Wildlife spotted at Mons Domus this season.
Birds
- American Crow1
- Slate Junco1
- Chipping Sparrow1
- White breasted Nuthatch1
- Mourning Dove1
- Carolina Wren1
- Black-capped Chickadee1
- Downy Woodpecker1
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Tufted Titmouse
- Pileated Woodpecker (m)
- Eagle, couldn’t identify. Just a flyby.
- Redwinged Blackbirds. The first I have seen at Mons Domus!
- Blue Jay
- American Robin
- Pair of Brown-headed Cowbirds
- Northern Cardinal
- Eastern Phoebe (Pair, scouting for nest site)
- American Goldfinch
- Winter Wren
- Purple finch
- Rufous-sided Towhee
Mammals
- Chipmunk1
- Gray Squirrel1
- Groundhog
- Whitetail deer
Herps
- Spring peepers singing (March 23)
- Leopard frogs singing (March 25)
- American toad (March 25)
- Eastern Red-Spotted Newt (March 26) These guys can live up to 15 years!
- Eastern Red-Backed Salamander
- Spotted Salamander
Invertebrates
- Baby house spider. About 1/4″
- Small black wasp
- Various early flies
- Moths (March 25)
- Carpenter Ant
- Apheloria virginiensis corrugata (this fella has no common name)
- Narceus americanus (American Giant Millipede)
- Eastern Swallowtail
- Columbine Duskywing Skipper
- Blackflies, aka buffalo gnats
1 First Day of Spring