Sightings for April-May 2017

July 19th, 2017 | Category: Sightings

April 2017

  • 4/4- Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  • 4/6- Purple martin (Progne subis)
  • 4/6- Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucoceophalus)
  • 4/13- Five-lined skink (Eumeces faciatus)
  • 4/18- Corn snake (Pantherophis guttatus)
  • 4/19- White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
  • 4/25- Red tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
  • 4/27- Swamp rabbit (Sylvilagus aquaticus)
  • 4/27- Box turtle (Terrapene carolina)
  • 4/27- Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

May 2017

  • 5/1- River cooter turtle (Pseudemys concinna)
  • 5/1- Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)
  • 5/3- Box turtle (Terrapene carolina)
  • 5/9- Southeastern five-lined skink (Pleistodon inexpectatus)
  • 5/9- Gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus)
  • 5/9- Common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
  • 5/11- American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
  • 5/22- Red tailed hawk (2) (Buteo jamaicensis)
  • 5/22- Nightflowering wild petunia (Ruellia noctiflora)
  • 5/22- Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  • 5/22- Fox squirrel (Sciurus niger)
  • 5/25- ? Chicken turtle

 

 

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