Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for Schooley Mill Park

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
Cackling Goose X
Canada Goose X X X X
Tundra Swan X X X
Wood Duck X X X
Blue-winged Teal X
Northern Shoveler X
Gadwall X
Mallard X X X X
American Black Duck X X X
Redhead X
Ring-necked Duck X X
Lesser Scaup X
Bufflehead X X X X
Hooded Merganser X X X
Common Merganser X X
Ruddy Duck X
Northern Bobwhite X X X X
Wild Turkey X X X
Pied-billed Grebe X X X
Horned 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
King Rail X
Sora X
American Coot X X
Killdeer X X X
American Woodcock X
Wilson’s Snipe X X
Spotted Sandpiper X
Solitary Sandpiper X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Bonaparte’s Gull X
Laughing Gull X
Ring-billed Gull X X X X
Herring Gull X X X
Great Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern X
Common Loon X X
Double-crested Cormorant X X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X X X
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X X
Green Heron X X X
Western Cattle Egret X
Great Egret X X X
Great Blue Heron X X X 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 X
Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X
Broad-winged Hawk X X
Red-tailed Hawk X X X X
Rough-legged Hawk X X
Eastern Screech-Owl X X X X
Great-horned Owl X X X X
Barred Owl X X X X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker X X 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
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Acadian Flycatcher X X
Alder Flycatcher X
Least Flycatcher X X
Eastern Phoebe X X X X
Great Crested Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Kingbird X X X
White-eyed Vireo X X X
Yellow-throated Vireo X X X
Blue-headed Vireo X X
Name Sp Su F W
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 X X
Common Raven X 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
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X X X
Barn Swallow X X X
Cliff Swallow X X X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X X X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X X X
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X X X
Brown Creeper X X X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X
House Wren X X X X
Winter Wren X X X
Carolina Wren X X X X
European Starling X X X X
Gray Catbird X X X X
Brown Thrasher X X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X
Eastern Bluebird X X X X
Veery X X
Gray-cheeked Thrush X X
Swainson’s Thrush X X
Hermit Thrush X X X
Wood Thrush 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 X X
White-winged Crossbill X X
Pine Siskin X X X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Grasshopper Sparrow X X X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X X
Clay-colored Sparrow 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
Vesper Sparrow X
Savannah Sparrow X 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 X
Eastern Meadowlark X X X
Orchard Oriole 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
Common Grackle X X X
Ovenbird X X X
Louisiana Waterthrush X X X
Northern Waterthrush X
Golden-winged Warbler X X
Blue-winged Warbler X X
Black-and-white Warbler X X
Tennessee Warbler X X
Orange-crowned Warbler X
Nashville Warbler X X
Connecticut Warbler X
Mourning Warbler X X
Kentucky Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat X 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
Yellow Warbler X X X
Chestnut-sided Warbler X X X
Blackpoll Warbler X X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X X
Palm Warbler X X
Pine Warbler X X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X
Yellow-throated Warbler X X
Prairie Warbler X X X
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Canada Warbler X
Wilson’s Warbler 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
Dickcissel X X
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Brewster’s Warbler X
Lawrence’s Warbler X

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.

MAMMALS

  • Virginia Opossum
  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew
  • Common Raccoon
  • Striped Skunk
  • Mink
  • Red Fox
  • Woodchuck
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Southern Flying Squirrel
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • American Beaver
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • White-tailed Deer

Contributors: Nancy Magnusson, John Harris.

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).

LICHENS

CRUSTOSE

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

FOLIOSE

  • Candleflame lichen
  • Sea storm lichen
  • Common greenshield lichen
  • Southern powdered ruffle lichen
  • Powdered ruffle lichen
  • Powder-edged ruffle lichen
  • Powder-tipped shadow lichen
  • Orange-cored shadow lichen
  • Powdery rosette lichen
  • Hoary rosette lichen
  • Mealy rosette lichen
  • Star rosette lichen
  • Rough speckled shield lichen

FRUITICOSE

  • British Soldiers
  • Scarlet pin lichen
  • Warty beard lichen

Contributor: Richard Orr.