Alligator River Wildlife Refuge (March 2002)

Birds:
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus)
Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
Northern Harrier (Circus cyaneus)
Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
Virginia rail (call) (Rallus limicola)
King rail (call) (Rallus elegans)
Royal Tern (Sterna maxima)
Greater Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus)
Red bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)
Downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)
Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus)
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon)
Fish Crow (Corvus ossifragus)
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchus)
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)
Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Palm Warbler (Dendroica palmarum)
Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
Eastern Towhee (Pipilo erythrophthalmus)
White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis)
House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)

Shrubbery:
Chaemocyparis thyoides (Atlantic White Cedar)
Pinus taeda (Loblolly Pine)
Pinus cerratia (Pond Pine)
Mistletoe (Phoradendron sp?)
Acer rubrum (Red Maple)
Cladium jamaicense (Sawgrass)
Phragmites sp.
Typha sp. (Cattails)
Persea borbonia (Red bay)
Hydrocotyle sp. (Water pennywort)
Smilax laurifolia (Laurel-leaved Greenbrier)
Baccharus sp. (Saltbush)
Cyrilla racemiflora (Titi)
Lonicera japonica (Japanese honeysuckle)
Prunus persica? (Peach tree)
Rosa spp
Plantain
Malus angustifolia (Southern Crabapple)
Arundinaria gigantea (Giant Cane)
Rosa palustris (Swamp Rose)
Viola tricolor (Wild Field Pansy)
Cirsium horridulum (Bull Thistle)
Amelanchier spicata (Dwarf Serviceberry)
Lyonia lucida (Fetterbush)
Ilex coriacea (Large Gallberry)
Myrica sp. (Wax myrtle)
Vaccinium obfuscatum (Black Highbush Blueberry)
Gordonia lasianthes (Loblolly Bay)
Geranium carolinianum (Carolina Cranesbill)
Teraxicum officialis (Dandelion)
Lamium amplexicaule (Henbit)
Salix nigra (Black Willow)
Ganoderma sp.

Microflora:
Graphis scripta (crustose lichen)
Phaeographis spp. (crustose lichen)
Lecanora spp. (crustose lichen)
Reindeer moss (Cladonia sp)
Lipstick lichen (Cladonia sp)
Dicrenella heteromalla (moss)
Selaginella rupestris (Rock Spikemoss)
Sphagnum spp (Jon Shaw's favorite organism)
Syrrhopodon taxanus (Atricum-like moss with little mace balls on the leaf ends)
Leucolejunia concifolia (The leafy liverwort in Josh's photo, and no, it's not the common Leucolejunia)
An Odontochisma or Solenostoma (leafy liverwort, ID pending)
A Cephelozia (? submerged Leafy liverwort, ID pending)

Herps and scaley things:
Yellow-bellied Slider (Trachemys scripta)
Red-bellied slider (Pseudemys rubriventris)
Acris gryllus (Southern Cricket Frog)
Eumeces sp (skink)
Rana utricularia (Southern Leopard frog)
Bufo sp. (toad)
eggs and tadpoles

Microfauna:
Polygonia sp. (Comma or questionmark butterfly)
Atlides halesus (Great Purple Hairstreak)
Tipulidae (Crane fly)
Copepods and cladocerans
Gomphaesnha furcillata (Harlequin Darner)
Anax junius (Common Green Darner)
Ischnura posita (Fragile Forktail)
Red Imported Fire ants (Soleonopsis invicta)
mud-dauber wasp (Sphecidae?) nest

Mammals:
Otter (Lutra canadensis)
Homo sapiens sapiens (one med sized herd)

Scat:
Bear (Ursa americanus)

Tracks:
Otter
Fox
bobcat (Lynx rufus)
red wolf (or coyote)