As the building boom continues to escalate, our 9 acre habitat is becoming a refuge for more and more wildlife.  The wild spaces and clean water that we provide are used by a variety of birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, arachnids and fish.  Some of the wonderful wildlife that inhabits our property includes:

Birds
Red Shouldered Hawk
Red Tailed Hawk
Mississippi Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Bald Eagle
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Screech Owl
Prothonotary Warbler
Hooded Warbler
Pine Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Orchard Orioles
Eastern Bluebird
Wood Thrush
Mockingbird
Summer Tanager

Northern Cardinal
Eastern Towhee
Red-eyed Vireo
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Great Crested Flycatcher
Blue-gray Gnatcather
Brown-headed Nuthatch

Pileated Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Chuck-will’s-widow
Chimney Swift
Wild Turkey
Bob-white Quail
Waterthrush
Eastern Kingbird
Wood Duck
Belted Kingfisher
American Woodcock
Great Blue Heron
Snowy Egret
Great Egret

Frequent Migrant Birds -
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Goldfinch
Ruby Crowned Kinglet
Orange Crowned Warbler

Hummingbirds
Ruby-throated
Rufous
Black chinned
Calliope

Mammals

Red & Gray Foxes
Coyote
Bobcat (more info)
White-tailed Deer
River Otters (more info)
Beaver
Cottontail Rabbit
Cotton Rats
Shrew
Flying Squirrels
Raccoons
Bats

Reptiles
Eastern Box Turtle
Green & Red-eared Sliders
Alligator Snapping Turtle
Various Mud & Musk Turtles
Speckled King snake
Blue Racer
Texas Rat Snake
Ribbon Snake

Garter Snake
Brown Snake
Ring neck Snake
Hog-nose Snake
Rough Green Snake
Copperhead
Water Moccasin
Yellow-bellied water snake
Green Anole
Brown-headed Skink
5-lined Skink

Amphibians
Bull Frog
Gray Tree Frog
Green Tree Frog
Spotted Salamander
Mud Puppy (2-toed Amphiuma)

Insects
Lightening Bugs
Dragonflies
Damselflies
Ladybugs
Bumble Bees


Butterflies
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Swallowtail (Eastern Black, Tiger, Giant, Palamades, Pipevine & Spicebush)
Red spotted purple
Gulf Fritillary
Monarch
Viceroy
Pearl Crescent
Hackberry Butterflies
Red Admiral
Buckeye
Painted Lady
Question Mark
Hair streaks
Sulphurs
Skippers

Moths -
Hummingbird Clearwing
Luna

Arachnids
Golden Orb Spider

Crab Spider
Garden Spider

Fish
Fresh Water Mullet
Large-mouth bass
Various Perch
River Catfish
Alligator Gar

     
 

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