Flora and Fauna
Peach Hill has an unusually rich assortment of plants and animals. One reason for this is the Hill’s variety of environmental settings; within the Park’s boundaries Hudsonia has identified eight different natural habitats. Another reason for is the range of uses humans have made of the area over the past 200 years: livestock pasture, grain and vegetable farming, orchards, woodlands.
In this section we will highlight different aspects of the Hill’s natural history. We welcome and value your contributions. Please send us your photos and accounts of plants and animals you see at Peach Hill.
The first installment features a list of birds seen at Peach Hill by Derrick Eidam, a member of the Board of the Friends of Peach Hill. (For further information, visit: http://deidam.wordpress.com).
Birds of Peach Hill
Waterfowl
- 1 - Brant
- 2 - Canada Goose
- 3 - Mute Swan
- 4 - Mallard
Gallinaceous Birds
- 5 - Wild Turkey
Herons & Allies
- 6 - Great Blue Heron
Diurnal Raptors
- 7 - Black Vulture
- 8 - Turkey Vulture
- 9 - Bald Eagle
- 10 - Northern Harrier
- 11 - Sharp-shinned Hawk
- 12 - Cooper's Hawk
- 13 - Red-shouldered Hawk
- 14 - Broad-winged Hawk
- 15 - Red-tailed Hawk
- 16 - American Kestrel
Shorebirds & Gulls
- 17 - Solitary Sandpiper
Doves
- 18 - Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
- 19 - Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- 20 - Black-billed Cuckoo
Nocturnal Raptors
- 21 - Eastern Screech-Owl
- 22 - Barred Owl
Swifts & Hummingbirds
- 23 - Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Kingfishers
- 24 - Belted Kingfisher
Woodpeckers
- 25 - Red-bellied Woodpecker
- 26 - Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- 27 - Downy Woodpecker
- 28 - Hairy Woodpecker
- 29 - Northern Flicker
- 30 - Pileated Woodpecker
Tyrant Flycatchers
- 31 - Willow Flycatcher
- 32 - Least Flycatcher
- 33 - Eastern Phoebe
- 34 - Great Crested Flycatcher
- 35 - Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
- 36 - White-eyed Vireo
- 37 - Yellow-throated Vireo
- 38 - Blue-headed Vireo
- 39 - Warbling Vireo
- 40 - Red-eyed Vireo
Jays & Crows
- 41 - Blue Jay
- 42 - American Crow
- 43 - Fish Crow
- 44 - Common Raven
Swallows
- 45 - Tree Swallow
- 46 - Barn Swallow
Chickadees
- 47 - Black-capped Chickadee
- 48 - Tufted Titmouse
Nuthatches
- 49 - Red-breasted Nuthatch
- 50 - White-breasted Nuthatch
Creepers
- 51 - Brown Creeper
Wrens
- 52 - Carolina Wren
- 53 - House Wren
Kinglets
- 54 - Golden-crowned Kinglet
- 55 - Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Gnatcatchers
- 56 - Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Thrushes
- 57 - Eastern Bluebird
- 58 - Veery
- 59 - Hermit Thrush
- 60 - Wood Thrush
- 61 - American Robin
Mimics
- 62 - Gray Catbird
- 63 - Northern Mockingbird
- 64 - Brown Thrasher
Starlings
- 65 - European Starling
Waxwings
- 66 - Cedar Waxwing
Wood-Warblers
- 67 - Blue-winged Warbler
- 68 - Tennessee Warbler
- 69 - Nashville Warbler
- 70 - Northern Parula
- 71 - Yellow Warbler
- 72 - Chestnut-sided Warbler
- 73 - Magnolia Warbler
- 74 - Cape May Warbler
- 75 - Black-throated Blue Warbler
- 76 - Yellow-rumped Warbler
- 77 - Black-throated Green Warbler
- 78 - Blackburnian Warbler
- 79 - Pine Warbler
- 80 - Prairie Warbler
- 81 - Palm Warbler
- 82 - Bay-breasted Warbler
- 83 - Blackpoll Warbler
- 84 - Black-and-white Warbler
- 85 - American Redstart
- 86 - Ovenbird
- 87 - Common Yellowthroat
- 88 - Wilson's Warbler
Sparrows
- 89 - Eastern Towhee
- 90 - American Tree Sparrow
- 91 - Chipping Sparrow
- 92 - Field Sparrow
- 93 - Savannah Sparrow
- 94 - Fox Sparrow
- 95 - Song Sparrow
- 96 - Lincoln's Sparrow
- 97 - Swamp Sparrow
- 98 - White-throated Sparrow
- 99 - White-crowned Sparrow
- 100 - Dark-eyed Junco
Tanagers & Grosbeaks
- 101 - Scarlet Tanager
- 102 - Northern Cardinal
- 103 - Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- 104 - Indigo Bunting
Blackbirds
- 105 - Red-winged Blackbird
- 106 - Common Grackle
- 107 - Brown-headed Cowbird
- 108 - Orchard Oriole
- 109 - Baltimore Oriole
Finches
- 110 - House Finch
- 111 - Pine Siskin
- 112 - American Goldfinch
Old World Sparrows
- 113 - House Sparrow
