Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for Savage Park

Includes Savage Mill Trail & Wincopin Trail

Birds

Butterflies

Dragonflies

Mammals

Amphibians

Reptiles

Lichens

BIRDS (AOS61)

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
Wood Duck X
Mallard X X
Hooded Merganser X X
Common Merganser X
Pied-billed Grebe X
Northern Bobwhite X
Rock Pigeon X X X X
Mourning Dove X X X X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo X X X
Black-billed Cuckoo X
Eastern Whip-poor-will X
Chimney Swift X X X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X
Killdeer X
Spotted Sandpiper X
Solitary Sandpiper X
Ring-billed Gull X X X
Common Loon X X X
Double-crested Cormorant X
Green Heron X
Great Egret X
Great Blue Heron X X X X
Black Vulture X X X X
Turkey Vulture X X X X
Osprey X X X
Sharp-shinned Hawk X X X
Cooper’s Hawk X X
Bald Eagle X X X X
Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X
Broad-winged Hawk X
Red-tailed Hawk X X X
Eastern Screech-Owl X
Great Horned Owl X
Belted Kingfisher X X X 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
Northern Flicker X X X X
Pileated Woodpecker X X X X
American Kestrel X X
Peregrine Falcon X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Acadian Flycatcher X X X
Willow Flycatcher X
Least Flycatcher X X
Eastern Phoebe X X X
Great Crested Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Kingbird X X
White-eyed Vireo X X X
Yellow-throated Vireo X
Blue-headed Vireo X X
Philadelphia Vireo X
Red-eyed Vireo X X X
Blue Jay X X X X
American Crow X X X X
Fish Crow X X X X
Common Raven X X
Carolina Chickadee X X X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X
Bank Swallow X
Tree Swallow X X X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X
Barn Swallow 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
Brown Creeper X X X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X
Name Sp Su F W
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
Brown Thrasher X X X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X
Eastern Bluebird X X X X
Veery X
Gray-cheeked Thrush 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
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X
Pine Siskin X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X
Fox Sparrow X
Field Sparrow X X
Dark-eyed Junco X X X
White-throated Sparrow X X X
Song Sparrow X X X
Lincoln’s Sparrow X
Swamp Sparrow X X
Eastern Towhee X X X X
Yellow-breasted Chat X
Orchard Oriole X
Baltimore Oriole X X X
Red-winged Blackbird X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X X X X
Common Grackle X X X X
Ovenbird X X X
Worm-eating Warbler X X
Louisiana Waterthrush X X
Northern Waterthrush X
Golden-winged Warbler X
Blue-winged Warbler X
Black-and-white Warbler X X
Prothonotary Warbler X
Tennessee Warbler X X
Nashville Warbler X
Mourning Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat X X
American Redstart X X
Cape May Warbler X
Cerulean Warbler X
Northern Parula X X X
Magnolia Warbler X X
Bay-breasted Warbler X
Blackburnian Warbler X X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X X
Blackpoll Warbler* X X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X X
Palm Warbler X
Pine Warbler X X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X
Yellow-throated Warbler X
Prairie Warbler X X
Black-throated Green Warbler X X
Canada Warbler X X
Scarlet Tanager X X X
Northern Cardinal X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
Blue Grosbeak X
Indigo Bunting X X X
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Brewster’s Warbler X

Contributors: Tom Miller, Jo Solem, Tom Feild, Connie Bockstie, Sue Muller, Kathy Mariano, George Chase, Richard Orr, Peter Osenton, Emmalyn Holdridge, Scott Berglund, Eva Sunell, Michele Wright, John McKitterick, Annette Allor.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Juvenal’s Duskywing
  • Horace’s Duskywing
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing
  • Clouded Skipper
  • Least Skipper
  • Peck’s Skipper
  • Little Glassywing
  • Sachem
  • Hobomok Skipper
  • Zabulon Skipper
  • Dun Skipper
  • Zebra Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Falcate Orangetip
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Harvester
  • Banded Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • White M Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Azure sp
  • Summer Azure
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Question Mark
  • Eastern Comma
  • Mourning Cloak
  • American Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Tawny Emperor
  • Northern Pearly-eye
  • Little Wood-Satyr

Contributor: Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, Sue Muller, Jim Wilkinson, Howard County Butterfly Survey.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • American Rubyspot
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Dusky Dancer
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Stream Bluet
  • Shadow Darner
  • Common Green Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Ashy Clubtail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Appalachian Snaketail
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Mocha Emerald
  • Halloween Pennant
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Blue Corporal
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Wandering Glider
  • Spot-winged Glider
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Black Saddlebags

Contributors: Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, Nancy Magnusson, Richard Orr.

MAMMALS

  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Woodchuck
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • Southern Flying Squirrel
  • Red Fox
  • Common Raccoon
  • White-tailed Deer

Contributor: Tom Miller.

AMPHIBIANS

  • Spotted Salamander
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • Cope’s Treefrog
  • Wood Frog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • N. Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog

Contributors: Howard County Frog Watch, Jo Solem, Grazine McClure, Sue Muller (MARA data).

REPTILES

  • E. Box Turtle
  • Common Five-lines Skink
  • N. Brownsnake
  • E. Gartersnake
  • N. Ring-necked Snake
  • N. Black Racer
  • E. Ratsnake
  • N. Copperhead

Contributors: Jo Solem, Jay Sheppard, Sue Muller (MARA data).

LICHENS

CRUSTOSE

  • Sunken button lichen
  • Powdery goldspeck lichen
  • Common goldspeck lichen
  • Crater lichen
  • Fluffy dust lichen
  • Smoky-eye boulder lichen
  • Black stone lichen

FOLIOSE

  • Candleflame lichen
  • Sea storm lichen
  • Streamside stippleback
  • Common greenshield lichen
  • Salted ruffle lichen
  • Southern powdered ruffle lichen
  • Powdered ruffle lichen
  • Hoary rosette lichen
  • Mealy rosette lichen
  • Rough speckled shield lichen

FRUITICOSE

  • Common powderhorn

Contributor: Richard Orr.