Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for Sewells Orchard Park

BIRDS (AOS58)

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
Trumpeter Swan X
Tundra Swan X
Wood Duck X X
Blue-winged Teal X 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
Ruddy Duck 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
Black-billed Cuckoo X
Common Nighthawk X
Chimney Swift X X X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X
American Coot X X
Killdeer X
Spotted Sandpiper X X
Ring-billed Gull X X X X
Herring Gull X
Caspian Tern X
Common Loon X
Double-crested Cormorant X X X
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X X
Green Heron X X X
Great Egret 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
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
Barred Owl X X
Belted Kingfisher 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
Piliated Woodpecker X X X
Northern Flicker X X X X
American Kestrel X
Merlin X X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Acadian Flycatcher X X
Willow 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
Blue-headed 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
Carolina Chickadee X X X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X
Tree Swallow X
Purple Martin X X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X X
Barn Swallow * X X X
Name Sp Su F W
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
Brown Creeper X X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X
House Wren * X X X X
Winter Wren X X
Carolina Wren X X X X
European Starling * X X X X
Gray Catbird X X X
Brown Thrasher X X
Northern Mockingbird * X X X X
Eastern Bluebird X X X X
Veery X X
Hermit Thrush X X
Wood Thrush X X
American Robin* X X X X
Cedar Waxwing X X X X
House Sparrow * X X X X
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X X X
Pine Siskin X X X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X X
Fox Sparrow X X
Dark-eyed Junco X X X
White-crowned Sparrow 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
Swamp Sparrow X X X
Eastern Towhee X X X X
Yellow-breasted Chat X
Orchard Oriole X X
Baltimore Oriole X X X
Red-winged Blackbird * X X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X X X X
Common Grackle X X X X
Ovenbird X
Louisiana Waterthrush X
Northern Waterthrush X
Black-and-white Warbler X X
Tennessee Warbler X X
Nashville Warbler X X
Kentucky Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
American Redstart X X X
Cape May Warbler X
Northern Parula X X
Magnolia Warbler X X
Bay-breasted Warbler X
Blackburnian Warbler X
Yellow Warbler 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
Prairie Warbler X
Black-throated Green Warbler X
Canada Warbler X
Wilson’s Warbler X
Scarlet Tanager X X
Northern Cardinal* X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak X
Blue Grosbeak X X
Indigo Bunting X X X
Dickcissel X X X
* breeding records for these species

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

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem.

MAMMALS

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • Muskrat
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Red Fox
  • White-tailed Deer

Contributors: Chris Toscano., Sue Muller.

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