Sightings for the month of May 2014

May 31st, 2014 | Category: News, Sightings

NERR Sightings for May 2014

May 6th

  • Coral Bean (Erythrina herbacea)
  • Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  • Wilson’s Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
  • Least Tern (Sternula antillarum)
  • Common Tern (Sterna hirundo)
  • Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia)
  • Eastern Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina carolina)

May 7th

  • American Eel (Anguilla rostrata)

May 8th

  • Speckled Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula holbrooki)
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
  • Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

May 9th

  • Eastern Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis)
  • Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  • Black-bellied Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
  • Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
  • Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

May 12th

  • Grass Pink Orchids (Calopogon)
  • Lady Tresses Orchids (Spiranthes)
  • Rose Pogonia (Pogonia ophioglossoides)
  • Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  • Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger)
  • Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

May 13th

  • American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
  • Diamondback Terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin)
  • Eastern Glass Lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis)

May 14th

  • American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
  • Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

May 15th

  • Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)
  • Coyote (Canis latrans)
  • Alabama Red-Bellied Turtle (Pseudemys alabamensis)
  • Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
  • Eastern Purple Bladderwort (Utricularia purpurea)
  • American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)

May 16th

  • Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
  • Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor)

May 29th

  • Box Turtle (Terrapene carolina)
 

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