Birding Howard County, Maryland

Species Lists for Wincopin Trail

(The bird list combines sightings from Savage Park, Savage Mill Trail, and Wincopin Trail)

Seasonal Bird List

Seasons: Sp (Spring): March–May; Su (Summer): June–July; F (Fall): August–November; W (Winter): December–February.

Name Sp Su F W
Canada Goose x x
Wood Duck x
Mallard x
Hooded Merganser x
Northern Bobwhite x
Great Blue Heron x x x x
Great Egret x
Black Vulture x x x x
Turkey Vulture x x x x
Osprey x x
Bald Eagle x x
Sharp-shinned Hawk x x
Red-shouldered Hawk x x x x
Red-tailed Hawk x x x
Killdeer x
Spotted Sandpiper x
Ring-billed Gull x
Rock Pigeon x x x
Mourning Dove x x x x
Yellow-billed Cuckoo x x
Black-billed Cuckoo x
Great Horned Owl x
Chimney Swift x x x
Ruby-throated Hummingbird x
Belted Kingfisher x x x x
Red-bellied Woodpecker x x x x
Downy Woodpecker x x x x
Hairy Woodpecker x x
Northern Flicker x x x x
Pileated Woodpecker x x x
American Kestrel x
Eastern Wood-Pewee x x x
Acadian Flycatcher x x
Least Flycatcher x
Eastern Phoebe x x x
Great Crested Flycatcher x x
White-eyed Vireo x x
Yellow-throated Vireo x
Blue-headed Vireo x
Red-eyed Vireo x x x
Blue Jay x x x x
American Crow x x x x
Fish Crow x x x x
Tree Swallow x x x
Northern Rough-winged Swallow x
Barn Swallow x x
Cliff Swallow x
Carolina Chickadee x x x x
Tufted Titmouse x x x x
White-breasted Nuthatch x x x x
Brown Creeper x x x
House Wren x x x
Sedge Wren x
Carolina Wren x x x x
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher x x
Golden-crowned Kinglet x x x
Ruby-crowned Kinglet x x x
Eastern Bluebird x x x
Veery x
Gray-cheeked Thrush x
Name Sp Su F W
Swainson's Thrush x x
Hermit Thrush x
Wood Thrush x x x
American Robin x x x x
Gray Catbird x x x
Northern Mockingbird x x x x
Brown Thrasher x
European Starling x x x
Cedar Waxwing x x x x
Ovenbird x x
Worm-eating Warbler x x
Louisiana Waterthrush x x
Northern Waterthrush x
Golden-winged Warbler x
Blue-winged Warbler x
Black-and-white Warbler x
Prothonotary Warbler x
Tennessee Warbler x
Nashville Warbler x
Mourning Warbler x
Common Yellowthroat x
American Redstart x
Cerulean Warbler x
Northern Parula x x
Magnolia Warbler x
Blackburnian Warbler x
Chestnut-sided Warbler x
Blackpoll Warbler x
Black-throated Blue Warbler x
Palm Warbler x
Pine Warbler x x
Yellow-rumped Warbler x x x
Yellow-throated Warbler x
Prairie Warbler x x
Black-throated Green Warbler x
Canada Warbler x
Yellow-breasted Chat x
Eastern Towhee x x
Chipping Sparrow x x x
Field Sparrow x
Song Sparrow x
Lincoln's Sparrow x
Swamp Sparrow x
White-throated Sparrow x x x
Dark-eyed Junco x x x
Scarlet Tanager x x
Northern Cardinal x x x x
Rose-breasted Grosbeak x
Blue Grosbeak x
Indigo Bunting x x
Red-winged Blackbird x x x
Common Grackle x x x
Brown-headed Cowbird x x
Orchard Oriole x
Baltimore Oriole x x
House Finch x x x x
American Goldfinch x x x x
House Sparrow x x x
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Brewster's Warbler x
Contributors: Tom Miller, Jo Solem, Tom Feild, Connie Bockstie, Sue Muller, Kathy Mariano, George Chase, Richard Orr, Peter Osenton, Emmalyn Holdridge, Scott Berglund, Eva Sunell, Michele Wright, John McKitterick, Annette Allor.

BUTTERFLIES

  • Silver-spotted Skipper
  • Juvenal's Duskywing
  • Clouded Skipper
  • Least Skipper
  • Little Glassywing
  • Zabylon Skipper
  • Zebra Swallowtail
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
  • Spicebush Swallowtail
  • Cabbage White
  • Falcate Orangetip
  • Clouded Sulphur
  • Banded Hairstreak
  • Red-banded Hairstreak
  • White M Hairstreak
  • Gray Hairstreak
  • Eastern Tailed-Blue
  • Spring Azure
  • Pearl Crescent
  • Question Mark
  • Mourning Cloak
  • American Lady
  • Red Admiral
  • Northern Pearly-Eye
Contributors: Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, Sue Muller, Jim Wilkinson, Annette Allor.

DRAGONFLIES

  • Ebony Jewelwing
  • American Rubyspot
  • Blue-fronted Dancer
  • Violet Dancer
  • Blue-tipped Dancer
  • Dusky Dancer
  • Familiar Bluet
  • Stream Bluet
  • Shadow Darner
  • Common Green Darner
  • Fawn Darner
  • Ashy Clubtail
  • Dragonhunter
  • Appalachian Snaketail
  • Common Sanddragon
  • Mocha Emerald
  • Halloween Pennant
  • Common Pondhawk
  • Blue Corporal
  • Slaty Skimmer
  • Widow Skimmer
  • Twelve-spotted Skimmer
  • Blue Dasher
  • Wandering Glider
  • Spot-winged Glider
  • Eastern Amberwing
  • Common Whitetail
  • Black Saddlebags
Contributors: Joanne Solem, Bob Solem, Nancy Magnusson, Richard Orr, Annette Allor.

MAMMALS

  • Shorttail Shrew
  • Red Fox
  • Woodchuck
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel
  • Eastern Cottontail
  • Whitetail Deer
Contributors: Joanne Solem, Sue Muller.

AMPHIBIANS

  • Spotted Salamander
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander
  • American Toad
  • Cope's Gray Treefrog
  • Northern Green Frog
  • Pickerel Frog
  • Spring Peeper
Contributors: Wes Earp, Richard Orr, Jo Solem, Bob Solem; Sue Muller (MARA data).

REPTILES

  • Eastern Box Turtle
  • Eastern Gartersnake
  • Northern Ring-necked Snake
  • Northern Black Racer
  • Eastern Ratsnake
  • Northern Copperhead
Contributors: Jo Solem, Bob Solem, Jay Sheppard, Annette Allor; Sue Muller (MARA data).

LICHENS

CRUSTOSE
  • Sunken button lichen
  • Powdery goldspeck lichen
  • Common goldspeck lichen
  • Crater lichen
  • Fluffy dust lichen
  • Smoky-eye boulder lichen
  • Black stone lichen
FOLIOSE
  • Candleflame lichen
  • Sea storm lichen
  • Streamside stippleback
  • Common greenshield lichen
  • Salted ruffle lichen
  • Southern powdered ruffle lichen
  • Powdered ruffle lichen
  • Hoary rosette lichen
  • Mealy rosette lichen
  • Rough speckled shield lichen
FRUITICOSE
  • Common powderhorn
Contributor: Richard Orr.

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