Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society

Species Lists for Wilde Lake

Birds

Butterflies

Dragonflies

Lichens

BIRDS

They include many earlier records not available in eBird.

Seasonal List

Seasons: Sp (Spring): March–May; Su (Summer): June–July; F (Fall): August–November; W (Winter): December–February.

Wilson’s SnipeX

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck X
Snow Goose X
Greater White-fronted Goose X
Cackling Goose X
Canada Goose X X X X
Mute Swan X X X X
Trumpeter Swan X X X X
Tundra Swan X X X
Wood Duck X X X X
Blue-winged Teal X X
Northern Shoveler X
Gadwall X X X
American Wigeon X X X
Mallard* X X X X
American Black Duck X X X
Northern Pintail X X
Green-winged Teal X X X
Canvasback X X X
Redhead X X X
Ring-necked Duck X X X
Greater Scaup X
Lesser Scaup X X X
Black Scoter X
Long-tailed Duck X X X
Bufflehead X X X
Common Goldeneye X X X
Hooded Merganser X X X
Common Merganser X X X
Red-breasted Merganser X X
Ruddy Duck X X X
Pied-billed Grebe X X X X
Horned Grebe X X X
Red-necked Grebe 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 X
Common Nighthawk X X
Chimney Swift X X X
Ruby-throated Hummingbird X X X
American Coot X X X X
Black-necked Stilt X
Black-bellied Plover X
Semipalmated Plover X
Killdeer X X X X
Piping Plover X
Short-billed Dowitcher X
American Woodcock X X
Spotted Sandpiper X X X
Solitary Sandpiper X X X
Lesser Yellowlegs X X X
Greater Yellowlegs X X
Sanderling X
Least Sandpiper X X
Pectoral Sandpiper X
Semipalmated Sandpiper X
Bonaparte’s Gull X X
Laughing Gull X X
Ring-billed Gull X X X X
Herring Gull X X X
Great Black-backed Gull X X
Glaucous Gull X
Lesser Black-backed Gull X
Caspian Tern X X
Black Tern X
Forster’s Tern X
Common Loon X X X
Double-crested Cormorant X X X
American Bittern X
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron X X X
Black-crowned Night-Heron X X X
Little Blue Heron X
Snowy Egret X X
Green Heron X X 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 X
Red-tailed Hawk X X X X
Eastern Screech-Owl X X X X
Great Horned Owl X X X 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
Merlin X X X
Peregrine Falcon X X
Eastern Wood-Pewee X X X
Acadian Flycatcher X X X
Willow Flycatcher X X
Least Flycatcher 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 X
Name Sp Su F W
Blue-headed Vireo X X
Philadelphia Vireo X 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
Carolina Chickadee X X X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X
Bank Swallow X X X
Tree Swallow X X X
Purple Martin X X X
Barn Swallow X X X
Cliff Swallow X X
Northern Rough-winged Swallow X X X
Barn Swallow X X X
Cliff Swallow 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 X
Winter Wren X X X
Carolina Wren X X X X
European Starling X X X X
Gray Catbird X X X X
Brown Thrasher X X X X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X
Eastern Bluebird X X X X
Veery X X
Gray-cheeked Thrush X X
Swainson’s Thrush X X
Hermit Thrush 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
Evening Grosbeak X X X
House Finch X X X X
Purple Finch X X X
Common Redpoll X X
White-winged Crossbill X
Pine Siskin X X X
American Goldfinch X X X X
Grasshopper Sparrow X X X
Chipping Sparrow X X X X
Field Sparrow X X 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
Savannah Sparrow X X
Song Sparrow X X X X
Lincoln’s Sparrow X X
Swamp Sparrow X X X
Eastern Towhee X X X X
Yellow-breasted Chat X X X
Bobolink X
Eastern Meadowlark X X X X
Orchard Oriole X X X
Baltimore Oriole X X X
Red-winged Blackbird X X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X X X X
Rusty Blackbird X X X
Common Grackle X X X X
Ovenbird X X X
Worm-eating Warbler X X
Louisiana Waterthrush X X X
Northern Waterthrush X X
Golden-winged Warbler X X
Blue-winged Warbler X X X
Black-and-white Warbler X X X
Prothonotary Warbler X
Tennessee Warbler X X
Orange-crowned Warbler X
Nashville Warbler X X
Mourning Warbler X
Kentucky Warbler X X X
Common Yellowthroat X X X
Hooded Warbler X X X
American Redstart X X X
Cape May Warbler X X
Cerulean 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 X
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X
Yellow-throated Warbler X X
Prairie Warbler X X X
Black-throated Green Warbler X X
Canada Warbler X X
Wilson’s Warbler X 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
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Brewster’s Warbler X

Contributors: HCBC field trips and seasonal counts, Parks Checklist Project, Ken Board, Connie Bockstie, Martha Chestem, Jane Coskren, Fred Cowden, Joe Hanfman, Emy Holdridge, Ed Heustis, Mike Kerwin, Chris Ludwig, John Maloney, Linda McDaniel, Marjorie Mountjoy, Carol Newman, Paul Newman, Doug Odermatt, Richard Orr, Peter Osenton, Bonnie Ott, Sherry Peruzzi, Sue Probst, Elise Seay, Steve Simon, Jo Solem, Eva Sunell, Helen Zeichner, Jim Wilkinson, Kurt Schwarz, Nathan Baum, Diane Eidelman.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Peck’s Skipper
  • Sachem
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Monarch

Contributor: Howard County Butterfly Survey.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Orange Bluet
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Common Whitetail
  • Eastern Amberwing

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Pamela Franks.

LICHENS

CRUSTOSE

  • Common goldspeck lichen
  • Spotted wart lichen

FOLIOSE

  • Hammered shield lichen
  • Southern powdered ruffle lichen
  • Cumberland rock-shield

Contributor: Richard Orr.