Species Found at Unexpected Wildlife Refuge:
Grouped

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

* May nest in birdhouses
# May nest in buildings


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


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

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

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