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This is a list of animals I have personally seen in their natural habitat and was able to identify.
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This is a list of animals I have personally seen alive in their natural habitat and was able to identify (to some extant). Unless otherwise mentioned, I first saw the animal in Michigan. See also my [[list of plants I've seen in the wild]].
  
 
==Amphibians==
 
==Amphibians==
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{| class="wikitable" |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Notes
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
 
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| Frog, Northern Green || ''Rana clamitans melanota'' || Adult and tadpoles
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| [[Wikipedia:American bullfrog|Frog - Bull]] || ''Rana catesbeiana'' || [[Image:Animal - Amphibian - Frog - Bull - Rana catesbeiana.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 
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| Frog, Pickerel || ''Lithobates palustris'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Northern green frog|Frog - Eastern Gray Treefrog]] || ''Dryophytes versicolor'' || [[Image:Animal - Amphibian - Frog - Eastern Gray Treefrog - Dryophytes versicolor.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult
 
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| Salamander, Spotted || ''Ambystoma maculatum'' ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Northern green frog|Frog - Green, Northern]] || ''Rana clamitans melanota'' || [[Image:Animal - Amphibian - Frog - Green, Northern (Juvenile) - Lithobates clamitans melanota.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Amphibian - Frog - Green, Northern (Female) - Lithobates clamitans melanota.jpg|32x32px]] || Female, juvenile, and tadpoles
 
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| Toad, Fowler's || ''Anaxyrus fowleri'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Northern leopard frog|Frog - Leopard, Northern]] || ''Lithobates pipiens'' || || Green morph
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| [[Wikipedia:Pickerel frog|Frog - Pickerel]] || ''Lithobates palustris'' || ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Spotted salamander|Salamander - Spotted]] || ''Ambystoma maculatum'' || ||
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| [[Wikipedia:American toad|Toad - Eastern American]] || ''Anaxyrus americanus'' || [[Image:Animal - Amphibian - Toad - American, Eastern (Brown) - Anaxyrus americanus americanus.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Amphibian - Toad - American, Eastern (Gray) - Anaxyrus americanus americanus.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult (Brown and gray morphs) and young
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| [[Wikipedia:Anaxyrus fowleri|Toad - Fowler's]] || ''Anaxyrus fowleri'' || ||
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|}
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==Annelids==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
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| [[Wikipedia:Glossiphoniidae|Leech, Freshwater Jawless]] || ''Glossiphoniidae'' || ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Earthworm|Worm, Earth]] || ''Lumbricus terrestris'' || [[Image:Animal - Annelid - Worm, Earth - Lumbricus terrestris.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Birds==
 
==Birds==
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{| class="wikitable" |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Notes
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
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| [[Wikipedia:Red-winged blackbird|Blackbird, Red-winged]] || ''Agelaius phoeniceus'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Blackbird, Red-winged - Agelaius phoeniceus (Male).jpg|32x32px]] || Female, male
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| [[Wikipedia:Eastern bluebird|Bluebird, Eastern]] || ''Sialia sialis'' || || Female, male
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| [[Wikipedia:Northern cardinal|Cardinal, Northern]] || ''Cardinalis cardinalis'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Cardinal, Northern (Male) - Cardinalis cardinalis.jpg|32x32px]] || Female, male, hatchinglings, nest, eggs
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| [[Wikipedia:Black-capped chickadee|Chickadee, Black-capped]] || ''Poecile atricapillus'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Chickadee, Black-capped - Poecile atricapillus.jpg|32x32px]] ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Brown-headed cowbird|Cowbird, Brown-headed]] || ''Molothrus ater'' || ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Sandhill crane|Crane, Sandhill]] || ''Grus canadensis'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Crane, Sandhill (Male & Female) - Grus canadensis.jpg|32x32px]] || Female, male, hatchlings
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| [[Wikipedia:American crow|Crow, American]] || ''Corvus brachyrhynchos'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Double-crested cormorant|Cormorant, Double-crested]] || ''Nannopterum auritum'' || || Adult
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Eurasian collared dove|Dove, Eurasian Collared]] || ''Streptopelia decaocto'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Dove, Eurasian Collared - Streptopelia decaocto.jpg|32x32px]] || See in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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| [[Wikipedia:Mourning dove|Dove, Mourning]] || ''Zenaida macroura'' || || Adult, hatchlings
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| [[Wikipedia:Rock dove|Dove, Rock]] || ''Columba livia'' || ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Wood duck|Duck, Wood]] || ''Aix sponsa'' || || Female adult, male/female juvenile
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| [[Wikipedia:Bald eagle|Eagle, Bald]] || ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Great egret|Egret, Great]] || ''Ardea alba'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:American goldfinch|Finch, American Gold]] || ''Carduelis tristis'' || || Female, male
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Magnificent frigatebird|Frigatebird, Magnificent]] || ''Fregata magnificens'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Frigatebird, Magnificent (Female) - Fregata magnificens.jpg|32x32px]] || Female. Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
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| [[Wikipedia:Canada goose|Goose, Canada]] || ''Branta canadensis'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Goose, Canada - Branta canadensis.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Bird - Goose, Canada (Fledgling) - Branta canadensis.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Bird - Goose, Canada (Juvenile) - Branta canadensis.jpg|32x32px]] || Female, male, fledgling, juvenile
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| [[Wikipedia:Common grackle|Grackle, Common]] || ''Quiscalus quiscula'' || || Female, male
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Great-tailed grackle|Grackle, Great-tailed]] || ''Quiscalus mexicanus'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Grackle, Great-Tailed (Female) - Quiscalus mexicanus.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Bird - Grackle, Great-Tailed (Male) - Quiscalus mexicanus.jpg|32x32px]] || Seen in New Mexico and Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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| [[Wikipedia:American herring gull|Gull, American Herring]] || ''Larus smithsonianus'' || ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Common gull|Gull, Common]] || ''Larus canus'' || ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Laughing gull|Gull, Laughing]] || ''Leucophaeus atricilla'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Gull - Laughing (Alternate) - Leucophaeus atricilla.jpg|32x32px]] || Alternate plumage. Seen in the Bahamas.
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| [[Wikipedia:Broad-winged hawk|Hawk, Broad-winged]] || ''Buteo platypterus'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Eastern red-tailed hawk|Hawk, Red-tailed]] || ''Buteo borealis'' || ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Great blue heron|Heron, Great Blue]] || ''Ardea herodias'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Heron, Great Blue (Dark form) - Ardea herodias.jpg|32x32px]] || Dark form
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| [[Wikipedia:Green heron|Heron, Green]] || ''Butorides virescens'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Hummingbird|Hummingbird]] || ''Trochilidae'' || || Seen several, couldn't identify
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| [[Wikipedia:Blue jay|Jay, Blue]] || ''Cyanocitta cristata'' || || Female, male
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Dark-eyed_junco|Junco, Dark-eyed]] || ''Junco hyemalis'' || || Slate-colored: male, female
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Killdeer|Killdeer]] || ''Charadrius vociferus'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus.jpg|32x32px]] ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Eastern kingbird|Kingbird, Eastern]] || ''Tyrannus tyrannus'' || || Adult
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Belted kingfisher|Kingfisher, Belted]] || ''Megaceryle alcyon'' || || Female
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Mallard|Mallard]] || ''Anas platyrhynchos'' || || Female, male, hatchlings
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Red-breasted merganser|Merganser, Red-breasted]] || ''Mergus serrator'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Red-breasted nuthatch|Nuthatch, Red-breasted]] || ''Sitta canadensis'' || ||
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| [[Wikipedia:Barred owl|Owl, Barred]] || ''Strix varia'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Owl, Barred (Fledgling) - Strix varia.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Bird - Owl, Barred - Strix varia.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult and fledgling. Saw another at night, but I couldn't identify it
 
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| Blackbird, Red-winged || ''Agelaius phoeniceus'' || Male, female
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| [[Wikipedia:Baltimore oriole|Oriole, Baltimore]] || ''Icterus galbula'' || ||
 
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| Bluebird, Eastern || ''Sialia sialis'' |  
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| [[Wikipedia:Osprey|Osprey]] || ''Pandion haliaetus'' || || Adult, nest
 
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| Cardinal, Northern || ''Cardinalis cardinalis'' || Male, female
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| [[Wikipedia:Brown pelican|Pelican, Brown]] || ''Pelecanus occidentalis'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Pelican, Brown - Pelecanus occidentalis.jpg|32x32px]] || Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
 
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| Chickadee, Black-capped || ''Poecile atricapillus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Common pheasant|Pheasant, Common]] || ''Phasianus colchicus'' || ||  
 
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| Cowbird, Brown-headed || ''Molothrus ater'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Common raven|Raven, Common]] || ''Corvis corax'' || ||  
 
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| Crane, Sandhill || ''Grus canadensis'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Common redpoll|Redpoll, Common]] || ''Acanthis flammea'' || ||  
 
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| Crow, Common || ''Corvus brachyrhynchos'' ||
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| [[Wikipedia:American robin|Robin, American]] || ''Turdus migratorius'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Robin, American (Female) - Turdus migratorius.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Bird - Robin, American (Hatchlings) - Turdus migratorius.jpg|32x32px]] || Female, male, hatchlings, nest, eggs
 
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| Dove, Mourning || ''Zenaida macroura'' || Adult, hatchlings
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| [[Wikipedia:Eurasian tree sparrow|Sparrow, Eurasian Tree]] || ''Passer montanus'' || ||
 
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| Dove, Rock || ''Columba livia'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:White-crowned sparrow|Sparrow, House]] || ''Passer domesticus'' || || Female, male
 
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| Eagle, Bald || ''Haliaeetus leucocephalus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:House sparrow|Sparrow, White-crowed]] || ''Zonotrichia leucophrys'' || || Female, male
 
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| Egret, Great || ''Ardea alba'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Common starling|Starling, Common]] || ''Sturnus vulgaris'' || ||  
 
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| Finch, American Gold || ''Carduelis tristis'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Barn swallow|Swallow, Barn]] || ''Hirundo rustica'' || || Female, male
 
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| Goose, Canada || ''Branta canadensis'' || Male, female, hatchlings
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| [[Wikipedia:Mute swan|Swan, Mute]] || ''Cygnus olor'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Swan, Mute - Cygnus olor.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 
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| Grackle, Common || ''Quiscalus quiscula'' || Male, female
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| [[Wikipedia:Least tern|Tern, Least]] || ''Sternula antillarum'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Tern, Least - Sternula antillarum.jpg|32x32px]] || Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
 
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| Gull, American Herring || ''Larus smithsonianus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Wild turkey|Turkey, Wild]] || ''Meleagris gallopavo'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Turkey, Wild (Female) - Meleagris gallopavo.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Bird - Turkey, Wild (Male) - Meleagris gallopavo.jpg|32x32px]] || Female, male
 
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| Gull, Common || ''Larus canus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Turkey vulture|Vulture, Turkey]] || ''Cathartes aura'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Vulture, Turkey - Cathartes aura.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
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| Hawk, Broad-winged || ''Buteo platypterus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Cedar waxwing|Waxwing, Cedar]] || ''Bombycilla cedrorum'' || || Female, male
 
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| Heron, Great Blue || ''Ardea herodias'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Downy woodpecker|Woodpecker - Downy]] || ''Dryocuopus pileatus'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Woodpecker, Downy (Female) - Dryobates pubescens.jpg|32x32px]] || Female
 
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| Hummingbird || || Seen several, couldn't identify
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| [[Wikipedia:Northern flicker|Woodpecker - Flicker, Northern]] || ''Colaptes auratus'' || [[Image:Animal - Bird - Woodpecker - Flicker, Northern (Egg) - Colaptes auratus.jpg|32x32px]] || Male, female, egg
 
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| Jay, Blue || ''Cyanocitta cristata'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Pileated woodpecker|Woodpecker - Pileated]] || ''Dryocuopus pileatus'' || ||  
 
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| Killdeer || ''Charadrius vociferus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Red-bellied woodpecker|Woodpecker - Red-bellied]] || ''Melanerpes carolinus'' || ||
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|}
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==Butterflies, Moths, Caterpillars==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
 
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| Kingfisher, Belted || ''Megaceryle alcyon'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Speyeria atlantis|Butterfly - Atlantis Fritillary]] || ''Atlantis Fritillary'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Atlantis Fritillary - Speyeria atlantis.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult
 
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| Mallard || ''Anas platyrhynchos'' || Male, female, hatchlings
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| [[Wikipedia:Pieris rapae|Butterfly - Baltimore Checkerspot]] || ''Euphydryas phaeton'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Baltimore Checkerspot - Euphydryas phaeton.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult
 
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| Nuthatch, Red-breasted || ''Sitta canadensis'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Baltimore checkerspot|Butterfly - Cabbage White]] || ''Pieris rapae'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Cabbage White (Caterpillar) - Pieris rapae.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Cabbage White (Adult) - Pieris rapae.jpg|32x32px]] || Caterpillar, adult
 
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| Owl || || Couldn't identify
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| [[Wikipedia:Colias philodice|Butterfly - Clouded Sulfur]] || ''Colias philodice'' || || Adult
 
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| Oriole, Baltimore || ''Icterus galbula'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Monarch butterfly|Butterfly - Monarch]] || ''Danaus plexippus'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Monarch - Danaus plexippus.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Monarch (Caterpillar) - Danaus plexippus.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult, caterpillar
 
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| Pelican, Brown || ''Pelecanus occidentalis'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Nymphalis antiopa|Butterfly - Mourning Cloak]] || ''Nymphalis antiopa'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Mourning Cloak (Spiny Elm Caterpillar) - Nymphalis antiopa.jpg|32x32px]] || Caterpillar
 
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| Pheasant, Common || ''Phasianus colchicus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Vanessa cardui|Butterfly - Painted Lady]] || ''Vanessa cardui'' || [[Image:Animal - Butterfly - Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
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| Raven, Common || ''Corvis corax'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Colias philodice|Butterfly - Clouded Sulfur]] || ''Colias philodice'' || || Adult
 
