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Mount Pleasant Farm - Howard County Conservancy
208 species and 256,224 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 146 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Blue JayCyanocitta cristata
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Blue Mash Nature Trail24 km229 species
- Masonville Cove26 km270 species
- Patterson Park26 km223 species
- Fort McHenry NM26 km261 species
- Patuxent Research Refuge – North Tract28 km225 species
- Cromwell Valley Park30 km215 species
All 208 species recorded here
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Trumpeter Swan Cygnus buccinator
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Mount Pleasant Farm - Howard County Conservancy?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 146 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Mount Pleasant Farm - Howard County Conservancy?
208 species, from 256,224 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Mount Pleasant Farm - Howard County Conservancy in November?
The most recorded in November: White-throated Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, American Goldfinch and Eastern Bluebird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.