Species Lists for Sewells Orchard Park
(Historical data through 2025)

BIRDS

For the most complete seasonal and habitat records, see Howard county Annotated Records on the drop-down menu “Birding.”

Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
Mallard
American Black Duck
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
American Coot
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
American Herring Gull
Caspian Tern
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
Barred Owl
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Piliated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Kestrel
Merlin
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Great Crested Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed 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
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Northern 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
House Finch

Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Chipping Sparrow
Field 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
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May 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
Prairie Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel

Contributors: Chris Toscano, Jenny McClintock, Joanne Solem, Ed Huestis, Clayton Koontz.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Horace’s Duskywing
  • Sachem
  • Zabulon Skipper
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Monarch

Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Jo Solem, Jim Wilkinson.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Skimming Bluet
  • Orange Bluet
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Common Green Darner
  • Comet Darner
  • Unicorn Clubtail
  • Prince Baskettail
  • Common Baskettail
  • Calico Pennant
  • Halloween Pennant
  • Banded Pennant
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Carolina Saddlebags
  • Black Saddlebags

AMPHIBIANS

  • American Toad
  • Upland Chorus Frog
  • Spring Peeper
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Wood Frog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • N. Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog

Contributors: Howard County FrogWatch

REPTILES

  • E. Musk Turtle
  • E. Painted Turtle
  • Red-eared Slider
  • E. Snapping Turtle
  • N. Watersnake

Contributors: Sue Muller (MARA data), Chris Toscano