Appendix D: Wild Animals, Plants, and Other Organisms in Carlisle These wildlife lists are works in progress compiled by local wildlife experts and amateur naturalists. Additions to the 2005 list were provided by Alan Ankers, Tom Brownrigg, Peter Burn, Kay Fairweather, John Keating, Steve Kirk, Steve Tobin, Sally Zielinski, and others. Susan Emmons provided the original Biodiversity wildlife list. Birds COMMON NAME GENUS AND SPECIES Loons Common Loon Gavia immer Grebes Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Cormorants Double-crested Cormorant Phalacrocorax auritus Bitterns and Herons American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Great Egret Ardea alba Green Heron Butorides virescens Snowy Egret Egretta thula American Vultures Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Geese, Swans, and Ducks American Black Duck Anas rubripes Blue-winged Teal Anas discors American Wigeon Anas americana Green-winged Teal Anas crecca Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Northern Pintail Anas acuta Bufflehead Bucephala albeola Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula Common Merganser Mergus merganser Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris Wood Duck Aix sponsa Canada Goose Branta canadensis Brant Branta bernicla Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons Mute Swan Cygnus olor Snow Goose Chen caerulescens Open Space and Recreation Plan, 2013 D- 1 Appendix D Carlisle, Massachusetts Wild Animals, Plants, and Other Organisms of Carlisle 11/01/13 Kites, Eagles, and Hawks Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus Golden Eagle Aquila chrysaetos Osprey Pandion haliaetus Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis Rough-legged Hawk Buteo lagopus Northern Goshawk Accipiter gentilis Cooper’s Hawk Accipiter cooperii Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus Northern Harrier or Marsh Hawk Circus cyaneus Falcons American Kestrel Falco sparverius Merlin Falco columbarius Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus Pheasants and Turkeys Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo Quail Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus Rails, Gallinules, and Coots Virginia Rail Rallus limicola Sora Porzana carolina Cranes Sandhill Crane Grus canadensis Plovers and Lapwings Killdeer Charadrius vociferous Sandpipers and Allies American Woodcock Scolopax minor Common Snipe (Wilson’s Snipe) Gallinago delicata Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Dunlin Calidris alpina Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda Gulls, Terns, and Allies Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus Herring Gull Larus argentatus Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides Open Space and Recreation Plan, 2013 D- 2 Appendix D Carlisle, Massachusetts Wild Animals, Plants, and Other Organisms of Carlisle 11/01/13 Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis Pigeons and Doves Mourning Dove Zenaida macrocoura Rock Dove (Rock Pigeon) Columba livia Cuckoos and Allies Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Typical Owls Barred Owl Strix varia Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus Northern Long-eared Owl Asio otus Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca Goatsuckers Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor Whip-poor-will Caprimulgus vociferus Swifts Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica Hummingbirds Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilocus colubris Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus Kingfishers Belted Kingfisher Ceryle alcyon Woodpeckers Downy Woodpecker Picoides pubescens Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus Northern Flicker Colaptes aurates Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius Tyrant Flycatchers Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus critinus Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris Shrikes Northern Shrike Lanius excubitor Open Space and Recreation Plan, 2013 D- 3 Appendix D Carlisle, Massachusetts Wild Animals, Plants, and Other Organisms of Carlisle 11/01/13 Vireos Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceous Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus Jays, Magpies, and Crows Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus Common Raven Corvus corax Larks Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris Swallows Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Bank Swallow Riparia riparia Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica Titmice Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapilla Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor Nuthatches Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis Creepers Brown Creeper Certhia americana Wrens Carolina Wren Thyothorus ludovicianus Winter Wren Troglodytes troglodytes House Wren Troglodytes aedon Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris Kinglets Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula Gnatcatchers Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea Bluebirds and Thrushes American Robin Turdus migratorius Fieldfare Turdus pilaris Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis Gray-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus Swainson’s Thrush Catharus ustulatus Veery Catharus fuscescens Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Open Space and Recreation Plan, 2013 D- 4 Appendix D Carlisle, Massachusetts Wild Animals, Plants, and Other Organisms of Carlisle 11/01/13 Mimic Thrushes Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos Starlings European Starling Sturnus vulgaris Wagtails and Pipits American Pipit Anthus rubescens Waxwings Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum Wood-Warblers Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora pinus Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina Orange-crowned Warbler Vermivora celata Nashville Warbler Vermivora ruficapilla Northern Parula Parula americana Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica Magnolia Warbler Dendroica magnolia Cape May Warbler Dendroica tigrina Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens Yellow-rumped Warbler Dendroica coronata Black-throated Green Warbler Dendroica virens Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca Pine Warbler Dendroica pinus Prairie Warbler Dendroica discolor Palm Warbler Dendroica palmarum Bay-breasted Warbler Dendroica castanea Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata Black-and-White Warbler Mniotilta varia American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivora Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapillus Northern Waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas Hooded Warbler Wilsonia citrina Wilson’s Warbler Wilsonia pusilla Canada Warbler Wilsonia canadensis Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens Open Space and Recreation Plan, 2013 D- 5 Appendix D Carlisle, Massachusetts Wild Animals, Plants, and Other Organisms of Carlisle 11/01/13 Tanagers Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea Sparrows and Allies American Tree Sparrow Spizella arborea Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca Lincoln’s Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii Rufous-sided Towhee (Eastern Towhee) Pipilo erythrophthalmus Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis Cardinals and Allies Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis Dickcissel Spiza americana Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Blackbirds, Orioles, and Allies Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius Bobolink Dolichonyx orizvorus Brewer’s Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus Fringilline Finches American Goldfinch Carduelis tristis Common Redpoll Carduelis flammea Pine Siskin Carduelis pinus Evening Grosbeak Coccothraustes vespertinus House Finch Carpodacus mexicanus Purple Finch Carpodacus purpureous Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera Old World Sparrows House Sparrow Passer domesticus Open Space and Recreation Plan, 2013 D- 6 Appendix D Carlisle, Massachusetts Wild Animals, Plants, and Other Organisms of Carlisle 11/01/13 Amphibians COMMON NAME GENUS AND SPECIES American Toad Bufo americanus Fowler’s Toad Bufo fowleri Bullfrog Rana catesbeiana