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| Redpoll, Common || ''Acanthis flammea'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Epargyreus clarus|Butterfly - Skipper, Silver-spotted ]] || ''Epargyreus clarus'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Skipper, Silver-spotted (Top) - Epargyreus clarus.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Skipper, Silver-spotted (Underside) - Epargyreus clarus.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult
 
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| Robin, American || ''Turdus migratorius'' || Male, female, nest, eggs
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| [[Wikipedia:Celastrina ladon|Butterfly - Spring Azure]] || ''Celastrina ladon'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Spring Azure - Celastrina ladon.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 
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| Sparrow, Eurasian Tree, || ''Passer montanus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Papilio cresphontes|Butterfly - Swallowtail, Giant]] || ''Papilio cresphontes'' || [[Image:Animal - Butterfly - Swallowtail, Giant - Papilio cresphontes.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult
 
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| Sparrow, House || ''Passer domesticus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Manduca quinquemaculata|Moth - Hawk, Five-spotted (Tomato Hornworm)]] || ''Manduca quinquemaculata'' || || Caterpillar
 
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| Starling, Common || ''Sturnus vulgaris'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Hemaris|Moth - Hummingbird]] || ''Hemaris'' || || Unable to identify species
 
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| Swallow, Barn || ''Hirundo rustica'' || Male, female
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| [[Wikipedia:Pyrrharctia isabella|Moth - Isabella Tiger (Wolly Bear)]] || ''Pyrrharctia isabella'' || [[Image:Animal - Moth - Isabella Tiger (Wolly Bear) - Pyrrharctia isabella.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult, Caterpillar
 
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| Swan, Mute || ''Cygnus olor'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Prochoerodes lineola|Moth - Spanworm, Large Maple]] || ''Prochoerodes lineola'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Moth - Spanworm, Large Maple (Caterpillar) - Prochoerodes lineola.jpg|32x32px]] || Caterpillar
 
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| Turkey, Wild || ''Meleagris gallopavo'' || Female
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| [[Wikipedia:Eastern tent caterpillar|Moth - Tent Caterpillar, Eastern]] || ''Malacosoma americanum'' || || Adult, caterpillar
 
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| Vulture, Turkey || ''Cathartes aura'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Syntomeida epilais|Moth - Oleander]] || ''Syntomeida epilais'' || [[Image:Animal - Moth - Oleander Caterpillar - Syntomeida epilais.jpg|32x32px]] || Caterpillar (seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico)
 
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| Woodpecker, Pileated || ''Dryocuopus pileatus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Lophocampa caryae|Moth - Tussock, Hickory Tiger]] || ''Lophocampa caryae'' || [[Image:Animal - Moth - Tussock, Hicory Tiger (Caterpillar) - Lophocampa caryae.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Moth - Tussock, Hicory Tiger (Moth) - Lophocampa caryae.jpg|32x32px]] || Caterpillar, adult
 
|-
 
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| Woodpecker, Red-bellied || ''Melanerpes carolinus'' ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Lophocampa maculata|Moth - Tussock, Spotted]] || ''Lophocampa maculata'' || || Caterpillar
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Winter moth|Moth - Winter (Inch Worm)]] || ''Operophtera brumato'' || || Adult, caterpillar
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|}
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* [https://www.insectidentification.org/insects-by-type-and-region.asp?thisState=michigan&thisType=Butterfly%20or%20Moth insectidentification.org/insects-by-type-and-region.asp?thisState=michigan&thisType=Butterfly%20or%20Moth] - Database.
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* [https://www.caterpillaridentification.org/caterpillars-by-state-listing.php?reach=Michigan caterpillaridentification.org/caterpillars-by-state-listing.php?reach=Michigan] - Database.
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==Cnidarias==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
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| [[Wikipedia:Box jellyfish|Jellyfish, box]] || ''Cubozoa'' || || Seen in Bahamas. Also stung by one, in Gulf of Mexico, but couldn't identify.
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|}
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==Crustaceans==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Rusty crayfish|Crayfish, Rusty]] || ''Orconectes rusticus'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Armadillidium vulgare|Pill-bug, Common]] || ''Armadillidium vulgare'' || [[Image:Animal - Crustacean - Pill-bug, Common - Armadillidium vulgare.jpg|32x32px]] || AKA Roly-poly
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Woodlouse|Sow-bug]] || ''Oniscidea'' || [[Image:Animal - Crustacean - Sow-bug - Oniscidea.jpg|32x32px]] || Kind that can't roll up
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|}
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==Fish==
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Smallmouth bass|Bass, Smallmouth]] || ''Micropterus dolomieu'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Bluegill|Bluegill]] || ''Lepomis macrochirus'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Flathead catfish|Catfish, Flathead]] || ''Pylodictis olivaris'' || ||
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|-
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| [[Wikipedia:Lake trout|Trout, Lake]] || ''Salvelinus namaycush'' || ||  
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Insects==
 
==Insects==
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{| class="wikitable" |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Notes
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! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
 
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|-
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| Box Elder Bug || ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Black carpenter ant|Ant - Black Carpenter]] || ''Camponotus pennsylvanicus'' || || Female, Male, larva, eggs
 
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| Centipede, House || ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Black garden ant|Ant - Black Garden]] || ''Lasius niger'' || ||  
 
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| Centipede, Red || ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Pavement ant|Ant - Pavement]] || ''Tetramorium caespitum'' || ||  
 
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| June Bug || ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Solenopsis molesta|Ant - Thief]] || ''Solenopsis molesta'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Ant - Thief - Solenopsis molesta.jpg|32x32px]] || Female
 
