Howard County Bird Club
A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society
What IS that bird?
Has the bird been recorded in Howard County?
Field Checklist of the Birds of Howard County, Maryland has this information. It reflects the most current AOS phylogenic order and shows breeding evidence, permanent resident, summer resident, summer visitor, winter resident, winter visitor, migrant, casual, accidental, or hypothetical categories.
How often has it been recorded in Howard County?
Howard County Annotated Bird Records has this information. It is periodically updated to include current records and includes a definition of terms and phenogram for each bird showing relative number of records throughout the year.]
Where can I find pictures of Howard County birds?
The club’s Bird Photo Gallery is where they are. Go to the species thumbnail on the page and click/tap to see an entire page devoted to pictures of that species plus a link to Cornell’s All About Birds page for the species.]