Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for Warfields Pond 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 X
Canada Goose X X X X
Wood Duck X X
Blue-winged Teal X
Northern Pintail X
Gadwall X X
American Wigeon X X
Mallard* X X X X
American Black Duck X X
Northern Pintail X
Green-winged Teal X X
Canvasback X X
Redhead X X
Ring-necked Duck X X X
Greater Scaup X
Lesser Scaup X X X
Long-tailed Duck X
Bufflehead X X X
Common Goldeneye X
Hooded Merganser X X X
Ruddy Duck X X
Ring-necked Pheasant X
Pied-billed Grebe X X X
Horned Grebe X
Rock Pigeon X X X
Mourning Dove X X X X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo X X
Common Nighthawk X X
Chimney Swift X X X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X
American Coot X X X
Common Gallinule X
Killdeer X X X X
Least Sandpiper X
American Woodcock X
Wilson’s Snipe X X
Solitary Sandpiper X X
Ring-billed Gull X X X
Caspian Tern X
Common Loon X
Double-crested Cormorant X X X
American Bittern X
Great Blue Heron X X X X
Great Egret X
Little Blue Heron X
Green Heron X X X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X X
Black Vulture X X X X
Turkey Vulture X X X X
Osprey X
Northern Harrier X
Sharp-shinned Hawk X X X
Cooper’s Hawk X X X X
Bald Eagle X X X
Mississippi Kite X
Red-shouldered Hawk X X X X
Broad-winged Hawk X X
Red-tailed Hawk X X
Barred Owl X
Northern Saw-whet Owl X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 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
Merlin X
Great Crested Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Kingbird X X X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Acadian Flycatcher X X
Willow Flycatcher X X X
Eastern Phoebe X X X
White-eyed Vireo X X X
Blue-headed Vireo X X X
Warbling Vireo X X
Red-eyed Vireo X X X
Blue Jay X X X X
American Crow X X X X
Name Sp Su F W
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 X X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X X
Purple Martin X X X
Barn Swallow X X X
Golden-crowned Kinglet X X X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet X X X
Cedar Waxwing X X X X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X
Brown Creeper X X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X
House Wren X X X
Winter Wren X
Marsh Wren X
Carolina Wren X X X X
Gray Catbird X X X X
Brown Thrasher X X X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X
European Starling X X X X
Eastern Bluebird X X X X
Veery X
Gray-cheeked Thrush X
Swainson’s Thrush X
Hermit Thrush X X X
Wood Thrush X X
American Robin X X X X
House Sparrow X X X X
American Pipit X
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X X
Common Redpoll X
Pine Siskin X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X
Field Sparrow X X X X
Fox Sparrow X X X
American Tree Sparrow X X
Dark-eyed Junco X X X
White-crowned Sparrow X X X
White-throated Sparrow X X 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 X
Bobolink X
Eastern Meadowlark X
Orchard Oriole X X
Baltimore Oriole X X
Red-winged Blackbird X X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X X X
Rusty Blackbird X
Common Grackle X X X X
Ovenbird X
Northern Waterthrush X X X
Blue-winged Warbler X
Black-and-White Warbler X X
Tennessee Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
American Redstart X X
Cape May Warbler X
Magnolia Warbler X X
Blackburnian Warbler X
Yellow Warbler* X X
Blackpoll Warbler X X
Black-throated Blue Warbler X
Palm Warbler X X
Pine Warbler X X X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X
Prairie Warbler X
Black-throated Green Warbler X X
Canada Warbler X
Scarlet Tanager X
Northern Cardinal X X X X
Blue Grosbeak X
Indigo Bunting X X X

Contributors: Bill Hill, Bill Blum, Karan Blum, Ed Boyd, Lisa Colangelo, Davud Cummins, Gayle Hill, Emmalyn Holdridge, Marlee Lindon, Grazina McClure, Mike McClure, Nancy Magnusson, Sue Muller, Peter Osenton, Mike Ostrowski, Bonnie Ott, Bob Solem, Jo Solem, Kate Tufts, Ed Boyd, Jeff Culler, Sarah Romero.

BUTTERFLIES

      • Silver-spotted Skipper
      • Horace’s Duskywing
      • Common Checkered-Skipper
      • Least Skipper
      • Peck’s Skipper
      • Tawny-edged Skipper
      • Northern Broken-Dash
      • Sachem
      • Ocola Skipper
      • Black Swallowtail
      • Zabulon Skipper
      • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
      • ‘Spicebush Swallowtail
      • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Juniper Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • American Copper
  • Banded Hairstreak
  • Summer Azure
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • 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
  • Appalachian Brown
  • Little Wood-Satyr
  • Monarch
Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Linda Hunt, Kathy Litzinger, Jeff Culler, Nancy Magnusson, Richard Orr, Russ Ruffing, Jim Wilkinson, Jo Solem, Sue Muller, Bill Hill.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Common Green Darner
  • Swamp Darner
  • Prince Baskettail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Common Baskettail
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Common Whitetail
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Ruby Meadowhawk
  • Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Richard Orr, Jeff Culler, Kevin Heffernan, Bob Solem, Jo Solem, 2014 Bioblitz.

MAMMALS

  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew
  • Virginia Opossum
  • Southeastern Star-nosed Mole
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Groundhog (Woodchuck)
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • American Beaver
  • Coyote
  • Red Fox
  • Raccoon
  • Mink
  • White-tailed Deer
Contributors: Jeff Culler, David Cummings.

AMPHIBIANS

  • Spotted Salamander
  • Northern Red Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Gray Treefrog
  • Wood Frog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • Northern Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog
Contributors: Jeff Culler, Richard Orr, Sue Muller (MARA data), Jo Solem.

REPTILES

  • Eastern Box Turtle
  • Eastern Painted Turtle
  • Red-eared Slider
  • Eastern Snapping Turtle
  • Northern Brownsnake</li
  • Eastern Gartersnake
  • Eastern Ratsnake
Contributors: Jeff Culler, Nancy Magnusson, Richard Orr.

LICHENS

CRUSTOSE

  • Powdery goldspeck lichen
  • Mealy rim lichen
  • Fluffy dust lichen
  • City dot lichen
  • Black stone lichen
 FOLIOSE

  • Candleflame lichen
  • Rock greensheild lichen
  • Common greenshield lichen
  • Southern powdered ruffle lichen
  • Powdered ruffle lichen
  • Southern powdered ruffle lichen
  • Orange-cored shadow lichen
  • Powdery rosette lichen
  • Mealy rosette lichen
  • Star rosette lichen
  • Slender rock lichen
  • Rough speckled shield lichen
  • Bare-bottom sunburst lichen
  • Cumberland rock-shield
 FRUITICOSE

  • Stalkless cladonia
  • Fence-rail cladonia
Contributors: Richard Orr.