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Wildlife at Argosy Farm

In our "spare time", we love to catalog and learn about the plants and wildlife that grow naturally at Argosy. Here's our on-going list of what we've seen, heard or found evidence of so far:


Mammals

White tailed deer
Eastern Cottontail Rabbits
bat spp. (unknown)
fox (tracks, scat)
Grey Squirrel
Woodland Vole

Birds

Canada Geese
Wood Ducks
Mallard
Wild Turkey
Great Blue Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Red Shouldered Hawk
Red-Tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Killdeer
American Woodcock
Mourning Dove
Barred Owl
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Kingbird
Eastern Phoebe
Bluejay
American Crow
Fish Crow
Barn Swallow
Carolina Chickadee
Tufted Titmouse
White-breasted Nuthatch
Carolina Wren
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Gray Catbird
Northern Mockingbird
Brown Thrasher
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-Throated Sparrow
Slate colored Junco
Northern Cardinal
Indigo Bunting
Eastern Meadowlark
House Finch
American Goldfinch
 

Fish

large mouth bass

Insects

Eastern Carpenter Bee
wasp
grasshopper
ladybug

Amphibians

 

Reptiles
Rough Green Snake
Snapping Turtle
 

Plants

Sweetgum tree
Eastern red cedar
Loblolly Pine
American Beech
Plantain (Plantago major and Plantago lancelota)
Poison Ivy (Rhus toxicodendron)
Virginia Creeper
Honeysuckle
Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)
Rattlesnake Plantain (Goodyera pubescens)
Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)
Ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
Meadow Buttercup
Indian Strawberry (Duchesnea indica)

 

 

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