Howard County Bird Club
Bird Photo Gallery
Most bird photo pages in the bird gallery have a link to the species in Cornell’s All About Birds so you can find information on food, habitat, and other good information to help you locate the bird!
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.”
WATERFOWL
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross’s Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
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
QUAILS and allies
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Ring-necked Pheasant
GREBES
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
DOVES
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
CUCKOOS
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
NIGHTJARS
Common Nighthawk
Chuck-will’s-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
SWIFTS
Chimney Swift
HUMMINGBIRDS
Mexican Violetear
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
RAILS
King Rail
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Black Rail
LIMPKIN
Limpkin
CRANE
Sandhill Crane
SHOREBIRDS
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
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
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Baird’s Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
GULLS and TERNS
Little Gull
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
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Forster’s Tern
LOONS
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
STORK
Wood Stork
AHINGA and CORMORANT
Anhinga
Double-crested Cormorant
HERONS and allies
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
VULTURES, HAWKS, and allies
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper’s Hawk
American Goshawk
Bald Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
OWLS
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
KINGFISHER
Belted Kingfisher
WOODPECKERS
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
FALCONS
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
VIREOS
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
SHRIKES
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
CORVIDS
Blue Jay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Common Raven
CHICKADEES and TITMICE
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
LARK
Horned Lark
SWALLOWS
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
N. Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
KINGLETS
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
NUTHATCHES
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
TREECREEPER
Brown Creeper
GNATCATCHER
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
STARLING
European Starling
MIMIC THRUSHES
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
THRUSHES
Eastern Bluebird
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell’s Thrush
Swainson’s Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
WAXWING
Cedar Waxwing
OLD WORLD SPARROW
House Sparrow
PIPIT
American Pipit
FINCHES and allies
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
LONGSPUR/SNOW BUNTING
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting
NEW WORLD SPARROWS
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Harris’s Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte’s Sparrow
Nelson’s Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow’s Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln’s Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Eastern Towhee
WOOD-WARBLERS
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned 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
CARDINALS, GROSBEAKS, and allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel