Species Found at Unexpected Wildlife Refuge:
Alphabetically

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Birds (many of whom nest here)
American merganser
American bittern
American egret
American golden-eye
American redstart
Bald eagle
Baltimore oriole
Bank swallow
#Barn owl
#Barn swallow
Barred owl
Belted kingfisher
Black duck
*Black-capped chickadee
Black-crowned night heron
Black-throated blue warbler
Blue grosbeak
Blue jay
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Bobwhite quail
Bronzed grackle
Brown creeper
Brown thrasher
Canada goose
Cardinal
*Carolina chickadee
#Carolina wren
Catbird
Cedar waxwing
Chipping sparrow
Cliff swallow
Common loon
Cooper's hawk
Cowbird
*Crested flycatcher
Crow
*Downy woodpecker
*Eastern bluebird
Eastern kingbird
Evening grosbeak
Field sparrow
*Flicker
Fox sparrow
Golden-crowned kinglet
Goldfinch
Great blue heron
Green heron
*Hairy woodpecker
Hermit thrush
Hooded merganser
Horned owl
Horned lark
*House sparrow
*House wren
Indigo bunting
Killdeer
King rail
Least bittern
Louisiana water thrush
Mallard
Marsh hawk
Mockingbird
Mute swan
Myrtle warbler
Nighthawk
Northern shrike
Orchard oriole
Osprey
Oven-bird
#Phoebe
Pied-billed grebe
Pigeon hawk
Pine siskin
Pine warbler
Pintail
Prairie warbler
*Prothonotary warbler
*Purple martin
Red-bellied woodpecker
*Red-breasted nuthatch
Red-eyed vireo
Red-headed woodpecker
Red-tailed hawk
Red-winged blackbird
Ring-billed gull
Ring-neck pheasant
Ring-neck duck
Robin
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Rough-winged swallow
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Ruffed grouse
Rusty blackbird
*Saw-whet owl
Scarlet tanager
*Screech owl
Sharp-shinned hawk
Slate-colored junco
Snow goose
Song sparrow
Sparrow hawk
Spotted sandpiper
*Starling
Towhee
Tree sparrow
*Tree swallow
*Tufted titmouse
Turkey vulture
Veery
Vesper sparrow
Virginia rail
Warbling vireo
Whip-poor-Will
Whistling swan
*White-breasted nuthatch
White-crowned sparrow
White-eyed vireo
White-throated sparrow
Wild turkey
Wilson's snipe
Winter wren
*Wood duck
Wood thrush
Wood pewee
Woodcock
Yellow warbler
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Yellow-throat

* May nest in birdhouses
# May nest in buildings


Mammals
Bat
Beaver
Chipmunk
Cottontail rabbit
Deer mouse
Flying squirrel
Gray squirrel
Gray fox
Meadow mouse
Mink
Mole
Muskrat
Opossum
Otter
Raccoon
Red fox
Red squirrel
Shrew
Skunk
Weasel
White-tailed deer
Woodchuck


Reptiles and Amphibians
Black racer
Box turtle
Bullfrog
Chorus frog
Garter snake
Gray tree frog
Green snake
Green frog
Hog-nosed snake
King snake
Leopard frog
Musk turtle
Northern water snake
Painted turtle
Pilot black snake
Pine snake
Pine Barrens tree frog
Red-bellied turtle
Ribbon snake
Ring-neck snake
Snapping turtle
Spotted turtle
Spring peeper
Toad
Tree toad
Wood frog
Worm snake

Trees and Shrubs
Alder
Blueberry
Cedar
Dangleberry
Dogwood
Hackberry
Hickory
Holly
Juniper
Leatherleaf
Mountain laurel
Oak
Persimmon
Pine
Poplar
Sassafras
Sour gum
Swamp maple
Swamp azalea
Swamp magnolia
Sweet gum
Wild cherry
Willow
Winterberry

Scarce Plants
Blue-eyed grass
Butterfly weed
Cardinal flower
Club moss (3 kinds)
Indian pipe
Jack-in-the-pulpit
Lobelia
Moccasin flower
Orange milkwort
Partridgeberry
Pinesap
Pipsissewa
Purple violet
Pyrola
Pyxie
Rattlesnake plantain
Skunk cabbage
Spotted beebalm
Swamp honeysuckle
Tiger lily
Trailing arbutus
White violet
White-fringed orchid
Wild iris
Wild lupine
Wild grape
Yellow-fringed orchid