6.17.2006

Saturday On the Pond

Treebeard and I spent the morning and early afternoon out on the pond. Below you will find a list of some of the things we saw while we were out. We weren't looking for anything in particular and didn't go to any great lengths to notice things other than whatever was immediately obvious. I'll try to post some pictures later.


Birds
Great blue heron
Green heron
Great egret
Common moor hen
Wood duck
Mallard
Kingfisher
Osprey
Red-shouldered hawk
Black vulture
Turkey vulture
Pileated woodpecker
Red-headed woodpecker
Red-bellied woodpecker
Northern flicker
Hairy woodpecker
Downy woodpecker
Bobwhite
Barred owl
American crow
Fish crow
Bluejay
Northern cardinal
Red-winged blackbird
Grackle
Cowbird
Kingbird
Great crested flycatcher
Acadian flycatcher
Pee-wee
Purple martin
Chimney swift
Carolina chickadee
Tufted titmouse
Towhee
Chipping sparrow
Field sparrow
Prothonotary warbler
Yellow-throated warbler
Northern parula
Prairie warbler
Pine warbler
Hooded warbler
Ovenbird
Woodthrush
White-breasted nuthatch
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Yellow-throated vireo
Red-eyed vireo
White-eyed vireo
Eastern bluebird
Summer tanager
American Robin
Orchard oriole
Northern mockingbird
Brown thrasher
Canada goose
Ruby-throated hummer
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Mourning dove
Indigo bunting
Blue grosbeak
American goldfinch

Mammals
Beaver (16)
Muskrat
Gray squirrel
White-tailed deer
Cotton rat
Cotton-tail rabbit
Feral cat

Reptiles
Brown water snake (23)
Red-bellied water snake (3)
Black rat snake
Yellow-bellied slider (tons)
Eastern Painted turtle
Florida cooter
Musk turtle
Mud turtle

Spiders
Dolomedes tenebrosus
Dolomedes triton
Long-jawed spider
Grass spider
various Jumping spiders
various Wolf spiders
various orb weavers
Orchard spider

Amphibians
Bullfrog
Green frog
Southern leopard frog
Carpenter frog
Green treefrog
Cope’s gray treefrog
Northern cricket frog
Southern cricket frog
Pickerel frog

Dragonflies
Eastern Amberwing
Eastern Pondhawk
Prince Baskettail
Great Blue Skimmer
Slaty Skimmer
Blue Corporal
Blue Dasher
Assorted damselflies

Butterflies
Tiger swallowtail
Red admiral
Questionmark
Silver-spotted skipper


Plus
honeybees
bumblebees
assorted wasps
numerous fly species
various beetles

Flowers in Bloom
Swamp rose
Buttonbush
Pickerelweed
Spatterdock
Leatherleaf

1 comment:

Mr. Bloggerific Himself said...

That’s a shame Swampy. I mean, it’s an impressive list and all, but I live in the city and can list something you didn’t. I’m not bragging, it’s just fact. I’ll look through the list again, but I didn’t see any of the rare Neighborous Annoyous.