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AnimalsAnimal TracksBearsEastern Gray SquirrelFox Rabbits and Hares SkunksThe Very Clever RacoonWhite-tailed Deer Woodchuck
TreesEastern Red CedarFerns, White Oak TreeHickory Norway Spruce PlantingsPyracantha ServiceberrySweet Gum Tree Bark
Plants Autumn Olive Common Spicebush Crown VetchInvasive PlantsLichensMay-Apple, GeraniumNonnative Invasive Plants Viburnum Winterberry Plant Witch Hazel Plant
FlowersBloodroot Cardinal Flower and Black-Eyed Susan Colts Foot and Other Spring Blooms Deptford PinkGreat Chickweed JewelweedMilkweedsQueen Anne's LaceSpring Beauty and Hepatica Trilliums Wildflowers
Insects Good InsectsMonarch ButterflyThe Orb Weaver Spider SpidersWalking Stick Insects Woolly Bear Caterpillars
BirdsA Big Black Bird - GracklesAmerican Robin Beaks and Bills Birds and Glass Window Collisions Cedar Waxwing Christmas Bird Count or CBCThe Cowbird Eastern Screech Owl Goldfinches and ThistlesJuncos Hawk Migration House Sparrow or English SparrowRed-Tailed HawkRuby-throated Hummingbird The Turkey Vulture and Other Large BirdsThe Wren Tufted Titmouse Wild Turkeys & Mast