Species Lists for Triadelphia  and T. Howard Duckett Reservoirs

Birds are arranged in eBird phylogenetic order. Click/tap the bird name to go to the page for the species. Quickly go to the name on desktops and laptops by using  the keyboard shortcut for “find” (<Ctrl>+F in Windows, <Cmd>+F in Apple) and insert a part or all of the common name in the search box. Be sure the punctuation and spelling is correct, e.g. “Black-crowned Night-Heron,” not “… Night Heron.”

BIRDS
This list below is based on many early records plus those 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
Greater White-fronted Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Ruddy Duck
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Western Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Sandhill Crane
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson’s Snipe
Wilson’s Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird’s Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Black-legged Kittiwake
Sabine’s Gull
Bonaparte’s Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Glaucous Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster’s Tern
Common Tern
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Double-crested Cormorant
Least Bittern
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
Bald Eagle
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned 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
Alder 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
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
European Starling

Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Cedar Waxwing
House Sparrow
American Pipit
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Snow Bunting
Chipping Sparrow
Field 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
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean 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
Scarlet Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
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Brewster’s Warbler
Lawrence’s Warbler

Contributors: Nancy Magnusson, Paul Zucker, Scott Atkinson, Elaine Arnold, Stan Arnold, Val Barnes, F.R. Bell, Walter Booth, Mary-Jo Betts, Lewis Buck, Porge Buck, Rod Burley, George Chase, Martha Chestem, Barry Cooper, Jane Coskren, T. Dennis Coskren, Ralph Cullison III, Karen Darcy, Phil Davis, Ward Ebert, Darius Ecker, Gerald Elgert, Irving Hampe, Joe Hanfman, Kevin Heffernan, Bill Hill, Gayle Hill, Hans Holbrook, Emmalyn Holdridge, David Holmes, Marshall Howe, John Hubbell, Bill Hubick, Marshall Iliff, Seth Low, Chris Ludwig, Gail Mackiernan, John Maloney, Elayne Metter, Jeff Metter, Helen Metzman, Harvey Mudd, Marion Mudd, Marcia Nelson, Peter Osenton, Helen Patton, Susan Polniaszek, Ron Polniaszek, Mike Resch, Robert Ringler, Chandler Robbins, Fran Saunders, Norm Saunders, Fred Schaffer, Kurt Schwarz, Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Jim Stasz, Chuck Stirrat, Eva Sunell, Charles Swift, Jane Tuftrap, Mark Wallace, Robert Warfield, John Weske, John Willoughby, Helen Zeichner, Harry Fink, Matt Rogosky, Russ Ruffing, Dave Holyoke, David Cummings.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Commin Checkered Skipper
  • Sachem
  • Cabbage White
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Cloudless Sulphur
  • Little Yellow
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • Summer Azure
  • Variegated Fritillary
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Painted Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Common Buckeye
  • Red-spotted Purple
  • Monarch

Contributor: Jo Solem, Grazina McClure, Bob Solem, Mike McClure.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • Southern Spreadwing
  • Slender Spreadwing
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet (Variable) Dancer
  • Powdered Dancer
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Double-striped Bluet
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Orange Bluet
  • Slender Bluet
  • Citrine Forktail
  • Fragile Forktail
  • Eastern Forktail
  • Gray Petaltail
  • Shadow Darner
  • Common Green Darner
  • Springtime Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Cyrano Darner
  • Black-shouldered Spinyleg
  • Eastern Ringtail
  • Lancet Clubtail
  • Ashy Clubtail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Arrow Clubtail
  • Swift River Cruiser
  • Prince Baskettail
  • Common Baskettail
  • Halloween Pennant
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Blue Corporal
  • Bar-winged Skimmer
  • Spangled Skimmer
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Needham’s Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Painted Skimmer
  • Great Blue Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Wandering Glider
  • Spot-winged Glider
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Carolina Saddlebags
  • Black Saddlebags

Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Nancy Magnusson, Jim Wilkinson, Peter Osenton, Hans Holbrook, June Tveekrem, Jay Shepphard.

AMPHIBIANS

  • E. Red-backed Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Pickerel Frog
  • N. Green Frog
  • American Bullfrog

Contributors: Richard Orr, Grazina McClure, Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, Wes Earp, Sue Earp, Karen Darcy.

REPTILES

  • E. Box Turtle
  • E. Snapping Turtle
  • Skink sp.
  • E. Smooth Earthsnake
  • E. Gartersnake
  • N. Ring-necked Snake
  • E. Wormsnake
  • E. Hog-nosed Snake
  • E. Ratsnake

Contributors: Grazina McClure, Richard Orr, Wes Earp, Joanne Solem, Bob Solem.