The City Naturalist
Fall Animals
- Birds
- Songbirds
Cardinal, Blue jay, Junco, Tufted titmouse, White throated sparrow - Waterfowl
Canada Goose, Cormorant, Mallard duck, Mute Swan - Woodpeckers
Downy woodpecker, White breasted nuthatch, Yellow shafted flicker - Birds of prey
American kestrel, Red tailed hawk - Gulls Black-backed gull, Herring gull, Ring-billed gull
- Songbirds
- Fish
- Freshwater (Central park: the
Harlem Meer, The Pool)
Bluegills, Carp, Large mouth bass - Brackish/saltwater (Riverside
Park: The Hudson River; photos Jim Saunders)
Striped bass, White perch
- Freshwater (Central park: the
Harlem Meer, The Pool)
- Insects (Butterflies can be found in
Central Park & Riverside Park on Butterfly weed,
Butterfly Bush, or milkweed plants; dragonflies &
damselflies can be seen flying over the Harlem Meer and
the Pool in Central park)
Damselflies, Dragonflies, Monarch caterpillar & butterfly - Mammals
Grey squirrel - Amphibians (Central Park: The Ravine,
The Pool)
Bullfrog and tadpole, Green frog and tadpole, Wood frog and tadpole - Crustaceans (The Sailboat Lake, The
Ravine, The Pool)
Crayfish
Fall Plants
- Woody plants, trees dropping seeds
Basswood, Crabapple, Hornbeam, Pin Oak, Sweet Gum, Sycamore - Herbaceous plants, flowering
Asters, Clover, Dandelion, Goldenrod, Hicory, Queen Anne's Lace, White Snakeroot
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