Birds
|
*Downy
Woodpecker
|
Picoides
pubescens
|
Abundant
, all year long
|
Forest
|
*Red
Bellied Woodpecker
|
Melanerpes
carolinus
|
Abundant
, all year long
|
Forest/Forest
Edge
|
Tufted
Titmouse
|
Baeolophus
bicolor
|
Abundant
, all year long
|
Forest
|
Carolina
Chickadee
|
Poecile
carolinensis
|
Abundant
, all year long
|
Forest
|
Carolina
Wren
|
Thryothorus
ludovicianus
|
Abundant
, all year long
|
Forest
Edge
|
*Northern
Cardinal
|
Cardinalis
cardinalis
|
Abundant
, all year long
|
Forest
Edge
|
Blue
Jay
|
Cyanocitta
cristata
|
Abundant
, all year long
|
Forest
Edge
|
Eastern
Blue Bird
|
Sialia
sialis
|
Abundant
, all year long
|
Hill
top prairie
|
Ruby-throated
Hummingbird
|
Archilochus
colubris
|
Common
in summer
|
Hill
top prairie
|
Loggerhead
Shrike
|
Lanius
ludovicianus
|
Uncommon
in spring and fall, occasionally in summer
|
Hill
top prairie
|
*Great
Horned Owl /Hoot Owl/ Tiger Owl
|
Bubo
virginianus
|
Rare
in summer (at night)
|
Forest/Forest
Edge
|
Barred
Owl
|
Strix
varia
|
Common
in spring, uncommon in winter (at night)
|
Forest
|
Red-Shoulder
Hawk
|
Buteo
lineatus
|
Abundant
, all year long
|
Forest
|
White
Crowned Sparrow
|
Zonotrichia
leucophrys
|
Common
in winter, uncommon in spring and fall
|
Forest
Edge
|
White
Throated Sparrow
|
Zonotrichia
albicollis
|
Abundant
in winter and spring, common in fall
|
Forest
Edge
|
Painted
Bunting
|
Passerina
ciris
|
Abundant
in summer, common in spring
|
Hill
top prairie
|
Indigo
Bunting
|
Passerina
cyanea
|
Abundant
in summer, common in spring and fall
|
Forest
Edge
|
White-eyed
Vireo
|
Vireo
griseus
|
Abundant
in summer and spring, common in fall
|
Forest
Edge
|
Red-eyed
Vireo
|
Vireo
olivaceus
|
Abundant
in summer, common in spring
|
Forest
|
Mammals
|
*Armadillo
|
Dasypus
novemcinctus
|
Common,
they have poor eyesight but a keen sense of smell and long claws for digging
around the forest floor in search of food.
|
*Eastern
Cottontail
|
Sylvilagus
floridanus
|
Common,
Its habitat includes open grassy areas
|
*Fox
Squirrel
|
Sciurus
niger
|
Abundant,
watch on the trees
|
White-tailed
Deer
|
Odocoileus
virginianus
|
Occasionally
in winter, in open forest stands with little understory vegetation
|
Raccoon
|
Procyon lotor
|
Occasionally
around the forest. Tree hollows in old oaks or other trees and rock crevices are
preferred by raccoons as sleeping, winter and
litter dens.
|
Reptiles
|
*Broad-headed
Skink
|
Plestiodon
laticeps
|
Forest
areas
with abundant leaf litter, especially oak forests.
|
Five-lined
skink
|
Plestiodon
fasciatus
|
Hilltop
area,
They prefer moist, partially wooded habitat,
They
can be found in broken, rocky areas at the edge of their habitat.
|
Texas
spotted whiptail
/Spotted
Whiptail Lizard
|
Cnemidophorus
gularis
|
Hilltop
area,
common on rocky terrain and sandy soil where there is a sparse covering of shrubs and
trees.
|
Northern
Fence Lizard /Prairie Lizard
|
Sceloporus
undulatus
|
Hilltop
area,
|
Copperhead
|
Agkistrodon
contortrix
|
Un-common, venomous, favors deciduous
forest and mixed woodlands. During
the winter it hibernates in dens, in limestone crevices,
|
Prairie
Ring-necked Snake
|
Diadophis
punctatus arnyi
|
Lives
in or near prairies and can
often be found sunbathing
or slithering out in the open, under old logs, rocks, pieces of wood and sheets
of tin.
|