I was clearing out some old files, and came across this species list in a Friends newsletter from a couple of years ago. It’s a checklist of target species that Huntley Meadows Park staff are seeking to manage for. Hence the hemi-marsh restoration project. Observers are encouraged to make note of these species in the park’s logbooks. Largely for my own reference, the list(s):
- April-July
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus)
- Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
- Virginia Rail (Rallus limicola)
- King Rail (R. elegans)
- Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
- Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
- American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
- Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata)
- Green Treefrog (Hyla cinerea)
- October-March
- American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
- Green-winged Teal (A. crecca)
- Blue-winged Teal (A. discors)
- Gadwall (A. strepera)
- Northern Pintail (A. acuta)
- American Wigeon (A. americana)
- Northern Shoveler (A. clypeata)