Purple Martin
Progne subis
Flying around back yard (rarely)
Their breeding habitat is open areas across eastern North America, and also some locations on the west coast from British Columbia to Mexico.
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Pine grosbeak
Pinicola enucleator
One female at seedcake feeder 5/2/09
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Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
North side feeder and blue spruce, 3/25/11. Likely a migrating stopover
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Chipping sparrow
Spizella passerina
All over - ground and low shrubs. A flock of 10-15 roosts in barberry on western border, uses it as hq while visiting various feeding stations and dried prairie plants during the day.
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Red Fox Sparrow
Passerella iliaca iliaca
North side under spruce and yews
Migration stopevers enroute to/from Canada. We've seen them several years running, spring and fall, over a period of a few weeks. Multiple groups stopping off for a day or so each.
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Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
At feeders in early spring; usually a block away in marshland
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Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Ground, feeders. Winter of 2010-11: sizeable population (>10) visits regularly. They hang out in tops of surrounding oaks during the day, take turns visiting the feeders. They clearly favor peanuts; take them back up in the trees to eat.
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Carolina Wren
Thryothorus ludovicianus
Feeder & on front porch. Two of them used the concave ends of rolled-up shades as a sleeping cubby
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American Treecreeper
Certhia americana
White Pine on north side (yes, with chicadees and nuthatches!)
Throughout N. America
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Coopers hawk
Accipiter cooperii
In white pine, ambushing birds at feeder - photo is taken thru kitchen window
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Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
In oak trees, occasionally on ground with kill.
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Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Oak trees at back of lot
The bald eagle's natural range covers most of North America, including most of Canada, all of the continental United States, and northern Mexico; winter visitor to this area
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Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Ground, feeders, nesting in backyard cherry
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Eastern Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
Roost in oaks winter 08-09; ground by feeders, woods, neighborhood
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Great Horned Owl
Bubo virginianus
Spotted landing in oaks in back; heard many nights
Found from the Arctic tundra to the tropical rainforest, from the desert to suburban backyards,
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Mallard duck
Anas platyrhynchos
Just drop in occassionally, usually in spring
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Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
Back yard Dec '12 - three sightings. Twice landed in oak tree, once on ground. Might have had its eye on neighbor's backyard pond.
The great blue heron breeds from southern Canada south to the West Indies and Mexico. It winters as far north as southern Alaska and southern New England.
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Black squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Occasional visitor to winter "feedlot" (north side of property around white oak and yews)
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Grey squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
Nesting in oaks, roam the yard. Frequent the feedlot in winter, playing in the white pine and blue spruce
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Fox squirrel
Sciurus niger
Nesting in oaks, roam the yard. Frequent the feedlot in winter, playing in the white pine and blue spruce
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Prairie vole
Microtus ochrogaster
burrows in several meadow areas
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Striped skunk
Mephitis mephitis
Prowl yard at night - raid squirrel feeder
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Raccoon
Procyon lotor
Nest in hollow oaks in woods; prowl yard at night
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Coyote
canis latrans
Technically not IN the yard, but seen repeatedly on the street in front and in neighbor's (unfenced) yard.
Throughout North America
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Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes
Back yard; lying curled in a spot of sun by the serviceberry, visits regularly, climbing fences easily
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and the most geographically spread member of the Carnivora, being distributed across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, Central America and Asia.
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Eastern Mole
Scalopus aquaticus
around the patio, in bluestem meadow
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Northern Short-tailed Shrew
Blarina brevicauda
burrow in northwest meadow; seen in flowerbeds in back
northeastern region of North America
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American toad
Bufo americanus
All over; several have "houses" near garage; when we had a pond they bred in it and we had thousands of toadlets
Throughout large portions of North America
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Monarch butterfly
Danaus plexippus
Spotted twice on milkweed in southwest meadow; 2009; in summer 2010 were present in front meadow and feedlot meadow all season. Photo is in feedlot.
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Pillbugs
Armadillidium vulgare
under stuff
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Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo
By driveway, but about to move.
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White Pine
Pinus strobus
Five in front yard; one north side by kitchen window
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Canadian Yew
Taxus canadensis
North edge, with white pine and blue spruce (7)
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Thuja Green Giant
(Hybrid) Thuja plicata/standishii
North side front yard property line screen
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Rattlesnake Master
Eryngium yuccifolium
Front meadow north end by bench; Central front bed; sw prairie
from Minnesota east to Ohio and south to Texas and Florida.
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Calico Aster
Aster lateriflorus
several spots along driveway
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Compass plant
Silphium laciniatum
Western meadow, southwest meadow
This is a typical plant of black soil prairies in the tallgrass region.
