Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for West Friendship Park

Birds

Lichens

Butterflies

Dragonflies

Mammals

Amphibians

Reptiles

BIRDS

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.

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Name Sp Su F W
Snow Goose X
Ross’s Goose X
Cackling Goose X X
Canada Goose X X X X
Tundra Swan X X
Wood Duck X X X X
Blue-winged Teal X X
Gadwall X X
American Wigeon X X
Mallard X X X X
American Black Duck X X X
Northern Pintail X X
Green-winged Teal X X
Canvasback X
Ring-necked Duck X X
Bufflehead X X
Hooded Merganser X X X
Common Merganser X X
Northern Bobwhite X X
Wild Turkey X X X X
Rock Pigeon X X X X
Mourning Dove X X X X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo X X X
Black-billed Cuckoo X X
Common Nighthawk X
Chimney Swift X X X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X
Virginia Rail X
Killdeer * X X X X
Short-billed Dowitcher X
Wilson’s Snipe X X
Spotted Sandpiper X
Solitary Sandpiper X X X
Lesser Yellowlegs X
Greater Yellowlegs X
Least Sandpiper X X
Ring-billed Gull X X X
Herring Gull X X
Great Black-backed Gull X X
Caspian Tern X
Common Loon X X
Double-crested Cormorant X X X
American Bittern 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
Eastern Screech-Owl X
Great Horned Owl X X X
Barn Owl X
Barred Owl X X X X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker 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 X
Peregrine Falcon X X X
Olive-sided Flycatcher X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher X
Acadian Flycatcher X X X
Willow Flycatcher X X 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
Yellow-throated Vireo X X X
Blue-headed Vireo X X X
Philadelphia Vireo X
Warbling Vireo X 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
Horned Lark X X X X
Bank Swallow X X X
Tree Swallow X X X
Name Sp Su F W
Purple Martin X X
N. Rough-winged Swallow X X
Barn Swallow X X X
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 X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher X X X
House Wren X X X
Winter Wren X X X
Sedge Wren X
Marsh Wren X
Carolina Wren X X X X
European Starling X X X X
Gray Catbird X X X
Brown Thrasher X X X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X
Eastern Bluebird X X X X
Gray-cheeked Thrush X
Swainson’s Thrush X X
Hermit Thrush X X X
Wood Thrush X X X
American Robin X X X X
Cedar Waxwing X X X X
House Sparrow X X X X
American Pipit X X X
Evening Grosbeak X
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X X X
Pine Siskin X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Lapland Longspur X
Grasshopper Sparrow X X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X X
Field Sparrow X X X X
Lark Sparrow X 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 X
Vesper Sparrow X X X
Savannah Sparrow X X X X
Song Sparrow X X X X
Lincoln’s Sparrow X X X
Swamp Sparrow X X X
Eastern Towhee X X X X
Yellow-breasted Chat X X
Bobolink X X
Eastern Meadowlark X X X X
Orchard Oriole X X X
Baltimore Oriole X X X
Red-winged Blackbird X X X X
Rusty Blackbird X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X X X X
Common Grackle X X X X
Ovenbird X X
Worm-eating Warbler X
Louisiana Waterthrush X
Northern Waterthrush X
Blue-winged Warbler X
Black-and-white Warbler X X
Tennessee Warbler X X
Orange-crowned Warbler X
Nashville Warbler X
Connecticut Warbler X
Mourning Warbler X
Kentucky Warbler X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
Hooded Warbler X
American Redstart X X
Cape May Warbler X X
Northern Parula X X X
Magnolia Warbler X X
Bay-breasted Warbler X X
Blackburnian Warbler X X
Yellow Warbler X X X
Chestnut-sided Warbler 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
Black-throated Green Warbler X 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

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.

MAMMALS

  • Northern Short-tailed Shrew
  • Virginia Opossum
  • Southeastern Star-nosed Mole
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Groundhog (Woodchuck)
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • Southern flying 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
  • 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.