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| Lady Bug || ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Bombus pensylvanicus|Bee - Bumble, American]] || ''Bombus pensylvanicus'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Bee - Bumble, American - Bombus pensylvanicus.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
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| Preying Mantis || ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Lasioglossum pectorale|Bee - Sweat, Dark]] || ''Lasioglossum pectorale'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Bee - Sweat, Dark - Lasioglossum pectorale.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
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| Walking Stick || ||  
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| [[Wikipedia:Western honey bee|Bee - Honey, Western]] || ''Apis mellifera'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Bee - Honey, Western - Apis mellifera.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Wood Louse (Pill Bug, Sow Bug) || ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Alobates pennsylvanica|Beetle - False Mealworm]] || ''Alobates pennsylvanica'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Japanese beetle|Beetle - Japanese]] || ''Popillia japonica'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Beetle - Japanese - Popillia japonica.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Phyllophaga|Beetle - May]] || ''Phyllophaga'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Plagiodera versicolora|Beetle - Willow Leaf]] || ''Plagiodera versicolora'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Beetle - Willow Leaf - Plagiodera versicolora.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Boxelder bug|Boxelder Bug]] || ''Boisea trivittata'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Scutigeridae|Centipede - House]] || ''Scutigeridae'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Cormocephalus|Centipede - Bark]] || ''Cormocephalus'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Neotibicen linnei|Cicada - Linne's]] || ''Neotibicen linnei'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Cicada - Linne's - Neotibicen linnei.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Field cricket|Cricket - Field]] || ''Gryllus pennsylvanicus'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Cricket - Field - Gryllus pennsylvanicus.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Ebony jewelwing|Damselfly - Ebony jewelwing]] || ''Calopteryx maculata'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Damselfly - Ebony Jewelwing - Calopteryx maculata.jpg|32x32px]] || Male
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Damselfly|Damselfly]] || ''Ischnura'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Sympetrum vicinum|Dragonfly - Autumn Medowhawk]] || ''Sympetrum vicinum'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Dragonfly - Autumn Medowhawk - Sympetrum vicinum.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Blue dasher|Dragonfly - Blue Dasher]] || ''Pachydiplax longipennis'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Common whitetail|Dragonfly - Common Whitetail]] || ''Plathemis lydia'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Dragonfly - Common Whitetail (Juvenile Male) - Plathemis lydia.jpg|32x32px]] || Juvenile male
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Erythemis simplicicollis|Dragonfly - Pondhawk, Eastern]] || ''Erythemis simplicicollis'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Dragonfly - Pondhawk, Eastern (Female) - Erythemis simplicicollis.jpg|32x32px]] || Female
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Dragonfly|Dragonfly]] || ''Anisoptera'' || || Unable to identify species
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Forficula auricularia|Earwig - European]] || ''Forficula auricularia'' || || Female, male, young, larva, eggs
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Photinus pyralis|Firefly - Common Eastern]] || ''Photinus pyralis'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Firefly - Common Eastern - Photinus pyralis.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Chauliodes rastricornis|Fishfly - Spring]] || ''Chauliodes rastricornis'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Fishfly - Spring - Chauliodes rastricornis.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Drosophila melanogaster|Fly - Common Fruit]] || ''Drosophila melanogaster'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Crane fly|Fly - Crane]] || ''Tipulidae'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Deer fly|Fly - Deer]] || ''Chrysops'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Fly - Deer - Chrysops.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Flesh fly|Fly - Flesh]] || ''Sarcophaga'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Fly - Flesh - Sarcophagidae.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Horse-fly|Fly - Horse]] || ''Tabanidae'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Housefly|Fly - House]] || ''Musca domestica'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Fly - House (Larva) - Musca domestica.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Gnat|Gnat]] || ''Mycetophilidae'' || || Unable to identify species
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Differential grasshopper|Grasshopper - Differential]] || ''Melanoplus differentialis'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Grasshopper, Differential - Melanoplus differentialis.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Melanoplus bivittatus|Grasshopper - Two-striped]] || ''Melanoplus bivittatus'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Leiobunum|Harvestman - Eastern]] || ''Leiobunum vittatum'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Microcentrum rhombifolium|Katydid - Broad-winged]] || ''Microcentrum rhombifolium'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Katydid - Broad-winged - Microcentrum rhombifolium.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Scudderia furcata|Katydid - Fork-tailed Bush]] || ''Scudderia furcata'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Harmonia axyridis|Ladybeetle - Asian]] || ''Harmonia axyridis'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Coccinellidae|Lady Bug]] || ''Coccinellidae'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Chinese mantis|Mantis - Chinese]] || ''Tenodera sinensis'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:European mantis|Mantis - European]] || ''Mantis religiosa'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Mantis - European (Brown) - Mantis religiosa.jpg|32x32px]] || Brown and green
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Reduvius personatus|Masked Hunter]] || ''Reduvius personatus'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Masked Hunter - Reduvius personatus.jpg|32x32px]] || Nymph
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Mayfly|Mayfly]] || ''Palaeoptera'' || || Seen in Ohio off Lake Erie
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Lygaeus kalmii|Milkweed Bug, Small]] || ''Lygaeus kalmii'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Milkweed Bug, Small - Lygaeus kalmii.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult and nymphs
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Greenhouse millipede|Millipede, Greenhouse]] || ''Oxidus gracilis'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Millipede - Greenhouse - Oxidus gracilis.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Bryobia praetiosa|Mite - Clover]] || ''Bryobia praetiosa'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Mite - Clover - Bryobia praetiosa.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Mosquito|Mosquito]] || ''Culicidae'' || || Female, larva. Unable to identify species
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Pseudoscorpion|Pseudoscorpion]] || ''Pseudoscorpionida'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Silverfish|Silverfish]] || ''Lepisma saccharinum'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Silverfish - Lepisma saccharinum.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Agelenopsis|Spider - Grass, American]] || ''Agelenopsis'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Spider - Grass, American - Agelenopsis.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Pholcus phalangioides|Spider - Longbodied Cellar]] || ''Pholcus phalangioides'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Pisaurina mira|Spider - Nursery Web]] || ''Pisaurina mira'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Spider - Nursery Web (Male) - Pisaurina mira.jpg|32x32px]]|| Male
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Platycryptus undatus|Spider - Tan Jumping]] || ''Platycryptus undatus'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Spider - Jumping, Tan - Platycryptus undatus.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Cheiracanthium inclusum|Spider - Yellow Sac, American]] || ''Cheiracanthium inclusum'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Spider - Yellow Sac, American - Cheiracanthium inclusum.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Zebra spider|Spider - Zebra Back]] || ''Salticus scenicus'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Brown marmorated stink bug|Stink Bug - Brown Marmorated]] || ''Halyomorpha halys'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Stink Bug - Brown Marmorated - Halyomorpha halys.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Dermacentor variabilis|Tick - American Dog]] || ''Dermacentor variabilis'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Tick - American Dog (Female) - Dermacentor variabilis.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Insect - Tick - American Dog (Male) - Dermacentor variabilis.jpg|32x32px]] || Female, male
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Rhipicephalus sanguineus|Tick - Brown Dog]] || ''Rhipicephalus sanguineus'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Common walkingstick|Walking Stick - Common]] || ''Diapheromera femorata'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Sphex pensylvanicus|Wasp - Great Black]] || ''Sphex pensylvanicus'' || [[Image:Animal - Insect - Wasp, Great Black - Sphex pensylvanicus.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Eastern yellowjacket|Wasp - Eastern Yellow Jacket]] || ''Vespula maculifrons'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Polistes dominula|Wasp - European Paper]] || ''Polistes dominula'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Megarhyssa atrata|Wasp - Megarhyssa atrata]] || ''Megarhyssa atrata'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Otiorhynchus sulcatus|Weevil - Black Vine]] || ''Otiorhynchus sulcatus'' || ||  
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Mammals==
 
