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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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Coyote 1
Canis latrans
Red Fox 2
Vulpes vulpes
Gray Fox 3
Urocyon cinereoargenteus
White-tailed Deer 4
Odocoileus virginianus
Eastern Cottontail 5
Sylvilagus floridanus
Southeastern Pocket Gopher 6
Geomys pinetis
Oldfield Mouse
Peromyscus polionotus
Cotton Mouse 7
Peromyscus gossypinus
Eastern Harvest Mouse
Reithrodontomys humulis
Marsh Rice Rat 8
Oryzomys palustris
House Mouse 9
Mus musculus
Eastern Woodrat
Neotoma floridana
Hispid Cotton Rat 10
Sigmodon hispidus
Golden Mouse
Ochrotomys nuttalli
Round-tailed Muskrat
Neofiber alleni
Florida Mouse 11
Podomys floridanus
Southern Flying Squirrel 12
Glaucomys volans
Antillean Manatee 13
Trichechus manatus
Southeastern Shrew
Sorex longirostris
North American Least Shrew 14
Cryptotis parva
Southern Short-tailed Shrew 15
Blarina carolinensis
Eastern Mole
Scalopus aquaticus
Nine-banded Armadillo
Dasypus novemcinctus
Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake 16
Crotalus adamanteus
Southern Leopard Frog 17
Lithobates sphenocephalus
Little Brown Skink 18
Scincella lateralis
Roseate Spoonbill 19
Platalea ajaja
Ovenbird 20
Seiurus aurocapilla
Oak Toad 16
Anaxyrus quercicus
Southern Toad 21
Anaxyrus terrestris
Gopher Frog
Lithobates capito
American Bullfrog 22
Lithobates catesbeianus
Pig Frog 23
Lithobates grylio
River Frog 23
Lithobates heckscheri
Cane Toad 24
Rhinella marina
Spotted Sandpiper 5
Actitis macularius
Worm-eating Warbler 25
Helmitheros vermivorum
Louisiana Waterthrush 26
Parkesia motacilla
Northern Waterthrush 27
Parkesia noveboracensis
Blue Grosbeak 28
Passerina caerulea
Bachman's Sparrow 5
Peucaea aestivalis
Blue-winged Warbler 29
Vermivora cyanoptera
Six-lined Racerunner 23
Aspidoscelis sexlineata
Northern Mole Skink 30
Plestiodon egregius
Southeastern Five-lined Skink 18
Plestiodon inexpectatus
Eastern Coral Snake 31
Micrurus fulvius
Corn Snake 23
Pantherophis guttatus
Western rat snake 30
Pantherophis obsoletus
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
American Mink 32
Neovison vison
Brown Anole 33
Anolis sagrei
Osprey 34
Pandion haliaetus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 35
Regulus calendula
Purple Gallinule 36
Porphyrio martinicus
Great Egret 34
Ardea alba
Willet 25
Tringa semipalmata
Bonaparte's Gull 37
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Laughing Gull 25
Leucophaeus atricilla
Least Tern 38
Sternula antillarum
Gull-billed Tern 39
Gelochelidon nilotica
Caspian Tern 37
Hydroprogne caspia
Royal Tern 40
Thalasseus maximus
Sandwich Tern 41
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Carolina Chickadee 35
Poecile carolinensis
Tennessee Warbler 42
Oreothlypis peregrina
Orange-crowned Warbler 32
Oreothlypis celata
Kentucky Warbler 25
Geothlypis formosa
Hooded Warbler 29
Setophaga citrina
Cape May Warbler 37
Setophaga tigrina
Northern Parula 35
Setophaga americana
Magnolia Warbler 43
Setophaga magnolia
Blackburnian Warbler 44
Setophaga fusca
Yellow Warbler 45
Setophaga petechia
Chestnut-sided Warbler 46
Setophaga pensylvanica
Blackpoll Warbler 47
Setophaga striata
Palm Warbler 48
Setophaga palmarum
Pine Warbler 25
Setophaga pinus
Yellow-rumped Warbler 25
Setophaga coronata
Prairie Warbler 49
Setophaga discolor
Black-throated Green Warbler 35
Setophaga virens
American Goldfinch 50
Spinus tristis
Coachwhip 51
Coluber flagellum
Florida Sand Skink 52
Plestiodon reynoldsi
Chuck-will's-widow 53
Antrostomus carolinensis
Whip-poor-will 54
Antrostomus vociferus
Black-throated Blue Warbler 25
Setophaga caerulescens
Florida Brownsnake
Storeria victa
Short-tailed Snake
Lampropeltis extenuata

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