Wildlife Fact Sheets
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Mammals
- Bats (PDF - Bats)
- Bat Houses (instructions for building a small or large bat house) (PDF - Bat Houses)
- Big Brown Bat PDF
- Northern Long-eared Bat PDF
- Beaver (PDF - Beaver)
- Black Bear (PDF - Black Bear)
- Bobcat (PDF - Bobcat)
- Chipmunk (PDF - Chipmunk)
- Cottontail Rabbits (PDF - Cottontail Rabbits)
- Coyote (PDF - Coyote)
- Fisher PDF - Fisher)
- Flying Squirrels (PDF - Flying Squirrels)
- Gray Fox (PDF - Gray Fox)
- Gray Squirrel (PDF - Gray Squirrel)
- Least Shrew (PDF - Least Shrew)
- Moose (PDF - Moose)
- Muskrat
- Opossum (PDF - Opossum)
- Raccoon (PDF - Raccoon)
- Red Fox (PDF - Red Fox)
- Red Squirrel (PDF - Red Squirrel)
- River Otter (PDF - River Otter)
- Snowshoe Hare (PDF - Snowshoe Hare)
- White-tailed Deer (PDF - White-tailed Deer)
- Woodchuck (PDF - Woodchuck)
Birds
- American Bittern (PDF - American Bittern)
- American Crow (PDF - American Crow)
- American Kestrel (PDF - American Kestrel)
- American Woodcock (PDF - American Woodcock)
- Bald Eagle (PDF - Bald Eagle)
- Bobwhite (PDF - Bobwhite)
- Brown-headed Cowbird (PDF - Brown-headed Cowbird)
- Canada Goose (PDF - Canada Goose)
- Common Moorhen (PDF - Common Moorhen)
- Eastern Bluebird (PDF - Eastern Bluebird)
- Grasshopper Sparrow (PDF - Grasshopper Sparrow)
- Great Egret (PDF - Great Egret)
- King Rail (PDF - King Rail)
- Least Bittern (PDF - Least Bittern)
- Least Tern (PDF - Least Tern)
- Long-eared Owl (PDF - Long-eared Owl)
- Mallard (PDF - Mallard)
- Mute Swan (PDF - Mute Swan)
- Northern Harrier (PDF - Northern Harrier)
- Osprey (PDF - Osprey)
- Peregrine Falcon (PDF - Peregrine Falcon)
- Pied-billed Grebe (PDF - Pied-billed Grebe)
- Piping Plover (PDF - Piping Plover)
- Purple Martin (PDF - Purple Martin)
- Ring-necked Pheasant (PDF - Ring-necked Pheasant)
- Rock Pigeon (PDF - Rock Pigeon)
- Roseate Tern (PDF - Roseate Tern)
- Ruffed Grouse (PDF - Ruffed Grouse)
- Sedge Wren (PDF - Sedge Wren)
- Sharp-shinned Hawk (PDF - Sharp-shinned Hawk)
- Short-eared Owl (PDF - Short-eared Owl)
- Snowy Egret (PDF - Snowy Egret)
- Upland Sandpiper (PDF - Upland Sandpiper)
- Vesper Sparrow (PDF - Vesper Sparrow)
- Wild Turkey (PDF - Wild Turkey)
- Wood Duck (PDF - Wood Duck)
- Woodpeckers (PDF - Woodpeckers)
- Yellow-breasted Chat (PDF - Yellow-breasted Chat)
Reptiles
- Atlantic Green Sea Turtle (PDF - Atlantic Green Sea Turtle)
- Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle (PDF - Atlantic Ridley Sea Turtle)
- Bog Turtle (PDF - Bog Turtle)
- Box Turtle (PDF - Box Turtle)
- Common Gartersnake (PDF - Common Gartersnake)
- Common Musk Turtle (PDF - Common Musk Turtle)
- Common Ribbonsnake (PDF - Common Ribbonsnake)
- Common Snapping Turtle (PDF - Common Snapping Turtle)
- Dekay's Brownsnake (PDF - Dekay's Brownsnake)
- Diamondback Terrapin (PDF - Diamondback Terrapin)
- Eastern Hog-nosed Snake (PDF - Eastern Hog-nosed Snake)
- Eastern Milksnake (PDF - Eastern Milksnake)
- Eastern Painted Turtle (PDF - Eastern Painted Turtle)
- Eastern Ratsnake (PDF - Eastern Ratsnake)
- Eastern Wormsnake (PDF - Eastern Wormsnake)
- Five-lined Skink (PDF - Five-lined Skink)
- Leatherback Sea Turtle (PDF - Leatherback Sea Turtle)
- Loggerhead Sea Turtle (PDF - Loggerhead Sea Turtle)
- Northern Black Racer (PDF - Northern Black Racer)
- Northern Copperhead (PDF - Northern Copperhead)
- Northern Redbelly Snake (PDF - Northern Redbelly Snake)
- Northern Ring-necked Snake (PDF - Northern Ring-necked Snake)
- Northern Watersnake (PDF - Northern Watersnake)
- Smooth Greensnake (PDF - Smooth Greensnake)
- Spotted Turtle (PDF - Spotted Turtle)
- Timber Rattlesnake (PDF - Timber Rattlesnake)
- Wood Turtle (PDF - Wood Turtle)
Amphibians
- Blue-spotted Salamander (PDF - Blue-spotted Salamander)
- Dusky Salamander (PDF - Dusky Salamander)
- Eastern Redback Salamander (PDF - Eastern Redback Salamander)
- Eastern Spadefoot (PDF - Eastern Spadefoot)
- Four-toed Salamander (PDF - Four-toed Salamander)
- Jefferson Salamander (PDF - Jefferson Salamander)
- Marbled Salamander (PDF - Marbled Salamander)
- Mudpuppy (PDF - Mudpuppy)
- Northern Slimy Salamander (PDF - Northern Slimy Salamander)
- Northern Spring Salamander (PDF - Northern Spring Salamander)
- Northern Two-lined Salamander (PDF - Northern Two-lined Salamander)
- Red-spotted Newt (PDF - Red-spotted Newt)
- Spotted Salamander (PDF - Spotted Salamander)
Invertebrates
Content last updated in August 2026.