==Mammals==
−
{| class="wikitable" |
+
{| class="wikitable sortable" |
−
! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Notes
+
! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Central American agouti|Agouti, Central American]] || ''Dasyprocta punctata'' || [[Image:Animal - Mammal - Agouti - Central American - Dasyprocta punctata.jpg|32x32px]] || Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Bat|Bat]] || ''Chiroptera'' || || Unable to identify
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:American black bear|Bear, American Black]] || ''Ursus americanus'' || || Seen in Tennessee
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Eastern chipmunk|Chipmunk, Eastern]] || ''Tamias striatus'' || [[Image:Animal - Mammal - Chipmunk, Eastern - Tamias striatus.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Agouti || ''Dasyprocta'' || Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
+
| [[Wikipedia:White-nosed coati|Coati - White-Nosed]] || ''Nasua narica'' || [[Image:Animal - Mammal - Coati - White-Nosed - Nasua narica.jpg|32x32px]] || Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Bat || || Unable to identify
+
| [[Wikipedia:Coyote|Coyote]] || ''Canis latrans'' || || Seen in California
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Bear, Black || ''Ursus americanus'' || Seen in Kentucky
+
| [[Wikipedia:White-tailed deer|Deer, White-tailed]] || ''Odocoileus virginianus'' || [[Image:Animal - Mammal - Deer, White-tailed (Female) - Odocoileus virginianus.jpg|32x32px]] || Male, female, fawns
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Chipmunk, Eastern || ''Tamias striatus'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Groundhog|Groundhog]] || ''Marmota monax'' || ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Coati || ''Nasua'' || Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
+
| [[Wikipedia:Snowshoe hare|Hare, Snowshoe]] || ''Lepus americanus'' || ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Deer, White-tailed || ''Odocoileus virginianus'' || Male, female, fawns
+
| [[Wikipedia:West Indian manatee|Manatee, Florida]] || ''Trichechus manatus latirostris'' || || Seen in Florida
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Groundhog || ''Marmota monax'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:American mink|Mink, American]] || ''Neovison vison'' || ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Hare, Snowshoe || ''Lepus americanus'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:House mouse|Mouse, House]] || ''Mus musculus'' || ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Mink, American || ''Neovison vison'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Muskrat|Muskrat]] || ''Ondatra zibethicus'' || [[Image:Animal - Mammal - Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Mouse, House || ''Mus musculus'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Virginia opossum|Opossum, Virginia]] || ''Didelphis virginiana'' || ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Muskrat, || ''Ondatra zibethicus'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Eastern cottontail|Rabbit, Eastern Cottontail]] || ''Sylvilagus floridanus'' || [[Image:Animal - Mammal - Rabbit, Eastern Cottontail - Sylvilagus floridanus.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult, young
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Opossum, Virginia || ''Didelphis virginiana'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Raccoon|Raccoon]] || ''Procyon lotor'' || [[Image:Animal - Mammal - Raccoon - Procyon lotor.jpg|32x32px]] || Adults and kits
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Rabbit, Eastern Cottontail || ''Sylvilagus floridanus'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Northern fur seal|Seal, Northern Fur]] || ''Callorhinus ursinus'' || || Seen in Seattle
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Raccoon || ''Procyon lotor'' || Adults and kits
+
| [[Wikipedia:American red squirrel|Squirrel, American Red]] || ''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'' || ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Seal, Harbor || ''Phoca vitulina'' || Seen in Seattle
+
| [[Wikipedia:Black squirrel|Squirrel, Black]] || ''Sciurus carolinensis'' || || Variant of the gray squirrel
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Squirrel, American Red || ''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Fox squirrel|Squirrel, Fox]] || ''Sciurus niger'' || [[Image:Animal - Mammal - Squirrel, Fox - Sciurus niger.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Squirrel, Fox || ''Sciurus niger'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:American red squirrel|Squirrel, American Red]] || ''Tamiasciurus hudsonicus'' || [[Image:Animal - Mammal - Squirrel, American Red - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Squirrel, Eastern Grey || ''Sciurus carolinensis'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Eastern gray squirrel|Squirrel, Eastern Gray]] || ''Sciurus carolinensis'' || ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Skunk, Striped || ''Mephitis mephitis'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Striped skunk|Skunk, Striped]] || ''Mephitis mephitis'' || ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Vole, Meadow || ''Microtus pennsylvanicus'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Meadow vole|Vole, Meadow]] || ''Microtus pennsylvanicus'' || ||
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
==Mollusks==
 +
{| class="wikitable sortable" |
 +
! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Unionoida|Clam, Freshwater]] || ''Unionoida'' || || Many kinds, unable to identify
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Zebra mussel|Mussel, Zebra]] || ''Dreissena polymorpha'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Octopus|Octopus]] || ''Octopoda'' || || Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico; unable to identify species
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Arion subfuscus|Slug, Dusky]] || ''Arion subfuscus'' || [[Image:Animal - Mollusk - Slug - Dusky - Arion subfuscus.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Deroceras reticulatum|Slug, Gray Garden]] || ''Deroceras reticulatum'' || [[Image:Animal - Mollusk - Slug - Garden, Gray - Deroceras reticulatum.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Banana slug|Slug, Pacific Banana]] || ''Ariolimax columbianus'' || || Seen in Seattle
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Bithynia tentaculata|Snail, Faucet]] || ''Bithynia tentaculata'' || ||
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Cornu aspersum|Snail, Garden]] || ''Cornu aspersum'' || ||  
 
|}
 
|}
  
 
==Reptiles==
 
==Reptiles==
−
{| class="wikitable" |
+
{| class="wikitable sortable" |
−
! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Notes
+
! Common Name !! Nomenclature !! Photos !! Notes
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Brown anole|Anole - Brown]] || ''Anolis sagrei'' || [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Anole, Brown - Anolis sagrei.jpg|32x32px]] || Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Ctenosaura similis|Iguana - Black Spiny-tailed]] || ''Ctenosaura similis'' || [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Iguana - Black spiny-tailed (Female) - Ctenosaura similis.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Iguana - Black spiny-tailed (Male) - Ctenosaura similis.jpg|32x32px]] || Female, male. Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Lampropeltis nigra|Snake - Black King]] || ''Lampropeltis nigra'' || || Seen in Kentucky
 +
|-
 +
| [[Wikipedia:Storeria dekayi|Snake - Brown]] || ''Storeria dekayi'' || [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Snake, Brown - Storeria dekayi.jpg|32x32px]] ||
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Iguana || ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Butler's garter snake|Snake - Garter, Butler's]] || ''Thamnophis butleri'' || ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Snake, Black King || Lampropeltis nigra || Seen in Kentucky
+
| [[Wikipedia:Common garter snake|Snake - Garter, Eastern]] || ''Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis'' || [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Snake - Garter, Eastern - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis.jpg|32x32px]] ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Snake, Blue Racer || ''Coluber constrictor foxii'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Gray ratsnake|Snake - Ratsnake, Gray]] || ''Pantherophis spiloides'' || [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Snake - Ratsnake, Gray - Pantherophis spiloides.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult, juvenile
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Snake, Butler's Garter || ''Thamnophis butleri'' ||
+
| [[Wikipedia:Smooth green snake|Snake - Smooth Green]] || ''Liochlorophis vernalis'' || ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Snake, Eastern Garter || ''Thamnophis sirtalis'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Painted turtle|Turtle - Painted, Western]] || ''Chrysemys picta'' || [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Turtle - Painted (Adult & Youngling) - Chrysemys picta.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Turtle - Painted, Western - Chrysemys picta (Hatchling).jpg|32x32px]] || Adult, young, hatchlings
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Turtle, Common Snapping || ''Chelydra serpentina'' (Adult & Hatchlings) ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Common snapping turtle|Turtle - Snapping, Common ]] || ''Chelydra serpentina'' || [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Turtle - Snapping, Common - Chelydra serpentina.jpg|32x32px]] [[Image:Animal - Reptile - Turtle - Snapping, Common (Hatchling) - Chelydra serpentina.jpg|32x32px]] || Adult, hatchlings
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Turtle, Western Painted || ''Chrysemys picta'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Red-eared slider|Turtle - Red-eared slider]] || ''Trachemys scripta elegans'' || ||  
 
|-
 
|-
−
| Turtle, Spiny Soft-shell || ''Apalone spinifera spinifera'' ||  
+
| [[Wikipedia:Spiny softshell turtle|Turtle - Spiny Soft-shell]] || ''Apalone spinifera spinifera'' || ||  
 
|}
 
|}
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[[Category: Personal]]
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[[Category: Science]]

Latest revision as of 15:26, 16 October 2023

This is a list of animals I have personally seen alive in their natural habitat and was able to identify (to some extant). Unless otherwise mentioned, I first saw the animal in Michigan. See also my list of plants I've seen in the wild.

