Species Lists for Rockburn Branch Park
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Mallard
American Black Duck
Common Merganser
Northern Bobwhite
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
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
Long-eared 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
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated VireoA
Blue-headed Vire
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
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
Sedge 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
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Henslow’s 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
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned 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
Contributors: HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Parks Checklist Project, Stan Arnold, Connie Bockstie, Martha Chestem, Karen Darcy, Phil Davis, Darius Ecker, Jane Geuder, Ralph Geuder, Joe Hanfman, Kevin Heffernan, Emy Holdridge, John Maloney, Joel Martin, Elayne Metter, Jeff Metter, Eric Neupert, Bonnie Ott, Jo Solem, Paula Sortino, Al Swann, Helen Zeichner, Mark Fisher.
- Silver-spotted Skipper
- Juvenal’s Duskywing
- Horace’s Duskywing
- Wild Indigo Duskywing
- Common Checkered-Skipper
- Least Skipper
- Fiery Skipper
- Peck’s Skipper
- Tawny-edged Skipper
- Southern Broken-Dash
- Northern Broken-Dash
- Little Glassywing
- Sachem
- Zabulon Skipper
- Broad-winged Skipper
- Ocola Skipper
- Pipevine Swallowtail
- Zebra Swallowtail
- Black Swallowtail
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
- Spicebush Swallowtail
- Cabbage White
- Falcate Orangetip
- Clouded Sulphur
- Orange Sulphur
- Cloudless Sulphur
- Sleepy Orange
- Harvester
- Banded Hairstreak
- Red-banded Hairstreak
- Juniper Hairstreak
- Eastern Pine Elfin
- Gray Hairstreak
- Eastern Tailed-Blue
- Summer Azure
- Variegated Fritillary
- Great Spangled Fritillary
- 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: Dick Smith, Howard County Butterfly Survey, Jo Solem, Bonnie Ott, Richard Orr, Kevin Heffernan, Annette Allor, Linda Hunt, Kathy Litzinger.
- Ebony Jewelwing
- Great Spreadwing
- Violet (Variable) Dancer
- Blue-tipped Dancer
- Familiar Bluet
- Skimming Bluet
- Orange Bluet
- Fragile Forktail
- Eastern Forktail
- Common Green Darner
- Comet Darner
- Fawn Darner
- Unicorn Clubtail
- Brown Spiketail
- Calico Pennant
- Common Pondhawk
- Spangled Skimmer
- Slaty Skimmer
- Widow Skimmer
- Twelve-spotted Skimmer
- Painted Skimmer
- Blue Dasher
- Wandering Glider
- Spot-winged Glider
- Eastern Amberwing
- Common Whitetail
- Autumn Meadowhawk
- Carolina Saddlebags
- Black Saddlebags