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Camp Bayou Field Guide

Some of the species you might see at Camp Bayou Outdoor Learning Center, Ruskin, FL 33570.
Please understand that the plants and animals in this list are drawn from historical records specific to Hillsborough County, FL imported from the Encyclopedia of Life.
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Tufted Titmouse 1
Baeolophus bicolor
Sprague's Pipit 2
Anthus spragueii
American Pipit 2
Anthus rubescens
House Sparrow 3
Passer domesticus
Brown-headed Nuthatch 4
Sitta pusilla
European Starling 5
Sturnus vulgaris
Northern Mockingbird 6
Mimus polyglottos
Brown Thrasher 2
Toxostoma rufum
Gray Catbird 2
Dumetella carolinensis
Great Crested Flycatcher 2
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2
Contopus virens
Least Flycatcher 2
Empidonax minimus
Acadian Flycatcher 7
Empidonax virescens
Eastern Kingbird 8
Tyrannus tyrannus
Gray Kingbird 9
Tyrannus dominicensis
Eastern Phoebe 10
Sayornis phoebe
Yellow-throated Vireo 2
Vireo flavifrons
Red-eyed Vireo 2
Vireo olivaceus
Black-whiskered Vireo 11
Vireo altiloquus
Blue-headed Vireo 2
Vireo solitarius
White-eyed Vireo 2
Vireo griseus
Downy Woodpecker 12
Picoides pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker 13
Picoides villosus
Red-cockaded Woodpecker 14
Picoides borealis
Red-headed Woodpecker 15
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Northern Flicker 16
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 2
Sphyrapicus varius
Carolina Parakeet 5
Conuropsis carolinensis
Budgerigar 17
Melopsittacus undulatus
Monk Parakeet 3
Myiopsitta monachus
Common Nighthawk 2
Chordeiles minor
Eastern Screech-Owl 18
Megascops asio
Barred Owl 12
Strix varia
Burrowing Owl 19
Athene cunicularia
Great Horned Owl 20
Bubo virginianus
Short-eared Owl 21
Asio flammeus
Barn Owl
Tyto alba
Greenhouse Frog 22
Eleutherodactylus planirostris
Pine Woods Treefrog 23
Hyla femoralis
Squirrel Treefrog 23
Hyla squirella
Barking Treefrog 24
Hyla gratiosa
Green Tree Frog 25
Hyla cinerea
Southern Cricket Frog 26
Acris gryllus
Southern Chorus Frog 23
Pseudacris nigrita
Little Grass Frog 24
Pseudacris ocularis
Eastern Narrow-mouthed Toad 26
Gastrophryne carolinensis
American Alligator 27
Alligator mississippiensis
Ringneck Snake 28
Diadophis punctatus
Eastern Spadefoot 29
Scaphiopus holbrookii
Two-toed Amphiuma 27
Amphiuma means
Dwarf Salamander
Eurycea quadridigitata
Black Racer 30
Coluber constrictor
Southeastern Slimy Salamander 23
Plethodon grobmani
Scarlet Snake 28
Cemophora coccinea
Southern Dusky Salamander 24
Desmognathus auriculatus
Eastern Newt 31
Notophthalmus viridescens
Greater Siren 32
Siren lacertina
Narrow-striped Mud Siren 24
Pseudobranchus axanthus
Ribbon Snake 33
Thamnophis sauritus
Florida Crowned Snake 34
Tantilla relicta
Brown Snake 35
Storeria dekayi
Black Swampsnake 32
Seminatrix pygaea
Pine Woods Littersnake 24
Rhadinaea flavilata
Striped Crayfish Snake 24
Regina alleni
Pine snake 36
Pituophis melanoleucus
Rough Green Snake 26
Opheodrys aestivus
Brown Watersnake 32
Nerodia taxispilota
Florida Green Watersnake 32
Nerodia floridana
Banded Water Snake 32
Nerodia fasciata
Common Kingsnake
Lampropeltis getula
Southern Hog-nosed Snake 24
Heterodon simus
Eastern Hognose Snake 37
Heterodon platirhinos
Rainbow Snake 24
Farancia erytrogramma
Mud Snake 32
Farancia abacura
Eastern Indigo Snake 38
Drymarchon couperi
Cottonmouth 32
Agkistrodon piscivorus
Pygmy Rattlesnake 32
Sistrurus miliarius
Eastern Glass Lizard 32
Ophisaurus ventralis
Island Glass Lizard
Ophisaurus compressus
Eastern Slender Glass Lizard 24
Ophisaurus attenuatus
Eastern Fence Lizard 2
Sceloporus undulatus
Florida Scrub Lizard 24
Sceloporus woodi
Green Anole 39
Anolis carolinensis
Florida Worm Lizard
Rhineura floridana
Florida Softshell Turtle 40
Apalone ferox
Florida Red-bellied Cooter 41
Pseudemys nelsoni
Peninsular Cooter
Pseudemys peninsularis
Southeastern Myotis
Myotis austroriparius
Eastern Pipistrelle 42
Pipistrellus subflavus
Big Brown Bat
Eptesicus fuscus
Seminole Bat 43
Lasiurus seminolus
Eastern Red Bat 44
Lasiurus borealis
Northern Yellow Bat 45
Lasiurus intermedius
Evening Bat 32
Nycticeius humeralis
Mexican Free-tailed Bat
Tadarida brasiliensis
Bottlenose Dolphin 46
Tursiops truncatus
Northern River Otter 47
Lontra canadensis
Long-tailed Weasel 48
Mustela frenata
Striped Skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Bobcat 49
Lynx rufus

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