Critters that come and go – species list

Species we have seen include:

Nuts? Squirrel in the snow
Nuts? Squirrel in the snow
  • Beaver
  • Coyote (and Coy-wolf)
  • Deer Mouse
  • Eastern Chipmunk
  • Eastern Cottontail Rabbit
  • Evening Bat
  • Grey Squirrel (in many tones)
  • Groundhog (Woodchuck)
  • Mink
  • Muskrat
  • North American Porcupine
  • Raccoon
  • Red Fox
  • Red Squirrel
  • White-tailed Deer
Snapping Turtle
Snapping Turtle
  • American Bullfrog
  • American Toad
  • Common Snapping Turtle
  • Dekay’s Brown Snake
  • Eastern Garter Snake
  • Eastern Ribbon Snake
  • Gray Rat Snake
  • Gray Tree Frog
  • Green Frog
  • Midland Painted Turtle
  • Northern Leopard Frog
  • Northern Water Snake
  • Spring Peeper
  • Wood Frog
Monarch Butterfly
Monarch Butterfly
  • Butterflies & Moths including:
    • Monarch Butterfly
    • Eastern Giant Swallowtail
    • Five-spotted Hawkmoth
  • Dragonflies and Darters including:
    • Autumn Meadowhawk
  • Spiders including:
    • Dark Fishing Spiders
    • Furrow Orbweavers
  • Other:
    • Black fly
    • Bumble and Honey Bees
    • Cicadas
    • Eastern Small Milkweed Bug
    • European Mantis
    • Fireflies
    • Grasshoppers, Crickets and Katydids
    • Mosquitos
    • Ticks
    • Wasps (Yellow Jackets)

See our Carrying Place Wildlife Photo Album for lots of photos!

I am gradually creating a log of all our observations of birds, animals and plants on our land using i-naturalist.

See the separate list for bird sightings.

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