Howard County Bird Club

Howard County Bird Club

A Chapter of the Maryland Ornithological Society
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Spot-winged Glider

Place name abbreviations: MPEA – Middle Patuxent Environment Area; PRSP – Patuxent River State Park; PVSP – Patapsco River Valley State Park; WMA – Wildlife Management Area.

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Species common name
Scientific name		 Length (in inches; M and F if different) Flight season
Relative abundance
Habitat.

 

Spot-winged Glider
Pantala hymenaea		 1.7-2.0″ M-May – M-Oct
Common.
Habitat: Open areas; ponds/pools. Feeds from dawn to dusk, often fast/erratic 2-5 m above ground. Unwary when perched-but seldom perches, then vertically on twigs.

Meadowbrook

Male
July 28, 2012
Alpha Ridge Park
Phil Perkins

Rockburn Branch Park

Male
August 20, 2012
Rockburn Branch Park
Bonnie Ott

Western Regional Park

Female
September 9, 2006
Western Regional Park
June Tveekrem

Fulton Schools

Exuvia
July 7, 2001
Fulton Schools
Jo Solem