Natural History

Rare is the bird field trip where no one asks about some other aspect of the natural world. Fortunately, many of our members are interested in and knowledgeable about a wide variety of subjects involving natural history specific to Howard County. To encourage these interests, we have produced lists and keys of various kinds about butterflies, amphibians and reptiles (herps), dragonflies and damselflies (odonates), and fungi.

Club members participate in the Maryland Biodiversity Project, an ongoing survey of all living organisms in the state. Check out their website and contribute to the project!

You can report any invasive or pest plants, wildlife, insects, and diseases with a Bugwood app for your moble phone and identify many of them with iNaturalist.

Eastern Comma by Bonnie Ott
Eastern Box Turtle by Gregg Petersen
Viceroy by Annette Allor
Widow Skimmer by Gregg Petersen
Eastern Cottontail by Gregg Petersen
Gray Hairstreak by Kevin Heffernan
Silvery Checkerspot by Clayton Koonce
Eastern Chipmunk by Bonnie Ott
Southern Cloudy Wing by Linda Hunt
Snowberry Clearwing by Bonnie Ott
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Get additional information on pollinators from The Xerces Society