• Turtles
  Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
• Lizards
  Fence Lizard (Sceloporus undulatus)
  Ground Skink (Scincella lateralis)
  Five-lined Skink (Eumeces fasciatus)
  Southeastern Five-lined Skink (Eumeces inexpectatus)
  

• Frogs and Toads
• American Toad (Bufo americanus)
  Fowler's Toad (Bufo woodhousei)
  Northern Cricket Frog (Acris crepitans)
  Gray Treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis)
  Spring Peeper (Pseudacris crucifer)
  Upland Chorus Frog (Pseudacris triseriata)
  Eastern Narrowmouth Toad (Gastrophryne carolinensis)
  Bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)
  Bronze Frog (Rana clamitans)
  Pickerel Frog (Rana palustris)
  Southern Leopard Frog (Rana utricularia)
• Click here to learn about North Carolina's Amphibians
• Birds

• Raptors and Vultures
  Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
  Turkey Vulture (Carthartes aura)
• Cooper's Hawk* (Accipiter cooperii)
  Red-shouldered Hawk* (Buteo lineatus)
  Red-tailed Hawk* (Buteo jamaicensis)
  American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
• Owls
• Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
• Eastern Screech Owl* (Otus asio)
• Great Horned Owl* (Bubo virginianus)
• Barred Owl* (Strix varia)
• Nighthawks
• Common Nighthawk* (Chordeiles minor)
• Chuck-wills-widow* (Caprimulgus carolinensis)
• Whip-poor-will* (Caprimulgus vociferus)
• Woodpeckers
• Red-bellied Woodpecker* (Melanerpes carolinus)
• Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)
• Downy Woodpecker* (Picoides pubescens)
• Hairy Woodpecker* (Picoides villosus)
• Northern Flicker* (Colaptes auratus)
• Pileated Woodpecker* (Dryocopus pileatus)

• Flycatchers
• Eastern Wood-Pewee* (Contopus virens)
• Eastern Phoebe* (Sayornis phoebe)
• Great Crested Flycatcher* (Myiarchus crinitus)
• Eastern Kingbird* (Tyrannus tyrannus)
• Swallows
• Purple Martin (Progne subis)
• Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
• Chickadees, Titmice, and Nuthatches
• Carolina Chickadee* (Poecile carolinensis)
• Eastern Tufted Titmouse* (Baeolophus bicolor)
• White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
• Brown-headed Nuthatch* (Sitta pusilla)
• Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)
• Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula)
• Wrens
• House Wren* (Troglodytes aedon)
• Carolina Wren* (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
• Thrushes
• Eastern Bluebird* (Sialia sialia)
• Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
• Wood Thrush* (Hylocichla mustelina)
• American Robin* (Turdus migratorius)
• Gray Catbird* (Dumetella carolinensis)
• Northern Mockingbird* (Mimus polyglottos)
• Brown Thrasher* (Toxostoma rufum)
• Vireos and Warblers
• White-eyed Vireo* (Vireo griseus)

  Red-eyed Vireo* (Vireo olivaceus)
• Northern Parula* (Parula americana)
• Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
• Pine Warbler* (Dendroica pinus)
• Ovenbird* (Seiurus aurocapillus)
• Common Yellowthroat* (Geothlypis trichas)
• Yellow-breasted Chat* (Icteria virens)
• Sparrows and Finches
• Rufous-sided Towhee* (Pipila erythrophthalmus)
• Chipping Sparrow* (Spizella passerina)
• Field Sparrow* (Spizella pusilla)
• Savannah Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis)
• Fox Sparrow* (Melospiza iliaca)
• Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
• Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgoana)
• House Sparrow* (Passer domesticus)
• White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
• Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
• Northern Cardinal* (Cardinalis cardinalis)
• Blue Grosbeak* (Guiraca caerulea)
• Indigo Bunting* (Passerina cyanea)
• House Finch* (Carpodacus mexicanus)
• American Goldfinch* (Carduelis tristis)
• Blackbirds and Orioles
• Eastern Meadowlark* (Sturnella magna)
• Common Grackle* (Quiscalus quiscalus)
• Brown-headed Cowbird* (Molothrus ater)
• Orchard Oriole* (Icterus spurius)
• Other Birds
• Northern Bobwhite* (Colinus virginianus)
• Killdeer* (Charadrius vociferus)
• Mourning Dove* (Zenaida macroura)
• Rock Dove (Columba livia)
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo* (Coccyzus americanus)

  Chimney swift (Chaetura pelagica)

  Ruby-throated Hummingbird* (Archilochus colubris)

  Blue Jay* (Cyanocitta cristata)

  American Crow* (Corvus brachyrhynchos)
• Blue-gray Gnatcatcher* (Polioptila caerulea)

  European Starling* (Sturnus vulgaris)
• Cedar Waxwing* (Bombycilla cedrorumm)

  Summer Tanager* (Piranga rubra)
• * species known to nest on the Ecological Preserve

• Herbaceous Plants
• Bluet - (Hedyotis crassifolia)
  Bull Thistle - (Cirsium vulgare)
  Buttercup - (Ranunculaceae)
  Clubmoss - (Lycopodia obscurum)
  Common Greenbriar - (Smilax rotundifolia)
  Common Milkweed - (Asclepias syriaca)
  Common Vetch - (Vicia sativa)
  Dandelion - (Taraxacum officinale)
  Eastern Blue-Eyed Grass - (Sisyrinchium atlanticum)
  Field Pansy - (Viola rafinesquii)
  Large Yellow Wood Sorrel - (Oxalis grandis)
  Pokeweed - (Phytolacca americana)
  Red Clover - (Trifolium pratense)
  Small's Ragwort - (Senecio anonymous)
  Sundrops - (Oenothera fruticosa)
  Venus's Looking Glass - (Triodanis perfoliata)
  White Clover - (Trifolium repens)
  White Daisy - (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
  Wild Onion - (Allium canadensis)
  Wild Strawberry - (Fragaria virginiana)
  Woolly Mullein - (Verbascum thapsus)
• Woody Plants
• Chinese Holly - (Ilex cornuta)
  Wild Blackberry - (Rubus laciniatus)
  Trumpet Honeysuckle - (Lonicera sempervirens)
  Poison Ivy - (Rhus radicans)
  Japanese Wisteria - (Wisteria floribunda)
  Japanese Honeysuckle - (Lonicera japonica)
• Trees
• Yellow Poplar - (Liriodendron tulipifera)
  Willow Oak - (Quercus phellos)
  White Oak - (Quercus alba)
  Sweet Gum - (Liquidamber styracifula)
  Sugar Maple - (Acer saccharum)
  Smooth Sumac - (Rhus glabra)
  Southern Magnolia - (Magnolia grandiflora)
  Shagbark Hickory - (Carya ovata)
  Post Oak - (Quercus stellata)
  Luster Leaf Holly - (Ilex latifolia)
  Northern Red Oak - (Quercus rubra)
  Flowering Dogwood - (Cornus florida)
  Eastern Redbud - (Cercis canadensis)
  Eastern Redcedar - (Juniperus virginiana)
  Chinese Holly - (Ilex cornuta)

Click here to learn about the plants of the Ecological Preserve