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Cupplant
Silphium perfoliatum
Front meadow
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Spotted Joe Pye weed
Eupatorium maculatum
Rain garden @ nw corner
From Missouri east to the Atlantic Ocean and as far north as Ontario and Quebec south to Kentucky.
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Sweet Joe Pye Weed
Eupatorium purpureum
south fenceline midway; also under hickories at woods edge
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Fire pink
Silene virginica
central bed in front
Fire Pink grows in open woods and rocky deciduous slopes in eastern North America, ranging as far north as extreme southern Ontario.
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Azalea Sp?
Rhododendron Pentanthera
By front porch
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Moss Phlox
Phlox subulata
Rock gardens astride driveway
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Common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
Southwest corner meadow; along drainage ditch
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Violets
Viola odorata
in lawn, largely near serviceberry
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Cat mint (catnip)
Nepeta cataria
Western meadow. Anybody want some? It is aggressive!
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Blue vervain
verbena hastata
Rain garden @ nw corner
Native in lower 48 and canada
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Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
Scattered in woods, mostlly near western edge. One near the two young hickories makes a spectacular display in fall
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Queen-of-the-Prairie
Filipendula rubra
Front meadow by ditch
Its native range extends from the Eastern to the Central United States, and grows in a wide range of shady and moist habitats.
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Ditch Stonecrop
Penthorum sedoides
ditch - where else? Nw corner in drainage ditch
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New Jersey tea
Ceanothus americanus
Front meadow, south meadow (big bluestem)
Habitats include mesic to dry black soil prairies, gravel prairies, hill prairies, Black Oak savannas, rocky upland forests, limestone glades, and barrens with stunted trees.
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Boxelder
Acer negundo
Woods - scattered, mostly at edges
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Bur oak
Quercus macrocarpa
South edge opposite red oaks - 2 specimens
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Northern red oak
Quercus rubra
North edge, midway, two specimens
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White oak
Quercus alba
Back third - ~24 specimens
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Pignut Hickory
Carya glabra
One large by north fence in woods; two younger at edge of woods. The woods are an "oak-hickory savannah."
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Sweet Fern
Comptonia peregrina
On hill north side of driveway
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Penstemon
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White turtlehead
Chelone glabra
Rain garden @ nw corner near bench
Its native range extends from Georgia to Newfoundland and Labrador and from Mississippi to Manitoba.
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Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
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Blue Cohosh
Caulophyllum thalictroides
Between red oaks
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Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis
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Sharp-Leaved Hepatica
Hepatica acutiloba
Woods near ivory sedge
Sharp-lobed hepatica is found in most states east of the Mississippi River. Extending from Ontario, Quebec, and Maine, it proceeds south through the eastern United States to Missouri, Georgia, and Alabama.
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Pasque Flower
Anemone patens
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This species is native to both North America and Eurasia. Habitats include hill prairies, gravel prairies, and barrens with scant woody vegetation
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Bloodroot
Sanguinaria canadensis
With sedges along stone trail by red oaks planted bare root 4/13
Bloodroot is native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia, Canada southward to Florida, United States, and west to Great Lakes and down the Mississippi embayment.
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Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
South edge of front by big bluestem; behind serviceberry in back
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Northern Sea Oats
Chasmanthium latifolium
various locations in meadows and edge of woods
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Pennsylvania sedge
Carex pensylvanica
Woods by central path, by path to shed
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Fox sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
Front raingarden
It is native to North America, including most of Canada and the United States and part of Mexico
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Ivory sedge
Carex eburnea
woods behind central white oak
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Fox Sedge
Carex vulpinoidea
By stream and in ditch
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Sideoats Grama
Bouteloua curtipendula
south edge in front, also by norway spruce
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Maiden grass
Miscanthus sinensis
Front, several clumps, several varieties
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Prairie dropseed
Sporobolus heterolepis
South fenceline back yard, Front central bed
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Native daylily
Hemerocallis fulva
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Ramp
Allium tricoccum
Woods
They are found across North America, from the U.S. state of South Carolina to Canada.
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White clintonia
Clintonia umbellulata
Woods (tentative) - need to confirm when it flowers
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Shreve's blue flag iris
Iris virginica shrevei
Rain garden @ nw corner
Shreve’s Iris occurs throughout the eastern United States except for New England, Georgia, and Florida. Iris shrevei occurs as far west as Nebraska and south to Texas.
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Mock Orange
Philadelphus (species unk)
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Chanterelle mushrooms
Cantharellus cibarius
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