Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for Rockburn Branch Park

Birds

Butterflies

Dragonflies

Mammals

Amphibians

Reptiles

Lichens

Ferns

BIRDS

They include many earlier records not included in eBird.

Seasonal List

Seasons: Sp (Spring): March–May; Su (Summer): June–July; F (Fall): August–November; W (Winter): December–February.

Name Sp Su F W
Canada Goose X X X X
Tundra Swan X X
Wood Duck X X
Blue-winged Teal X
Mallard X X X X
American Black Duck X
Common Merganser X
Northern Bobwhite X X X X
Ring-necked Pheasant X X X X
Wild Turkey X
Pied-billed Grebe X
Rock Pigeon X X X X
Mourning Dove X X X X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo X X X
Black-billed Cuckoo X
Common Nighthawk X X
Chimney Swift X X X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X
Killdeer X X X
American Woodcock X X X
Spotted Sandpiper X
Solitary Sandpiper X
Laughing Gull X X
Ring-billed Gull X X X X
Herring Gull X X X X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Common Loon X X
Double-crested Cormorant X X
Green Heron X X X
Great Egret X X
Great Blue Heron X X X X
White Ibis X
Black Vulture X X X X
Turkey Vulture X X X X
Osprey X X X
Northern Harrier X X X
Sharp-shinned Hawk X X X
Cooper’s Hawk X X X X
Bald Eagle X X X
Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X
Broad-winged Hawk X X
Red-tailed Hawk X X X X
Eastern Screech-Owl X X X X
Great Horned Owl X X X X
Barred Owl X X X X
Long-eared Owl X
Belted Kingfisher X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X
Downy Woodpecker X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker X X X X
Pileated Woodpecker X X X X
Northern Flicker X X X X
American Kestrel X X X X
Merlin X X
Peregrine Falcon X
Olive-sided Flycatcher X X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher X
Acadian Flycatcher X X X
Alder Flycatcher X
Least Flycatcher X X
Eastern Phoebe X X X X
Ash-throated Flycatcher X
Great Crested Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Kingbird X X X
White-eyed Vireo X X X
Yellow-throated Vireo X X
Blue-headed Vireo X X
Philadelphia Vireo X
Warbling Vireo X X
Red-eyed Vireo X X X
Blue Jay X X X X
American Crow X X X X
Fish Crow X X
Common Raven X X X
Carolina Chickadee X X X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X
Bank Swallow X
Tree Swallow X X X
Purple Martin X X X
N. Rough-winged Swallow X
Barn Swallow X X X
Cliff Swallow X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X X X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X X X
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X X X
Name Sp Su F W
Brown Creeper X X X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X
House Wren X X X
Winter Wren X X X
Sedge Wren X
Carolina Wren X X X X
European Starling X X X X
Gray Catbird X X X X
Brown Thrasher X X X X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X
Eastern Bluebird X X X X
Veery X X X
Gray-cheeked Thrush X X X
Swainson’s Thrush X X
Hermit Thrush X X X
Wood Thrush X X X
American Robin X X X X
Cedar Waxwing X X X X
House Sparrow X X X X
American Pipit X X
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X X X
Pine Siskin X X X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Grasshopper Sparrow X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X X
Field Sparrow X X X X
American Tree Sparrow X X X
Fox Sparrow X X X
Dark-eyed Junco X X X
White-crowned Sparrow X X X
White-throated Sparrow X X X
Henslow’s Sparrow X
Savannah Sparrow X
Song Sparrow X X X X
Lincoln’s Sparrow X X
Swamp Sparrow X X X
Eastern Towhee X X X X
Yellow-breasted Chat X X X
Bobolink X
Eastern Meadowlark X X
Orchard Oriole X X X
Baltimore Oriole X X X
Red-winged Blackbird X X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X X X X
Rusty Blackbird X X X
Common Grackle X X X X
Ovenbird X X X
Worm-eating Warbler X X
Louisiana Waterthrush X X X
Northern Waterthrush X X X
Golden-winged Warbler X
Blue-winged Warbler X X X
Black-and-white Warbler X X
Prothonotary Warbler X
Tennessee Warbler X X
Orange-crowned Warbler X X
Nashville Warbler X X
Connecticut Warbler X
Mourning Warbler x X X
Kentucky Warbler X X X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
Hooded Warbler X X X
American Redstart X X X
Cape May Warbler X X
Cerulean Warbler X
Northern Parula X X X
Magnolia Warbler X X
Bay-breasted Warbler X X
Blackburnian Warbler X X
Yellow Warbler X X X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X X
Blackpoll Warbler X X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X X
Palm Warbler X X
Pine Warbler X X X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X
Yellow-throated Warbler X X
Prairie Warbler X X X
Black-throated Green Warbler X X
Canada Warbler X X
Wilson’s Warbler X X
Summer Tanager X
Scarlet Tanager X X X
Northern Cardinal X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X X
Blue Grosbeak X X X
Indigo Bunting X X X

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.

BUTTERFLIES

  • 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.

DRAGONFLIES

  • 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

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Richard Orr, Pat Caro, Nancy Magnusson, Bonnie Ott.

MAMMALS

  • Eastern Mole
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Eastertn Gray Squirrel
  • Red Fox
  • White-tailed Deer

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bonnie Ott, Grazina McClure, Bob Solem, Sue Muller.

AMPHIBIANS

  • E. Red-backed Salamander
  • N. Red Salamander
  • N. Two-lined Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • Cope’s Treefrog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • N. Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog

Contributors: Howard County FrogWatchUSA, Sue Muller (MARA data)

REPTILES

  • E. Box Turtle
  • E. Snapping Turtle
  • N. Watersnake
  • E. Smooth Earthsnake
  • N. Brownsnake
  • E. Gartersnake
  • N. Ring-necked Snake
  • E. Wormsnake
  • N. Rough Greensnake
  • N. Black Racer
  • E. Ratsnake
  • E. Kingsnake

Contributor: Sue Muller (MARA data)

LICHENS

CRUSTOSE

  • Powdery goldspeck lichen
  • Common goldspeck lichen
  • Common script lichen
  • Brown-eyed rim lichen
  • Mealy rim lichen
  • Fluffy dust lichen
  • Smoky-eye boulder lichen

FOLIOSE

  • Candleflame lichen
  • Common greenshield lichen
  • Powdery rosette lichen
  • Mealy rosette lichen
  • Star rosette lichen
  • Rough speckled shield lichen

FRUITICOSE

  • Dixie reindeer lichen
  • Stalkless cladonia
  • Mealy pixie-cup
  • Common powderhorn
  • British Soldiers
  • Smooth cladonia
  • Fence-rail cladonia

Contributor: Richard Orr.

FERNS

Contributor: Jo Solem

  • Lady Fern
  • Sensitive Fern
  • New York Fern
  • Ebony Spleanwort
  • Cinnamon Fern
  • Royal Fern
  • Hayscented Fern
  • Rattlesnake Fern
  • Christmas Fern
  • Tree Clubmoss (Lycopodium obscurum)