Species Lists for Schooley Mill Park

BIRDS (AOS61)

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.”

Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
King Rail
Sora
American Coot
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Bonaparte’s Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
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
Rough-legged 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
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder 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
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-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
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
Purple Finch
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Grasshopper Sparrow

Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper 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
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white 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
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
Dickcissel
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Brewster’s Warbler
Lawrence’s Warbler

Contributors: Parks Checklist Project, HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Scott Atkinson, John Blaisdell, Jon K Boone, Rod Burley, George Chase, Martha Chestem, Dennis Coskren, Jane Coskren, Susan Earp, Wes Earp, Darius Ecker, Gerald Elgert, Matt Hafner, Hans Holbrook, David Holmes, Mike Kerwin, Nancy Magnusson, Michael O’Brien, Daryl Olson, Peter Osenton, Bonnie Ott, Bob Ringler, Jim Stasz, Craig Sholley, Joanne Solem, Lisa Stevens, Jim Wilkinson, Kathy Calvert, Marsha Balestra, Eric Goldman, Ed Stedman, Chuck Stirrat.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Juvenal’s Duskywing
  • Wild Indigo Duskywing
  • Common Checkered-Skipper
  • Common Sootywing
  • Least Skipper
  • Fiery Skipper
  • Peck’s Skipper
  • Tawny-edged Skipper
  • Crossline Skipper
  • Northern Broken-Dash
  • LIttle Glassywing
  • Sachem
  • Zabulon Skipper
  • Dun Skipper
  • Ocola Skipper
  • Pipevine Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Falcate Orangetip
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Sleepy Orange
  • American Copper
  • Coral Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • White M Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Azure sp
  • Summer Azure
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • Americann Snout
  • Great Spangled Fritillary
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Question Mark
  • Eastern Comma
  • Mourning Cloak
  • Americann Lady
  • Painted Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Viceroy
  • Northern Pearly-eye
  • Little Wood-Satyr
  • Monarch

Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Nancy Magnusson, Jo Solem, Dick Smith.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Great Spreadwing
  • Southern Spreadwing
  • Spotted Spreadwing
  • Amber-winged Spreadwing
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Azure Bluet
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Skimming Bluet
  • Orange Bluet
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Common Green Darner
  • Comet Darner
  • Swamp Darner
  • Unicorn Clubtail
  • Ashy Clubtail
  • Common Baskettail
  • Calico Pennant
  • Halloween Pennant
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Blue Corporal
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Great Blue Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Blue-faced Meadowhawk
  • Ruby Meadowhawk
  • Band-winged Meadowhawk
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Carolina Saddlebags
  • Black Saddlebags

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, June Tveekrem, Richard Orr.

AMPHIBIANS

  • Spotted Salamander
  • E. Red-backed Salamander
  • N. Dusky Salamander
  • N. Two-lined Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Fowler’s Toad
  • Spring Peeper
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Wood Frog
  • S. Leopard Frog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • N. Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog

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

REPTILES

  • E. Box Turtle
  • E. Painted Turtle
  • E. Snapping Turtle
  • N. Watersnake
  • N. Brownsnake
  • E. Gartersnake
  • N. Ring-necked Snake
  • E. Hog-nosed Snake
  • N. Black Racer
  • E. Ratsnake

Contributor: Nancy Magnusson, Sue Muller (MARA data).