Enjoy the uncommon birds, tall grasses, flowers and butterflies making their home at Deerpath Farm. The native landscape creates a vibrant habitat, and provides food and shelter for birds and wildlife.
Also see: Conservation Resources and Landscaping Goals.
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This varied environment attracts many local and migrating birds, including:
Songbirds
- Eastern bluebird
- Baltimore Oriole
- Hummingbird
- Cardinal
- Blue jay
- Robin
- Dark-eyedJunco
- Chickadee
- Red-winged blackbird
- Purple martin
- Tufted titmouse
- White-breasted nuthatch
- Sedge wren
- Gray catbird
- Ovenbird
- Cowbird
- Bobolink
- Warblers
- House finch
Woodpeckers
- Red-headed woodpecker
- Red-bellied woodpecker
- Northern Flicker
- Mourning dove
Waterbirds & shorebirds
- Great blue heron
- White egret
- Green heron
- Wood duck
- Mallard
- Common goldeneye
- Canada goose
- Killdeer
Owls & raptors
- Great horned owl
- Snowy owl
- Red-tailed hawk
- American kestrel
- Turkey vulture
- Goshawk
- Cooper’s Hawk
Native plants
Native plants develop strong and incredibly deep root systems which help them survive extreme conditions, and which can help protect the soil against erosion and flooding.
Wildflowers
- Brown-eyed Susan
- Wild Bergamot
- Wild Geranium
- Blue Violet
- Blue Vervain
- Spring Beauty
- Meadow Rue
- Butterfly Weed
- Milkweed
- Prairie Milkweed
- Gentian
- Red Trillium
- Giant White Trillium
- May-apple
- Joe Pye Weed
- Cup Plant
- Compass Plant
- Woodland sunflower
- Purple coneflower
- Prairie Shooting Star
- Prairie Dock
- Goldenrod
Trees
Mature woodlands
A variety of majestic trees adorn Deerpath Farm’s horizons and trails.
- Red Oak
- White oak
- Swamp White Oak
- Burr Oak
- Pin Oak
- Hill’s Oak
- Shagbark hickory
- Ironwood
- Basswood
- Cottonwood
- Redbud
- Hawthorn
Wildlife
- Monarch butterflies
- White-tailed Deer
- Chipmunk
- Squirrel
- Skunk
- Racoon
- Opposum
- Muskrat
- Mink
- Red Fox
- Bullfrog
- Gray Frog
- Leopard Frog
- Eastern Box Turtle
- Common Snapping Turtle