Species Lists for Patuxent River State Park
Compilation of historic and current material from Annapolis Rock Road,
Hipsley Mill Road, Howard Chapel Road, and Long Corner Road
Snow Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Wild Turkey
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whipporwill
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Solitary Sandpiper
Greater Yellowlegs
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Great Blue Heron
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-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
Willow Flycatcher
Least 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
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
Horned Lark
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Barn 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
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
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field 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
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
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
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Contributors: Jay Sheppard, Jim Brinkley, Marilyn Brinkley, Bill Hill, Jeff Friedhoffer, Tom Feild, Dave Harvey, Gayle Hill, Emmalyn Holdridge, John Hubbell, Geraldine King, Dave Powell, Nancy Magnusson, Bonnie Ott, Bob Ringler, Bob Schaefer, Kurt Schwarz, Jo Solem, Jim Stasz, Chuck Stirrat, Rick Sussman, Scott Berglund, David Cummings, Bob Ringler, Tom Feild, Geraldine King, Marcie Stutzman, Russ Ruffing.
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Juvenal’s Duskywing
- Horace’s Duskywing
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Swarthy Skipper
- Least Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck’s Skipper
- Tawny-edged Skipper
- Crossline Skipper
- Southern Broken Dash
- Northern Broken-Dash
- LIttle Glassywing
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
- Dun Skipper
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Falcate Orangetip
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- American Copper
- Coral Hairstreak
- Banded Hairstreak
- Striped Hairstreak
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Juniper Hairstreak
- Eastern Pine Elfin
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Azure sp
- Summer Azure
- Variegated Fritillary
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- Meadow Fritillary
- Silvery Checkerspot
- Pearl Crescent
- Question Mark
- Eastern Comma
- Mourning Cloak
- Americann Lady
- Painted Lady
- Red Admiral
- Common Buckeye
- Red-spotted Purple
- Northern Pearly-eye
- Appalachian Brown
- Little Wood-Satyr
- Common Wood-Nymph
- Monarch
Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Tom Feild, Geraldine King, Jay Sheppard, Richard Smith, Allen Lewis, Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Nancy Magnusson, Robert Schaefer, Grazina McClure, Mike McClure.
- Ebony Jewelwing
- Southern Spreadwing
- Violet (Variable) Dancer
- Azure Bluet
- Double-striped Bluet
- Familiar Bluet
- Turquoise Bluet
- Stream Bluet
- Orange Bluet
- Slender Bluet
- Fragile Forktail
- Eastern Forktail
- Common Green Darner
- Comet Darner
- Fawn Darner
- Swamp Darner
- Cyrano Darner
- Black-shouldered Spinyleg
- Lancet Clubtail
- Ashy Clubtail
- Dragonhunter
- Eastern Least Clubtail
- Brown Spiketail
- Stream Cruiser
- Swift River Cruiser
- Prince Baskettail
- Common Baskettail
- Calico Pennant
- Banded Pennant
- Common Pondhawk
- Bar-winged Skimmer
- Spangled Skimmer
- Slaty Skimmer
- Widow Skimmer
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Great Blue Skimmer
- Blue Dasher
- Eastern Amberwing
- Common Whitetail
- Autumn Meadowhawk
- Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, Richard Orr, Wes Earp, Sue Earp.