Bill Hubick, Timothy Rosen, Joe Hanfman, Matt Rogosky.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Horace’s Duskywing
  • Least Skipper
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Northern Broken-Dash
  • Little Glassywing
  • Dun Skipper
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Summer Azure
  • Great Spangled Fritillary
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Viceroy
  • Appalachian Brown
  • Monarch

Contributors: Nancy Magnusson, Dick Smith, Jo Solem.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Stream Bluet
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Common Green Darner
  • Swamp Darner
  • Cyrano Darner
  • Unicorn Clubtail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Common Baskettail
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Painted Skimmer
  • Great Blue Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Wandering Glider
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Black Saddlebags

Contributors: Bob Solem, Jo Solem, June Tveekrem, Bonnie Ott.

AMPHIBIANS

  • American Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • Pickerel Frog
  • N. Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog
Contributors: Emmayln Holdridge, Nancy Magnusson, Jo
Solem

REPTILES

  • E. Painted Turtle
  • N. Red-bellied Cooter
  • Red-eared Slider
  • E. Snapping Turtle
  • N. Watersnake
  • E. Ratsnake
Contributors: Bill Hill, Emmayln Holdridge, Nancy Magnusson, Jo Solem