Amphibians

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Frog - Bull Rana catesbeiana Animal - Amphibian - Frog - Bull - Rana catesbeiana.jpg
Frog - Eastern Gray Treefrog Dryophytes versicolor Animal - Amphibian - Frog - Eastern Gray Treefrog - Dryophytes versicolor.jpg Adult
Frog - Green, Northern Rana clamitans melanota Animal - Amphibian - Frog - Green, Northern (Juvenile) - Lithobates clamitans melanota.jpg Animal - Amphibian - Frog - Green, Northern (Female) - Lithobates clamitans melanota.jpg Female, juvenile, and tadpoles
Frog - Leopard, Northern Lithobates pipiens Green morph
Frog - Pickerel Lithobates palustris
Salamander - Spotted Ambystoma maculatum
Toad - Eastern American Anaxyrus americanus Animal - Amphibian - Toad - American, Eastern (Brown) - Anaxyrus americanus americanus.jpg Animal - Amphibian - Toad - American, Eastern (Gray) - Anaxyrus americanus americanus.jpg Adult (Brown and gray morphs) and young
Toad - Fowler's Anaxyrus fowleri

Annelids

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Leech, Freshwater Jawless Glossiphoniidae
Worm, Earth Lumbricus terrestris Animal - Annelid - Worm, Earth - Lumbricus terrestris.jpg

Birds

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Blackbird, Red-winged Agelaius phoeniceus Animal - Bird - Blackbird, Red-winged - Agelaius phoeniceus (Male).jpg Female, male
Bluebird, Eastern Sialia sialis Female, male
Cardinal, Northern Cardinalis cardinalis Animal - Bird - Cardinal, Northern (Male) - Cardinalis cardinalis.jpg Female, male, hatchinglings, nest, eggs
Chickadee, Black-capped Poecile atricapillus Animal - Bird - Chickadee, Black-capped - Poecile atricapillus.jpg
Cowbird, Brown-headed Molothrus ater
Crane, Sandhill Grus canadensis Animal - Bird - Crane, Sandhill (Male & Female) - Grus canadensis.jpg Female, male, hatchlings
Crow, American Corvus brachyrhynchos
Cormorant, Double-crested Nannopterum auritum Adult
Dove, Eurasian Collared Streptopelia decaocto Animal - Bird - Dove, Eurasian Collared - Streptopelia decaocto.jpg See in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Dove, Mourning Zenaida macroura Adult, hatchlings
Dove, Rock Columba livia
Duck, Wood Aix sponsa Female adult, male/female juvenile
Eagle, Bald Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Egret, Great Ardea alba
Finch, American Gold Carduelis tristis Female, male
Frigatebird, Magnificent Fregata magnificens Animal - Bird - Frigatebird, Magnificent (Female) - Fregata magnificens.jpg Female. Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Goose, Canada Branta canadensis Animal - Bird - Goose, Canada - Branta canadensis.jpg Animal - Bird - Goose, Canada (Fledgling) - Branta canadensis.jpg Animal - Bird - Goose, Canada (Juvenile) - Branta canadensis.jpg Female, male, fledgling, juvenile
Grackle, Common Quiscalus quiscula Female, male
Grackle, Great-tailed Quiscalus mexicanus Animal - Bird - Grackle, Great-Tailed (Female) - Quiscalus mexicanus.jpg Animal - Bird - Grackle, Great-Tailed (Male) - Quiscalus mexicanus.jpg Seen in New Mexico and Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Gull, American Herring Larus smithsonianus
Gull, Common Larus canus
Gull, Laughing Leucophaeus atricilla Animal - Bird - Gull - Laughing (Alternate) - Leucophaeus atricilla.jpg Alternate plumage. Seen in the Bahamas.
Hawk, Broad-winged Buteo platypterus
Hawk, Red-tailed Buteo borealis
Heron, Great Blue Ardea herodias Animal - Bird - Heron, Great Blue (Dark form) - Ardea herodias.jpg Dark form
Heron, Green Butorides virescens
Hummingbird Trochilidae Seen several, couldn't identify
Jay, Blue Cyanocitta cristata Female, male
Junco, Dark-eyed Junco hyemalis Slate-colored: male, female
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus Animal - Bird - Killdeer - Charadrius vociferus.jpg
Kingbird, Eastern Tyrannus tyrannus Adult
Kingfisher, Belted Megaceryle alcyon Female
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Female, male, hatchlings
Merganser, Red-breasted Mergus serrator
Nuthatch, Red-breasted Sitta canadensis
Owl, Barred Strix varia Animal - Bird - Owl, Barred (Fledgling) - Strix varia.jpg Animal - Bird - Owl, Barred - Strix varia.jpg Adult and fledgling. Saw another at night, but I couldn't identify it
Oriole, Baltimore Icterus galbula
Osprey Pandion haliaetus Adult, nest
Pelican, Brown Pelecanus occidentalis Animal - Bird - Pelican, Brown - Pelecanus occidentalis.jpg Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Pheasant, Common Phasianus colchicus
Raven, Common Corvis corax
Redpoll, Common Acanthis flammea
Robin, American Turdus migratorius Animal - Bird - Robin, American (Female) - Turdus migratorius.jpg Animal - Bird - Robin, American (Hatchlings) - Turdus migratorius.jpg Female, male, hatchlings, nest, eggs
Sparrow, Eurasian Tree Passer montanus
Sparrow, House Passer domesticus Female, male
Sparrow, White-crowed Zonotrichia leucophrys Female, male
Starling, Common Sturnus vulgaris
Swallow, Barn Hirundo rustica Female, male
Swan, Mute Cygnus olor Animal - Bird - Swan, Mute - Cygnus olor.jpg
Tern, Least Sternula antillarum Animal - Bird - Tern, Least - Sternula antillarum.jpg Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Turkey, Wild Meleagris gallopavo Animal - Bird - Turkey, Wild (Female) - Meleagris gallopavo.jpg Animal - Bird - Turkey, Wild (Male) - Meleagris gallopavo.jpg Female, male
Vulture, Turkey Cathartes aura Animal - Bird - Vulture, Turkey - Cathartes aura.jpg
Waxwing, Cedar Bombycilla cedrorum Female, male
Woodpecker - Downy Dryocuopus pileatus Animal - Bird - Woodpecker, Downy (Female) - Dryobates pubescens.jpg Female
Woodpecker - Flicker, Northern Colaptes auratus Animal - Bird - Woodpecker - Flicker, Northern (Egg) - Colaptes auratus.jpg Male, female, egg
Woodpecker - Pileated Dryocuopus pileatus
Woodpecker - Red-bellied Melanerpes carolinus

