We invite you to explore and learn more about the following featured species of the Long Point Basin:
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea)
- Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum)
- Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)
- Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialias)
- Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
- Grey Catbird (Dumetella carolinensisis)
- Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea)
- Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)
- White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- Sandhill Crane (grus canadensis)
- Cerulean Warbler
- Eastern Whip-poor-will
- Louisiana Waterthrush (parkesia motacilla)
- Redhead Duck
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Tundra Swan
- Prothonotary Warbler (protonotaria citrea)
- Purple Martins
- Painted Turtle (Chrysemys picta)
- Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii)
- Northern Map Turtle (Graptemys geographica)
- Spotted Turtle (Clemmys serpentina)
- Eastern Spiny Softshell (Apalone spinifera)
- Snapping Turtle (Chelydra guttata)
- Northern Watersnake (Nerodia sipedon sipedon)
- Grey Ratsnake (Pantherophis spiloides)
- Eastern Foxsnake (Pantherophis vulpinus)
- Eastern Hognose Snake (Heterodon platirhonos)
- Smooth Greensnake (Opheodrys vernalis)
- Northern True Katydid
- Oblong-winged Katydid
- Sword-bearing Conehead
- Robust Conehead
- Crepitating Conehead
- Round-coned Conehead
- Two-Spotted Tree Cricket
- Pine Cricket
- Snowy Cricket
- Temperature Cricket
- Black-horned Cricket
- Four-Spotted Cricket
- Rusty Patch Bumble bee
- Bohemian Cuckoo Bumble bee
- American Bumble bee
- Yellow Bumble bee
- Tiger Beetle (family cicindelidae)
- Eastern Cicada Killer (sphecius speciosus)
- Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis)
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio glaucus)
- Spicebush Swallowtail (Papilio troilus)
- Mottled Duskywing (Erynnis martialis)
- Monarch Butterfly
Moths
- Achemon Sphinx Moth
- Cecropia giant silk moth
- Mournful Thyris moth
- Western Bean Cutworm moth
- Luna moth
- Pink-streak moth (Dargida rubripennis)
- Smeared Dagger (Acronicta oblinita)
- Pandorus Sphinx Caterpillar
- Pandorus Sphinx Moth
- Mustard Sallow (pyreferra hesperidago)
- American Beech (Fagus grandifolia)
- American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
- American Sycamore / Planetree (Platanus occidentalis)
- Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)
- Black Ash (Fraxinus nigra)
- Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)
- Black Oak (Quercus velutina)
- Black Tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)
- Black Walnut (Juglans nigra)
- Blue Ash (Fraxinus quadrangulata)
- Bur Oak (Quercus macrocarpa)
- Butternut / White Walnut (Juglans cinerea)
- Chinquapin Oak (Quercus muehlenbergii)
- Cucumber Magnolia (Magnolia acuminata)
- Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)
- Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)
- Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)
- Ironwood / Eastern Hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana)
- Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
- Pignut Hickory (Carya glabra)
- Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
- Sassafras (Sassfras albidum)
- Shagbark Hickory (Carya ovata)
- Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
- Swamp White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
- Tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera)
- White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
- White Elm / American Elm (Ulmus americana)
- White Oak (Quercus alba)
- Yellow Birch (Betula lutea)
- New England Aster
- Frost Aster
- Heath Aster
- Purple-stemmed Aster
- Lance-leaved Aster
- Sky Blue Aster
- Smooth Aster
- Arrow-leaved Aster
- Heart-leaved Aster
- Field Thistle
- Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria – invasive)
- Wild Lupine (lupinus perennis)
- Butterfly Milkweed (asclepias tuberosa)
- Skunk Cabbage (symplocarpus foetidus)
- Garlic Mustard (invasive)
