Backyards Habitat

Finches

American Goldfinch

Spinus tristis

Bumble Bees

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

Chipping Sparrow

Spizella passerina

Blue Jays, Crows, Ravens, and Shrikes

American Crow

Corvus brachyrhynchos

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Brown Thrasher

Toxostoma rufum

Cloudless Sulphur

Phoebis sennae

Beetles

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Ducks

American Pekin Duck

Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Ducks

Blue Swedish Duck

Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Hummingbirds

Black-chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri

Hummingbirds

Anna’s Hummingbird

Calypte anna

Birds

Eastern Screech-Owl

Megascops asio

Crane Fly

Tipulidae

Dark-Eyed Junco

Junco hyemalis

Eastern Black Swallowtail

Papilio polyxenes

Flycatchers

Eastern Phoebe

Sayornis phoebe

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

Papilio glaucus

Towhees

Eastern Towhee

Pipilo erythrophthalmus

Crickets

Field Cricket

Gryllus spp.

Fine-Backed Paper Wasp

Polistes fuscatus

Flower Fly

Syrphidae

Fox Sparrow

Passerella iliaca

Gulf Fritillary

Agraulis vanillae

Kinglets

Golden-Crowned Kinglet

Regulus satrapa

Geese

Graylag Goose

Anser anser domesticus and Anser anser

Flycatchers

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

Bees

Green Metallic Sweat Bee

Agapostemon and Augochlorini species

Cicadas

Green-Winged Cicada

Diceroprocta vitripennis

House Fly

Musca domestica

Finches

House Finch

Haemorhous mexicanus

Invasive Birds

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Ducks

Khaki Campbell Duck

Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Vulnerable

Metric Paper Wasp

Polistes metricus

Long-Legged Green Fly

Dolichopodidae

Red Paper Wasp

Polistes rubiginosus

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Martins and Swallows

Purple Martin

Progne subis

Kinglets

Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

Corthylio calendula

Towhees

Spotted Towhee

Pipilo maculatus

Nuthatches

White-Breasted Nuthatch

Sitta carolinensis

White-Throated Sparrow

Zonotrichia albicollis

Yellow-Legged Wasp

Polistes flavus and other yellow-legged wasps

Yellowjacket

Vespula spp. and Dolichovespula maculata

Carolina Chickadee

Poecile carolinensis

Carolina Wren

Thryothorus ludovicianus

Blackbirds

Common Grackle

Quiscalus quiscula

Near Threatened

Invasive Birds

Common Starling

Sturnus vulgaris

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Bombycilla cedrorum

Eastern Bluebird

Sialia sialis

Pigeons

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Blue Jay

Cyanocitta cristata

Blackbirds

Brown-Headed Cowbird

Molothrus ater

Lizards

Broadhead Skink

Plestiodon laticeps

Anoles

Brown Anole

Anolis sagrei

Anoles

Green Anole

Anolis carolinensis

Hairy Woodpecker

Leuconotopicus villosus

Armadillos

Armadillo

Dasypus mexicanus

Magnolia Warbler

Setophaga magnolia

Geckos

Mediterranean House Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Northern Mockingbird

Mimus polyglottos

Hawks

Cooper’s Hawk

Astur cooperii

Rabbits

Cottontail Rabbit

Sylvilagus floridanus

Cardinals

Northern Cardinal

Cardinalis cardinalis

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Geese

Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca

Rodents

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Lizards

Five-lined Skink

Plestiodon fasciatus

Mockingbirds & Thrashers

Gray Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis

Orange-crowned Warbler

Leiothlypis celata

Red-bellied Woodpecker

Melanerpes carolinus

Pine Warbler

Setophaga pinus

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Hummingbirds

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Greensnakes

Rough Green Snake

Opheodrys aestivus

Hawks

Sharp-Shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Carnivores

Striped Skunk

Mephitis mephitis

Tennessee Warbler

Leiothlypis peregrina

American Robin

Turdus migratorius

Doves

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Doves

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Eagles

Bald Eagle

Haliaeetus leucocephalus