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Sankofa Wetland Park & Nature Trail

Located at 6401 Florida Ave. in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans, Sankofa Wetland Park & Nature Trail is a restored wetland, offering habitat to a variety of native flora and fauna. In addition, the park serves as a green infrastructure storm water mitigation project, currently storing ...more ↓

Orange-crowned Warbler 1
Leiothlypis celata
White-winged Dove 2
Zenaida asiatica
Little Blue Heron 3
Egretta caerulea
Turkey Vulture 4
Cathartes aura
Great Egret 5
Ardea alba
Yellow-rumped Warbler 6
Setophaga coronata
Lesser Scaup 7
Aythya affinis
Pied-billed Grebe 8
Podilymbus podiceps
North American Coot 9
Fulica americana americana
Downy Woodpecker 10
Dryobates pubescens
Blue Jay 11
Cyanocitta cristata
Laughing Gull 12
Leucophaeus atricilla
Double-crested Cormorant 13
Phalacrocorax auritus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 14
Regulus calendula
House Wren 15
Troglodytes aedon
Northern Cardinal 16
Cardinalis cardinalis
White-throated Sparrow 17
Zonotrichia albicollis
Northern Mockingbird 18
Mimus polyglottos
Carolina Wren 19
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Anhinga 20
Anhinga anhinga
Blue-headed Vireo 21
Vireo solitarius
American Goldfinch 22
Spinus tristis
Red-shouldered Hawk 23
Buteo lineatus
Wilson's Warbler 24
Cardellina pusilla
Swamp Sparrow 25
Melospiza georgiana
Red-winged Blackbird 26
Agelaius phoeniceus
Bufflehead 27
Bucephala albeola
Coyote 28
Canis latrans
Raccoons 29
Procyon
Opossums 30
Didelphimorphia
Nine-banded Armadillo 31
Dasypus novemcinctus
North American River Otter 32
Lontra canadensis
White-tailed Deer 33
Odocoileus virginianus
lemon beebalm 34
Monarda citriodora
White-crowned Sparrow 35
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Black-necked Stilt 36
Himantopus mexicanus
Ring-necked Duck 27
Aythya collaris
Killdeer 37
Charadrius vociferus
Brown Thrasher 38
Toxostoma rufum
Common Yellowthroat 39
Geothlypis trichas
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 40
Sphyrapicus varius
Royal Tern 41
Thalasseus maximus
House Sparrow 42
Passer domesticus
Cattle Egret 43
Bubulcus ibis
Least Flycatcher 25
Empidonax minimus
Sharp-shinned Hawk 44
Accipiter striatus
Redhead 45
Aythya americana
Forster's Tern 46
Sterna forsteri
Canada Goose 47
Branta canadensis
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15
Stelgidopteryx serripennis
Cedar Vine 39
Diphasiastrum digitatum
Persimmon Tree 48
Diospyros kaki
Dwarf Palmetto 49
Sabal minor
autumn fern 50
Dryopteris erythrosora
southern shield fern 51
Dryopteris ludoviciana
Gamagrass 52
Tripsacum dactyloides
Brown Pelican 53
Pelecanus occidentalis
Northern Harrier 54
Circus hudsonius
Savannah Sparrow 55
Passerculus sandwichensis
Boat-tailed Grackle 56
Quiscalus major
Palm Warbler 57
Setophaga palmarum
Wilson's Warbler 24
Cardellina pusilla
Song Sparrow 58
Melospiza melodia
Fish Crow 1
Corvus ossifragus
Ruddy Duck 59
Oxyura jamaicensis
Herring Gull 60
Larus argentatus
White-eyed Vireo 41
Vireo griseus
Hermit Thrush 58
Catharus guttatus
Common Grackle 61
Quiscalus quiscula
Common Ground Dove 62
Columbina passerina
Northern Flicker 63
Colaptes auratus
Black Vulture 64
Coragyps atratus
Peregrine Falcon 65
Falco peregrinus
Greater Yellowlegs 66
Tringa melanoleuca
Loggerhead Shrike 1
Lanius ludovicianus
American Pipit 18
Anthus rubescens
Squirrels 67
Sciuridae
Red-eared Slider 68
Trachemys scripta elegans
Mosquitofishes 69
Gambusia
Southern Black Racer 70
Coluber constrictor priapus
Cope's Gray Treefrog 71
Hyla chrysoscelis
Western Ratsnake 72
Pantherophis obsoletus
Broad-banded Watersnake 73
Nerodia fasciata confluens
Green Treefrog 74
Hyla cinerea
Common Apple Snails 75
Pomacea
Speckled Kingsnake 76
Lampropeltis holbrooki
American Bullfrog 77
Lithobates catesbeianus
American Coot 78
Fulica americana
Gulf Coast Toad 79
Incilius nebulifer
Mississippi Green Watersnake 31
Nerodia cyclopion
Sheepshead Minnow 80
Cyprinodon variegatus
Ascra bifida 81
Milkweed Assassin Bug 45
Zelus longipes
Fall Webworm Moth 82
Hyphantria cunea
Dragonflies 83
Anisoptera
Hardwood Stump Borer 84
Mallodon dasystomus
Eyed Silkmoths 85
Automeris
Eastern Amberwing 86
Perithemis tenera
Mosquitoes 87
Culicidae
Fir Tussock Moth 82
Orgyia detrita

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