| 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: |
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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
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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
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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 -
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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