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George Washington's River Farm Common Species

A guide to common species found around George Washington's River Farm

American Toad 1
Anaxyrus americanus
American Bullfrog 2
Lithobates catesbeianus
Eastern Red-backed Salamander 3
Plethodon cinereus
Eastern Newt 4
Notophthalmus viridescens
Common Five-lined Skink 5
Plestiodon fasciatus
Northern Watersnake 6
Nerodia sipedon
Eastern Rat Snake 7
Pantherophis alleghaniensis
Snapping Turtle 8
Chelydra serpentina
Eastern Painted Turtle 9
Chrysemys picta
Pond Slider 10
Trachemys scripta
Common Box Turtle 1
Terrapene carolina
Downy Woodpecker 11
Picoides pubescens
Pileated Woodpecker 12
Dryocopus pileatus
Red-bellied Woodpecker 13
Melanerpes carolinus
Northern Flicker 14
Colaptes auratus
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 15
Sphyrapicus varius
Belted Kingfisher 16
Megaceryle alcyon
Rock Dove 17
Columba livia
Mourning Dove 18
Zenaida macroura
Chimney Swift 19
Chaetura pelagica
Wild Turkey 20
Meleagris gallopavo
Ring-billed Gull 21
Larus delawarensis
Forster's Tern 22
Sterna forsteri
Laughing Gull 15
Leucophaeus atricilla
Snowy Egret 23
Egretta thula
Great Egret 24
Ardea alba
Great Blue Heron 24
Ardea herodias
Green Heron 25
Butorides virescens
Mallard 26
Anas platyrhynchos
Gadwall 27
Anas strepera
Bufflehead 28
Bucephala albeola
Red-breasted Merganser 29
Mergus serrator
Canada Goose 30
Branta canadensis
Hooded Merganser 25
Lophodytes cucullatus
Osprey 24
Pandion haliaetus
Red-tailed Hawk 31
Buteo jamaicensis
Red-shouldered Hawk 32
Buteo lineatus
Bald Eagle 33
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Turkey Vulture 34
Cathartes aura
Black Vulture 35
Coragyps atratus
Double-crested Cormorant 36
Phalacrocorax auritus
Barn Swallow 37
Hirundo rustica
Common Grackle 38
Quiscalus quiscula
Red-winged Blackbird 39
Agelaius phoeniceus
Tufted Titmouse 40
Baeolophus bicolor
Carolina Chickadee 41
Poecile carolinensis
House Sparrow 42
Passer domesticus
White-breasted Nuthatch 43
Sitta carolinensis
European Starling 44
Sturnus vulgaris
Carolina Wren 45
Thryothorus ludovicianus
House Wren 15
Troglodytes aedon
American Robin 18
Turdus migratorius
Eastern Bluebird 46
Sialia sialis
Great Crested Flycatcher 15
Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Phoebe 47
Sayornis phoebe
Dark-eyed Junco 48
Junco hyemalis
Song Sparrow 48
Melospiza melodia
White-throated Sparrow 44
Zonotrichia albicollis
Eastern Towhee 25
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Northern Mockingbird 49
Mimus polyglottos
Gray Catbird 15
Dumetella carolinensis
Indigo Bunting 50
Passerina cyanea
Northern Cardinal 15
Cardinalis cardinalis
Yellow-rumped Warbler 15
Setophaga coronata
Pine Warbler 15
Setophaga pinus
Cedar Waxwing 51
Bombycilla cedrorum
American Crow 35
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 52
Cyanocitta cristata
American Goldfinch 53
Spinus tristis
House Finch 28
Haemorhous mexicanus
White-tailed Deer 54
Odocoileus virginianus
American Black Bear 55
Ursus americanus
Common Raccoon 56
Procyon lotor
Red Fox 57
Vulpes vulpes
Virginia Opossum 58
Didelphis virginiana
Eastern Cottontail 59
Sylvilagus floridanus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 60
Sciurus carolinensis
Eastern Chipmunk 61
Tamias striatus
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 62
Papilio glaucus
Pearl Crescent 63
Phyciodes tharos
Red Admiral 64
Vanessa atalanta
Common Buckeye 65
Junonia coenia
Monarch Butterfly 66
Danaus plexippus
Sachem 67
Atalopedes campestris
Six-spotted Tiger Beetle 1
Cicindela sexguttata
Slaty Skimmer 68
Libellula incesta
Widow Skimmer 69
Libellula luctuosa
Great Blue Skimmer 70
Libellula vibrans
Eastern Pondhawk 71
Erythemis simplicicollis
Blue Dasher 72
Pachydiplax longipennis
Common Whitetail 25
Plathemis lydia

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