Butterflies, Moths, Caterpillars

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Butterfly - Atlantis Fritillary Atlantis Fritillary Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Atlantis Fritillary - Speyeria atlantis.jpg Adult
Butterfly - Baltimore Checkerspot Euphydryas phaeton Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Baltimore Checkerspot - Euphydryas phaeton.jpg Adult
Butterfly - Cabbage White Pieris rapae Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Cabbage White (Caterpillar) - Pieris rapae.jpg Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Cabbage White (Adult) - Pieris rapae.jpg Caterpillar, adult
Butterfly - Clouded Sulfur Colias philodice Adult
Butterfly - Monarch Danaus plexippus Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Monarch - Danaus plexippus.jpg Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Monarch (Caterpillar) - Danaus plexippus.jpg Adult, caterpillar
Butterfly - Mourning Cloak Nymphalis antiopa Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Mourning Cloak (Spiny Elm Caterpillar) - Nymphalis antiopa.jpg Caterpillar
Butterfly - Painted Lady Vanessa cardui Animal - Butterfly - Painted Lady - Vanessa cardui.jpg
Butterfly - Clouded Sulfur Colias philodice Adult
Butterfly - Skipper, Silver-spotted Epargyreus clarus Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Skipper, Silver-spotted (Top) - Epargyreus clarus.jpg Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Skipper, Silver-spotted (Underside) - Epargyreus clarus.jpg Adult
Butterfly - Spring Azure Celastrina ladon Animal - Insect - Butterfly - Spring Azure - Celastrina ladon.jpg
Butterfly - Swallowtail, Giant Papilio cresphontes Animal - Butterfly - Swallowtail, Giant - Papilio cresphontes.jpg Adult
Moth - Hawk, Five-spotted (Tomato Hornworm) Manduca quinquemaculata Caterpillar
Moth - Hummingbird Hemaris Unable to identify species
Moth - Isabella Tiger (Wolly Bear) Pyrrharctia isabella Animal - Moth - Isabella Tiger (Wolly Bear) - Pyrrharctia isabella.jpg Adult, Caterpillar
Moth - Spanworm, Large Maple Prochoerodes lineola Animal - Insect - Moth - Spanworm, Large Maple (Caterpillar) - Prochoerodes lineola.jpg Caterpillar
Moth - Tent Caterpillar, Eastern Malacosoma americanum Adult, caterpillar
Moth - Oleander Syntomeida epilais Animal - Moth - Oleander Caterpillar - Syntomeida epilais.jpg Caterpillar (seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico)
Moth - Tussock, Hickory Tiger Lophocampa caryae Animal - Moth - Tussock, Hicory Tiger (Caterpillar) - Lophocampa caryae.jpg Animal - Moth - Tussock, Hicory Tiger (Moth) - Lophocampa caryae.jpg Caterpillar, adult
Moth - Tussock, Spotted Lophocampa maculata Caterpillar
Moth - Winter (Inch Worm) Operophtera brumato Adult, caterpillar

Cnidarias

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Jellyfish, box Cubozoa Seen in Bahamas. Also stung by one, in Gulf of Mexico, but couldn't identify.

Crustaceans

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Crayfish, Rusty Orconectes rusticus
Pill-bug, Common Armadillidium vulgare Animal - Crustacean - Pill-bug, Common - Armadillidium vulgare.jpg AKA Roly-poly
Sow-bug Oniscidea Animal - Crustacean - Sow-bug - Oniscidea.jpg Kind that can't roll up

Fish

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Bass, Smallmouth Micropterus dolomieu
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
Catfish, Flathead Pylodictis olivaris
Trout, Lake Salvelinus namaycush

Insects

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Ant - Black Carpenter Camponotus pennsylvanicus Female, Male, larva, eggs
Ant - Black Garden Lasius niger
Ant - Pavement Tetramorium caespitum
Ant - Thief Solenopsis molesta Animal - Insect - Ant - Thief - Solenopsis molesta.jpg Female
Bee - Bumble, American Bombus pensylvanicus Animal - Insect - Bee - Bumble, American - Bombus pensylvanicus.jpg
Bee - Sweat, Dark Lasioglossum pectorale Animal - Insect - Bee - Sweat, Dark - Lasioglossum pectorale.jpg
Bee - Honey, Western Apis mellifera Animal - Insect - Bee - Honey, Western - Apis mellifera.jpg
Beetle - False Mealworm Alobates pennsylvanica
Beetle - Japanese Popillia japonica Animal - Insect - Beetle - Japanese - Popillia japonica.jpg
Beetle - May Phyllophaga
Beetle - Willow Leaf Plagiodera versicolora Animal - Insect - Beetle - Willow Leaf - Plagiodera versicolora.jpg
Boxelder Bug Boisea trivittata
Centipede - House Scutigeridae
Centipede - Bark Cormocephalus
Cicada - Linne's Neotibicen linnei Animal - Insect - Cicada - Linne's - Neotibicen linnei.jpg
Cricket - Field Gryllus pennsylvanicus Animal - Insect - Cricket - Field - Gryllus pennsylvanicus.jpg
Damselfly - Ebony jewelwing Calopteryx maculata Animal - Insect - Damselfly - Ebony Jewelwing - Calopteryx maculata.jpg Male
Damselfly Ischnura
Dragonfly - Autumn Medowhawk Sympetrum vicinum Animal - Insect - Dragonfly - Autumn Medowhawk - Sympetrum vicinum.jpg
Dragonfly - Blue Dasher Pachydiplax longipennis
Dragonfly - Common Whitetail Plathemis lydia Animal - Insect - Dragonfly - Common Whitetail (Juvenile Male) - Plathemis lydia.jpg Juvenile male
Dragonfly - Pondhawk, Eastern Erythemis simplicicollis Animal - Insect - Dragonfly - Pondhawk, Eastern (Female) - Erythemis simplicicollis.jpg Female
Dragonfly Anisoptera Unable to identify species
Earwig - European Forficula auricularia Female, male, young, larva, eggs
Firefly - Common Eastern Photinus pyralis Animal - Insect - Firefly - Common Eastern - Photinus pyralis.jpg
Fishfly - Spring Chauliodes rastricornis Animal - Insect - Fishfly - Spring - Chauliodes rastricornis.jpg
Fly - Common Fruit Drosophila melanogaster
Fly - Crane Tipulidae
Fly - Deer Chrysops Animal - Insect - Fly - Deer - Chrysops.jpg
Fly - Flesh Sarcophaga Animal - Insect - Fly - Flesh - Sarcophagidae.jpg
Fly - Horse Tabanidae
Fly - House Musca domestica Animal - Insect - Fly - House (Larva) - Musca domestica.jpg
Gnat Mycetophilidae Unable to identify species
Grasshopper - Differential Melanoplus differentialis Animal - Insect - Grasshopper, Differential - Melanoplus differentialis.jpg
Grasshopper - Two-striped Melanoplus bivittatus
Harvestman - Eastern Leiobunum vittatum
Katydid - Broad-winged Microcentrum rhombifolium Animal - Insect - Katydid - Broad-winged - Microcentrum rhombifolium.jpg
Katydid - Fork-tailed Bush Scudderia furcata
Ladybeetle - Asian Harmonia axyridis
Lady Bug Coccinellidae
Mantis - Chinese Tenodera sinensis
Mantis - European Mantis religiosa Animal - Insect - Mantis - European (Brown) - Mantis religiosa.jpg Brown and green
Masked Hunter Reduvius personatus Animal - Insect - Masked Hunter - Reduvius personatus.jpg Nymph
Mayfly Palaeoptera Seen in Ohio off Lake Erie
Milkweed Bug, Small Lygaeus kalmii Animal - Insect - Milkweed Bug, Small - Lygaeus kalmii.jpg Adult and nymphs
Millipede, Greenhouse Oxidus gracilis Animal - Insect - Millipede - Greenhouse - Oxidus gracilis.jpg
Mite - Clover Bryobia praetiosa Animal - Insect - Mite - Clover - Bryobia praetiosa.jpg
Mosquito Culicidae Female, larva. Unable to identify species
Pseudoscorpion Pseudoscorpionida
Silverfish Lepisma saccharinum Animal - Insect - Silverfish - Lepisma saccharinum.jpg
Spider - Grass, American Agelenopsis Animal - Insect - Spider - Grass, American - Agelenopsis.jpg
Spider - Longbodied Cellar Pholcus phalangioides
Spider - Nursery Web Pisaurina mira Animal - Insect - Spider - Nursery Web (Male) - Pisaurina mira.jpg Male
Spider - Tan Jumping Platycryptus undatus Animal - Insect - Spider - Jumping, Tan - Platycryptus undatus.jpg
Spider - Yellow Sac, American Cheiracanthium inclusum Animal - Insect - Spider - Yellow Sac, American - Cheiracanthium inclusum.jpg
Spider - Zebra Back Salticus scenicus
Stink Bug - Brown Marmorated Halyomorpha halys Animal - Insect - Stink Bug - Brown Marmorated - Halyomorpha halys.jpg
Tick - American Dog Dermacentor variabilis Animal - Insect - Tick - American Dog (Female) - Dermacentor variabilis.jpg Animal - Insect - Tick - American Dog (Male) - Dermacentor variabilis.jpg Female, male
Tick - Brown Dog Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Walking Stick - Common Diapheromera femorata
Wasp - Great Black Sphex pensylvanicus Animal - Insect - Wasp, Great Black - Sphex pensylvanicus.jpg
Wasp - Eastern Yellow Jacket Vespula maculifrons
Wasp - European Paper Polistes dominula
Wasp - Megarhyssa atrata Megarhyssa atrata
Weevil - Black Vine Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Mammals

