Species Lists for West Friendship Park

BIRDS

Based on many earlier records not available in eBird. For the most complete seasonal and habitat information, regularly updated, see Howard County Annotated Records on the drop-down menu “Birding.”

Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Virginia Rail
Killdeer *
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson’s Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
American Bittern
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
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barn 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
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow 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
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch

Lapland Longspur
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark 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
Rusty Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
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
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
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

Contributors: Jeff Culler, Matt Anthony, Mary Lou Clark, Jon Corcoran, Warren Cummings, Joe Hanfman, John and Meg Harris, Russell Hillsley, Mark L. Hoffman, Nancy Magnusson, Joel Martin, Bonnie Ott, Russ Ruffing, Kurt Schwarz, Chuck Stirrat, Anthony Van Schoor, Joe Byrnes, Vern Stott, Kyle Crouse, Dave Ziolkowski.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Horace’s Duskywing
  • Common Checkered-Skipper
  • Least Skipper
  • Peck’s Skipper
  • Tawny-edged Skipper
  • Sachem
  • Black Swallowtail
  • Zabulon Skipper
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Orange Sulphur
  • Sleepy Orange
  • Juniper 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
  • Appalachian Brown
  • Monarch

Contributors: Howard County Butterfly Survey, Linda Hunt, Kathy Litzinger, Jeff Culler, Nancy Magnusson, Richard Orr, Russ Ruffing, Jim Wilkinson, Jo Solem, Sue Muller.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Sphagnum Sprite
  • Common Green Darner
  • Swamp Darner
  • Prince Baskettail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Common Baskettail
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Common Whitetail
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Ruby Meadowhawk
  • Black Saddlebags
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer

Contributors: Richard Orr, Jeff Culler, Kevin Heffernan, Bob Solem, Jo Solem, 2014 Bioblitz, Bonnie Ott.

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
  • Eastern Gartersnake
  • Eastern Ratsnake

Contributors: Jeff Culler, Nancy Magnusson, Richard Orr.