Birds Wood-Pewee, Eastern Sparrow, Field Loon, Common Flycatcher, Acadian Sparrow, Savannah Grebe, Pied-billed Phoebe, Eastern Sparrow, Song Grebe, Horned Flycatcher, Great Crested Sparrow, Swamp Cormorant, Double-crested Kingbird, Eastern Sparrow, White-throated Heron, Great Blue Shrike, Loggerhead Junco, Dark-eyed Heron, Green Vireo, White-eyed Cardinal, Northern Vulture, Black Vireo, Blue-headed Grosbeak, Blue Vulture, Turkey Vireo, Red-eyed Bunting, Indigo Goose, Canada Jay, Blue Blackbird, Red-winged Duck, Wood Crow, American Meadowlark, Eastern Gadwall Crow, Fish Grackle, Common Duck, Ring-necked Martin, Purple Cowbird, Brown-headed Bufflehead Swallow, Northern Rough-winged Finch, Purple Merganser, Hooded Swallow, Barn Finch, House Osprey Chickadee, Carolina Goldfinch, American Eagle, Bald Titmouse, Tufted Hawk, Sharp-shinned Nuthatch, White-breasted Mammals Hawk, Cooper’s Nuthatch, Brown-headed Opossum Hawk, Red-shouldered Creeper, Brown Short-tailed Shrew Hawk, Broad-winged Wren, Carolina Eastern Mole Hawk, Red-tailed Wren, House Big Brown Bat Kestrel, American Wren, Winter Red Bat Turkey, Wild Kinglet, Golden-crowned Seminole Bat Bobwhite, Northern Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Eastern Cottontail Coot, American Gnatcatcher, Blue-gray Gray Squirrel Killdeer Bluebird, Eastern Southern Flying Squirrel Sandpiper, Solitary Thrush, Hermit American Beaver Woodcock, American Thrush, Wood White-footed Mouse Gull, Laughing Robin, American Hispid Cotton Rat Gull, Bonaparte’s Catbird, Gray Muskrat Gull, Ring-billed Mockingbird, Northern Raccoon Gull, Herring Thrasher, Brown Mink Dove, Rock Starling, European Striped Skunk Dove, Mourning Waxwing, Cedar Coyote Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Warbler, Golden-winged Gray Fox Screech-Owl, Eastern Parula, Northern Red Fox Owl, Great Horned Warbler, Yellow-rumped Bobcat Owl, Barred Warbler, Yellow-throated White-tailed Deer Nighthawk, Common Warbler, Pine Chuck-will’s-widow Warbler, Black-and-white Reptiles Whip-poor-will Redstart, American Common Snapping Turtle Swift, Chimney Warbler, Prothonotary Eastern Box Turtle Hummingbird, Ruby-throated Ovenbird Eastern River Cooter Kingfisher, Belted Waterthrush, Louisianna Gulf Coast Spiny Softshell Woodpecker, Red-headed Yellowthroat, Common Northern Fence Lizard Woodpecker, Red-bellied Warbler, Hooded Green Anole Sapsucker, Yellow-bellied Chat, Yellow-breasted Five-lined Skink Woodpecker, Downy Tanager, Summer Southeastern Five-lined Skink Woodpecker, Hairy Tanager, Scarlet Ground skink Flicker, Northern Towhee, Eastern Six-lined Racerunner

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Reptiles Cont’d Weather Data: Wind Direction: ______Northern Black Racer Temperature (°F):______Sky Code: ______A Ringneck Snake Wind Code: ______Precipitation: ______Black Rat Snake Wind Codes: 0= smoke rises vertically, 1= smoke moves, Eastern Hognose Snake Checklist of the 2= wind felt on face, 3= leaves in constant motion, Eastern Kingsnake 4= small branches in motion, 5= small trees in sway, Northern Watersnake 6= above level 5 Vertebrate Fauna of Rough Green Snake Sky Codes: 0= clear, 1= scattered clouds, 2= overcast, 3= fog Brown Snake Precipitation Codes: 4= drizzle, 5= snow, 6= showers Eastern Garter Snake McDowell

Copperhead General Data: Nature Preserve Amphibians Month (abbrv.): ______Day: _____ Year: ______Spotted Salamander Start Time (24 hr.): ______End Time (24 hr.): ______Marbled Salamander Observer (s): Northern Dusky Salamander White-spotted (Slimy) Salamander Property: Eastern Mud Salamander Northern Red Salamander Specific Site: Southern Two-lined Salamander Habitat Code: ______Fowler’s Toad Habitat Codes: 1 = deciduous forest, 2 = pine forest, Northern Cricket Frog 3= agricultural field /pasture, 4 = marsh/wetland/bog, 5 = on Cope’s Gray Treefrog the road, 6 = flying over, 7 = prairie /warm-season grass- Northern Spring Peeper land, 8 = on pond/ lake/ shoreline, 9 = creek / stream / Upland Chorus Frog streamside / floodplain, 10 = powerline row, 11 = near build- Bullfrog ing/ ruderal garden /managed yard, 12 = old field/early succes- Green frog sion scrub/shrub.

NOTES Comments: Notes: (breeding evidence, behavior, specific location and habitat of uncommon species, etc.)

MECKLENBURG COUNTY PARK AND RECREATION Division of Natural Resources

Please send sighting information to: Conservation Science Specialist 9401 Plaza Road Extension Charlotte, NC 28215 704-432-1390 Educational Publication No. 18