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Agouti, Central American Dasyprocta punctata Animal - Mammal - Agouti - Central American - Dasyprocta punctata.jpg Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Bat Chiroptera Unable to identify
Bear, American Black Ursus americanus Seen in Tennessee
Chipmunk, Eastern Tamias striatus Animal - Mammal - Chipmunk, Eastern - Tamias striatus.jpg
Coati - White-Nosed Nasua narica Animal - Mammal - Coati - White-Nosed - Nasua narica.jpg Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Coyote Canis latrans Seen in California
Deer, White-tailed Odocoileus virginianus Animal - Mammal - Deer, White-tailed (Female) - Odocoileus virginianus.jpg Male, female, fawns
Groundhog Marmota monax
Hare, Snowshoe Lepus americanus
Manatee, Florida Trichechus manatus latirostris Seen in Florida
Mink, American Neovison vison
Mouse, House Mus musculus
Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus Animal - Mammal - Muskrat - Ondatra zibethicus.jpg
Opossum, Virginia Didelphis virginiana
Rabbit, Eastern Cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus Animal - Mammal - Rabbit, Eastern Cottontail - Sylvilagus floridanus.jpg Adult, young
Raccoon Procyon lotor Animal - Mammal - Raccoon - Procyon lotor.jpg Adults and kits
Seal, Northern Fur Callorhinus ursinus Seen in Seattle
Squirrel, American Red Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
Squirrel, Black Sciurus carolinensis Variant of the gray squirrel
Squirrel, Fox Sciurus niger Animal - Mammal - Squirrel, Fox - Sciurus niger.jpg
Squirrel, American Red Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Animal - Mammal - Squirrel, American Red - Tamiasciurus hudsonicus.jpg
Squirrel, Eastern Gray Sciurus carolinensis
Skunk, Striped Mephitis mephitis
Vole, Meadow Microtus pennsylvanicus

Mollusks

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Clam, Freshwater Unionoida Many kinds, unable to identify
Mussel, Zebra Dreissena polymorpha
Octopus Octopoda Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico; unable to identify species
Slug, Dusky Arion subfuscus Animal - Mollusk - Slug - Dusky - Arion subfuscus.jpg
Slug, Gray Garden Deroceras reticulatum Animal - Mollusk - Slug - Garden, Gray - Deroceras reticulatum.jpg
Slug, Pacific Banana Ariolimax columbianus Seen in Seattle
Snail, Faucet Bithynia tentaculata
Snail, Garden Cornu aspersum

Reptiles

Common Name Nomenclature Photos Notes
Anole - Brown Anolis sagrei Animal - Reptile - Anole, Brown - Anolis sagrei.jpg Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Iguana - Black Spiny-tailed Ctenosaura similis Animal - Reptile - Iguana - Black spiny-tailed (Female) - Ctenosaura similis.jpg Animal - Reptile - Iguana - Black spiny-tailed (Male) - Ctenosaura similis.jpg Female, male. Seen in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Snake - Black King Lampropeltis nigra Seen in Kentucky
Snake - Brown Storeria dekayi Animal - Reptile - Snake, Brown - Storeria dekayi.jpg
Snake - Garter, Butler's Thamnophis butleri
Snake - Garter, Eastern Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis Animal - Reptile - Snake - Garter, Eastern - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis.jpg
Snake - Ratsnake, Gray Pantherophis spiloides Animal - Reptile - Snake - Ratsnake, Gray - Pantherophis spiloides.jpg Adult, juvenile
Snake - Smooth Green Liochlorophis vernalis
Turtle - Painted, Western Chrysemys picta Animal - Reptile - Turtle - Painted (Adult & Youngling) - Chrysemys picta.jpg Animal - Reptile - Turtle - Painted, Western - Chrysemys picta (Hatchling).jpg Adult, young, hatchlings
Turtle - Snapping, Common Chelydra serpentina Animal - Reptile - Turtle - Snapping, Common - Chelydra serpentina.jpg Animal - Reptile - Turtle - Snapping, Common (Hatchling) - Chelydra serpentina.jpg Adult, hatchlings
Turtle - Red-eared slider Trachemys scripta elegans
Turtle - Spiny Soft-shell Apalone spinifera spinifera
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