Flora and Fauna Inventory

The following is an ongoing inventory of the flora and fauna that have been recorded in our yard.  This does not include domesticated animals, ornamental plants (annuals and perennial flowers planted) as well as vegetables, fruits, and herbs (our garden). In the case of birds there are a few species marked as "historical". These are species that have been recorded on the property before we acquired it in 2013. 


BIRDS

Ducks, Geese and Swans  Mallard/American Black Duck / Common Goldeneye/ American Wigeon/ Canada Goose/ Tundra Swan/Wood Duck/Redhead/ Hooded Merganser

Upland Game Birds  Ring-necked Pheasant (historical)/ Wild Turkey

Loons and Grebes  Common Loon

Cormorants  Double-crested Cormorant

Pelicans American White Pelican

Wading Birds  Cattle Egret/ Black-crowned Night-Heron/ Great Blue Heron/ Green Heron/ Great Egret

Hawks and Vultures  Turkey Vulture/ Bald Eagle/ Golden Eagle/ Rough-legged Hawk/ Red-tailed Hawk/ Cooper's Hawk/ Sharp-shinned Hawk/ Northern Harrier/ Red-shouldered Hawk/ Osprey/Broad-winged Hawk

Rails, Coots, Cranes  Sandhill Crane

Shorebirds  Dunlin/ Ruddy Turnstone/ American Woodcock/ Least Sandpiper/ Semipalmated Sandpiper/ Short-billed Dowitcher/ Killdeer/ Black-bellied Plover/ American Golden-Plover/ Semipalmated Plover/ Spotted Sandpiper/Greater Yellowlegs/ Lesser Yellowlegs/ Upland Sandpiper/Buff-breasted Sandpiper/Wilson's Phalarope/Baird's Sandpiper/ Wilson's Snipe

Gulls Ring-billed Gull/ Herring Gull/ Lesser Black-backed Gull/ Bonaparte's Gull

Terns Caspian Tern

Pigeons and Doves Mourning Dove/Rock Pigeon

Cuckoos Black-billed Cuckoo/Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Owls  Great Horned Owl/ Snowy Owl/ Eastern Screech-Owl/ Saw-whet Owl

Nightjars  Common Nighthawk

Swifts Chimney Swift

 
Hummingbirds Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher

Woodpeckers Downy Woodpecker/ Hairy Woodpecker/ Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ Northern Flicker/ Red-headed Woodpecker/ Red-bellied Woodpecker 

Falcons  American Kestrel/ Merlin/Peregrine Falcon

Flycatchers  Yellow-bellied Flycatcher/ Willow Flycatcher/Alder Flycatcher/ Least Flycatcher/Eastern Kingbird/Great Crested Flycatcher/Eastern Wood-Pewee/Eastern Phoebe

Vireos Warbling Vireo/ Blue-headed Vireo/ Philadelphia Vireo/ Red-eyed Vireo

Crows and Jays  American Crow/ Blue Jay

Larks Horned Lark

Swallows  Purple Martin/ Barn Swallow/ Bank Swallow/ Tree Swallow/ Northern Rough-winged Swallow/ Cliff Swallow

Chickadees and Titmice  Black-capped Chickadee/ Tufted Titmouse (historical)

Nuthatches and Creepers Red-breasted Nuthatch/ Brown Creeper/ White-breasted Nuthatch

Shrikes:  Northern Shrike

 
Wrens  House Wren/ Winter Wren/Carolina Wren

Kinglets  Golden-crowned Kinglet/ Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Thrushes  Wood Thrush/ Hermit Thrush/ Swainson's Thrush/ Veery/ Eastern Bluebird/ American Robin/

Mockingbirds and Thrashers Brown Thrasher/ Grey Catbird

Starlings European Starling

Pipits American Pipit

 
Waxwings Cedar Waxwing

Longspurs etc. Lapland Longspur/ Snow Bunting

Wood Warblers  Wilson's Warbler/ Yellow-rumped Warbler/ Black-and-white Warbler/ Ovenbird/ Black-throated Blue Warbler/ Northern Parula/ Northern Waterthrush/ Chestnut-sided Warbler/ Bay-breasted Warbler/American Redstart/ Blackpoll Warbler/ Pine Warbler/Palm Warbler (Western)/ Palm Warbler (Yellow)/ Nashville Warbler/ Orange-crowned Warbler/ Common Yellowthroat/ Black-throated Green Warbler/ Yellow Warbler/ Magnolia Warbler/ Tennessee Warbler/ Cape May Warbler/ Blackburnian Warbler/ Yellow-breasted Chat (historical)/Connecticut Warbler/Canada Warbler

Sparrows  Eastern Towhee/ Vesper Sparrow/ American Tree Sparrow/ Chipping Sparrow/ Field Sparrow/ Savannah Sparrow/ Song Sparrow/ Lincoln's Sparrow/ Swamp Sparrow/ Fox Sparrow/ Dark-eyed Junco/ White-throated Sparrow/ White-crowned Sparrow

Cardinals Northern Cardinal/ Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ Indigo Bunting

Orioles and Blackbirds Rusty Blackbird/ Common Grackle/ Red-winged Blackbird/ Brown-headed Cowbird/ Bobolink/ Eastern Meadowlark/ Baltimore Oriole/Orchard Oriole

Finches  Purple Finch/ House Finch/ White-winged Crossbill/ Common Redpoll/ Pine Siskin/ American Goldfinch/ Evening Grosbeak/ House Sparrow


MAMMALS

Virginia Opossum/ Common Muskrat/ Woodchuck/ Grey Squirrel (black and grey phase)/ Deer Mouse/ Meadow Vole/ Eastern Cottontail/ Bat (most likely either Big Brown Bat or Little Brown Myotis/ White-tailed Deer/ Coyote/ Red Fox/ Northern Raccoon/ Striped Skunk/ American Mink/Least Shrew/Red Squirrel


HERPTILES

Green Frog/ American Toad/ Snapping Turtle (historical)/Leopard Frog




BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS

Skippers  Silver-spotted Skipper/ Common Sootywing/ Least Skipper/ European Skipper/ Peck's Skipper/ Tawny-shouldered Skipper/Common Checkered Skipper

Swallowtails  Black Swallowtail/ Giant Swallowtail/ Eastern Tiger Swallowtail/Spicebush Swallowtail

Sulphurs and Whites  Cabbage White/ Clouded Sulphur/ Orange Sulphur

Harvesters, Coppers, Hairstreaks and Blues  Grey Hairstreak/ Eastern Tailed Blue/ Spring Azure/ Summer Azure

Brush footed Butterflies  Northern Crescent/ Question Mark/ Eastern Comma/ Mourning Cloak/ American Lady/ Red Admiral/ Common Buckeye/ Viceroy/ Common Ringlet/ Monarch