Lyon Park

Inspired by Virginia's natural diversity, a native plant garden surrounds the Lyon Park Community Center in Arlington, Virginia's community-owned Lyon Park. Help us observe and document the birds, bugs and other wildlife that come here in search of food and shelter!
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Spotted Orbweaver 1
Neoscona crucifera
Virginian Tiger Moth 2
Spilosoma virginica
Sachem 3
Atalopedes campestris
Eastern Tailed-Blue 5
Cupido comyntas
Northern Flicker 6
Colaptes auratus
Eastern Gray Squirrel 7
Sciurus carolinensis
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 8
Archilochus colubris
American Goldfinch 4
Spinus tristis
Oriental Beetle 9
Exomala orientalis
Curled Rose Sawfly 10
Allantus cinctus
Clouded Sulphur 11
Colias philodice
Cabbage White 12
Pieris rapae
Eastern Cottontail 13
Sylvilagus floridanus
American Lady 14
Vanessa virginiensis
Blue Jay 15
Cyanocitta cristata
Two-lined Spittlebug 16
Prosapia bicincta
Spicebush Swallowtail 17
Papilio troilus
American Robin 18
Turdus migratorius
American Crow 19
Corvus brachyrhynchos
House Sparrow 20
Passer domesticus
Mourning Dove 21
Zenaida macroura
Eastern Chipmunk 22
Tamias striatus
Mourning Dove 21
Zenaida macroura
Downy Woodpecker 23
Picoides pubescens
Red-bellied Woodpecker 24
Melanerpes carolinus
American Crow 19
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue Jay 15
Cyanocitta cristata
White-breasted Nuthatch 25
Sitta carolinensis
Tufted Titmouse 26
Baeolophus bicolor
Northern Cardinal 27
Cardinalis cardinalis
Brown-headed Cowbird 28
Molothrus ater
Northern Mockingbird 29
Mimus polyglottos
Common Grackle 30
Quiscalus quiscula

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