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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 ↓

Red-tailed Hawk 1
Buteo jamaicensis
Great Blue Heron 2
Ardea herodias
White Ibis 3
Eudocimus albus
Whistling-Ducks 4
Dendrocygna
Typical Cardinals 5
Cardinalis
American Alligator 6
Alligator mississippiensis
American Bullfrog 7
Lithobates catesbeianus
Southern Cricket Frog 8
Acris gryllus
Swamp Rabbit 9
Sylvilagus aquaticus
Common Raccoon 1
Procyon lotor
Red Swamp Crayfish 10
Procambarus clarkii
Common Green Darner 11
Anax junius
American Crow 12
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Mississippi Kite 11
Ictinia mississippiensis
Bald Eagle 13
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
American Kestrel 14
Falco sparverius
Belted Kingfisher 15
Megaceryle alcyon
Carolina Chickadee 16
Poecile carolinensis
Wood Duck 17
Aix sponsa
Black-and-white Warbler 18
Mniotilta varia
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 19
Coccyzus americanus
Green Heron 20
Butorides virescens
Orchard Oriole 16
Icterus spurius
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 21
Sphyrapicus varius
Eastern Phoebe 22
Sayornis phoebe
Cooper's Hawk 23
Accipiter cooperii
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 24
Archilochus colubris
Mourning Dove 25
Zenaida macroura
Red-bellied Woodpecker 26
Melanerpes carolinus
Eastern Red Bat 27
Lasiurus borealis
Northern Yellow Bat 28
Lasiurus intermedius
Hoary Bat 29
Lasiurus cinereus
Rafinesque's Big-eared Bat 30
Corynorhinus rafinesquii
Seminole Bat 31
Lasiurus seminolus
Southeastern Myotis 30
Myotis austroriparius
Tricolored Bat 32
Perimyotis subflavus
Evening Bat 33
Nycticeius humeralis
Mexican Free-tailed Bat 34
Tadarida brasiliensis
Big Brown Bat 35
Eptesicus fuscus
Snowy Egret 36
Egretta thula
American Robin 37
Turdus migratorius
White Ibis 3
Eudocimus albus
Osprey 38
Pandion haliaetus
Gadwall 38
Mareca strepera
Hooded Merganser 39
Lophodytes cucullatus
Hooded Merganser 39
Lophodytes cucullatus
Mourning Dove 25
Zenaida macroura
Bonaparte's Gull 40
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Ring-billed Gull 41
Larus delawarensis
Tricolored Heron 42
Egretta tricolor
Eastern Phoebe 43
Sayornis phoebe
American Crow 44
Corvus brachyrhynchos
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 42
Polioptila caerulea
Marsh Wren 45
Cistothorus palustris
European Starling 46
Sturnus vulgaris
Cedar Waxwing 47
Bombycilla cedrorum
Orange-crowned Warbler 38
Leiothlypis celata
White-winged Dove 48
Zenaida asiatica
Little Blue Heron 49
Egretta caerulea
Turkey Vulture 50
Cathartes aura
Great Egret 51
Ardea alba
Yellow-rumped Warbler 52
Setophaga coronata
Lesser Scaup 53
Aythya affinis
Pied-billed Grebe 54
Podilymbus podiceps
North American Coot 55
Fulica americana americana
Downy Woodpecker 56
Dryobates pubescens
Blue Jay 57
Cyanocitta cristata
Laughing Gull 58
Leucophaeus atricilla
Double-crested Cormorant 59
Phalacrocorax auritus
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 60
Regulus calendula
House Wren 42
Troglodytes aedon
Northern Cardinal 61
Cardinalis cardinalis
White-throated Sparrow 62
Zonotrichia albicollis
Northern Mockingbird 63
Mimus polyglottos
Carolina Wren 64
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Anhinga 65
Anhinga anhinga
Blue-headed Vireo 66
Vireo solitarius
American Goldfinch 67
Spinus tristis
Red-shouldered Hawk 68
Buteo lineatus
Wilson's Warbler 69
Cardellina pusilla
Swamp Sparrow 70
Melospiza georgiana
Red-winged Blackbird 71
Agelaius phoeniceus
Bufflehead 45
Bucephala albeola
Coyote 72
Canis latrans
Raccoons 73
Procyon
Opossums 74
Didelphimorphia
Nine-banded Armadillo 75
Dasypus novemcinctus
North American River Otter 76
Lontra canadensis
White-tailed Deer 77
Odocoileus virginianus
White-crowned Sparrow 78
Zonotrichia leucophrys
Black-necked Stilt 79
Himantopus mexicanus
Ring-necked Duck 45
Aythya collaris
Killdeer 80
Charadrius vociferus
Brown Thrasher 81
Toxostoma rufum
Common Yellowthroat 82
Geothlypis trichas
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 21
Sphyrapicus varius
Royal Tern 83
Thalasseus maximus
House Sparrow 84
Passer domesticus
Cattle Egret 85
Bubulcus ibis
Least Flycatcher 70
Empidonax minimus

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