Species Lists for Patuxent Branch Trail

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
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Green-winged Teal
Hooded Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Read-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Merlin
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee

Acadian 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
Tufted Titmouse
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
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
Sedge 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
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
White-winged Crossbill

Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-throated Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Mourning 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
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

Contributors: Steve Collins, Tom Miller, Jo Solem, Steve Schwemmer, John McKitterick, Dan Southworth, Linda Southworth, Michelle Stewart, Barry Miller, Kathy Glyshaw.

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
  • LIttle Glassywing
  • Sachem
  • Zabulon Skipper
  • Dun Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Zebra Swallowtail
  • Black Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Falcate Orangetip
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Banded Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • White M Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Azure sp
  • Summer Azure
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • Silvery Checkerspot
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Question Mark
  • Eastern Comma
  • Mourning Cloak
  • American Lady
  • Painted Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Northern Pearly-eye
  • Little Wood-Satyr
  • Monarch
Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Steve Collins, Joanne Solem, June Tveekrem, Annette Allor.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • American Rubyspot
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Azure Bluet
  • Stream Bluet
  • Citrine Forktail
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Shadow Darner
  • Common Green Darner
  • Swamp Darner
  • Lancet Clubtail
  • Ashy Clubtail
  • Black-shouldered Spinyleg
  • Dragonhunter
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Stream Cruiser
  • Swift River Cruiser
  • Common Baskettail
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Great Blue Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Band-winged Meadowhawk
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Carolina Saddlebags
Contributors: Steve Collins, Joanne Solem, Bob Solem.

AMPHIBIANS

  • Spotted Salamander
  • N. Spring Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Wood Frog
Contributors: Steve Collins, Joanne Solem; Sue Muller (MARA data).

REPTILES

  • Red-eared Slider
  • N. Watersnake
  • N. Brownsnake
  • E. Gartersnake
  • N. Black Racer
  • E. Ratsnake
Contributors: Steve Collins, Joanne Solem; Sue Muller (MARA data).