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P.V. Park

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Park Location
   Parking Lot

Maps: Trail | Other

Using P.V. Park
   Hiking | Dog Walking
   Cross Country Skiing
   Mt. Bike Riding
   Bird / Nature Watching
   Fields, Flowers, Woods
   Peace and Quiet
   Conservation Classroom
   Hunting | Geocaching

P.V. Park Volunteers
  National Public Lands Day

Photo Gallery
   Spring
   Summer
   Fall
   Winter
   Aerial Photos

Biodiversity
   Species List-Flora
   Species List-Fauna
   Observation Reports

Other Conservation
and Recreation Web Sites


Jim Permberton checks under rocks in ravine. (enlarge)


Northern Water Snakes (enlarge)

Bio-diversity and Species Listing (Fauna)

PV Park is very valuable ecologically because of its size. Biologists have found that when a wooded area gets smaller than 100 hectares (247 acres) the probability of finding certain species of wildlife drops sharply. PV Park is over15 acres larger than the critical point where bio diversity begins to plummet, so it could serve as a valuable refuge for certain species of birds. For that reason alone, it is worth saving and a valuable asset to the community. Besides serving as a possible wildflower refugia, it may also be important someday as wildlife corridor. It is another place to control the deer population and a place for old growth to develop. It’s terrain is particularly scenic, and like Duff Park, when the trees mature, could draw tourists. It is worth keeping, now and even more so in the future.

Species Lists - Fauna (7/05/07)
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Birds
American robin
American woodcock
Baltimore Oriole
Barn Swallow
Barred Owl
Blue Jay
Bluebird
Blue-winged Warbler
Brewster's Warbler
Brown thrasher
Brown-headed cowbird
Cardinal
Carolina chickadee
Catbird
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Crow
Downy woodpecker
Eastern phoebe
Eastern towhee
Ficker
Field sparrow
Goldfinch
Grackle
Great Horned Owl
Hairy woodpecker
Hooded Warbler
Indigo Bunting
Kentucky Warbler
Louisiana waterthrush
Mallard Duck
Mourning Dove
Northern Cardinal
Northern Flicker
Ovenbird
Pileated woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Red-eyed Vireo
Red-tailed hawk
Robin
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Scarlet Tanager
Screech Owl
Song Sparrow
Starling
Tufted Titmouse
Turkey
Turkey Vulture
White-breasted Nuthatch
White-crowned Sparrow
White-eyed Vireo
Willow Flycatcher
Wood Thrush
Yellow rumped warbler
Yellow-billed Cuckoo


Herpetiles
Box turtle
Bullrog
Dusky salamander
Garter snake
Gray Tree frog
Green frog
Mountain dusky salamander
Northern ringneck snake
Northern Water Snake
Northern banded watersnake
Northern two lined salamander
Red spotted newt
Spotted Salamander
Spring Peeper (Audio)
Two lined salamander
Wood frog tadpoles
Wood frog  (Audio)

Mammals
Bat, large brown
Bat, small brown
Fox squirrel
Groundhog
Red fox

Fish
Black nosed dace
Shiner species

Tracks & Signs
Accipiter nest
American toad
Baltimore oriole nest
Blue jay nest
Bobcat tracks
Cardinal nest
Deer
Flying Squirrel nest
Gray squirrel
Gray squirrel nest
Opossum
Pileated woodpecker holes
Raccoon
Red fox
Red-eyed Vireo nest
Ruffed grouse
Sapsucker scars
White-footed mouse

 

Butterflies
Compton's tortoise shell
Hackberry emperor
Juvenal's duskywing butterfly
Least skipper
Little wood Satyr
Monarch
Mourning cloak butterfly
Northern Pearly-eye
Question mark
Red admiral
Spring azure butterfly
Tulip tree beauty
Wild indigo duskywing

Dragonflies
Ebony jewelwing
12 spotted skimmer
Black saddlebag

Spiders
Daddy-long-legs (several species)
Jumping spider (several species)

Insects in General
Bee fly
Buffalo treehopper (Ceresa spp)
Bumblebee
Cabbage white butterfly
Carpenter bee
Click beetle
Differential grasshopper
Dogbane beetle
Goldenrod bunch gall midge
Goldenrod gall fly
Goldenrod gall moth
Grapevine epimenis moth
Green shield bug
Honeybee
Japanese beetle
large lace-border moth (Scropula limboundata)
Largid bug (species unknown)
Preying mantis egg case
Seven-spotted ladybug
Shield-backed katydid (Atlanicus spp.)
Snipefly, golden-backed
Snout-nosed leafhopper (Scolops spp)
Spotted cucumber beetle
Striped cucumber beetle
Sweat bee
Two-spotted stinkbug (Perillus bioculatus)

Aquatic invertebrates
Crane fly larva
Crayfish
Dragonfly larva
Mayfly nymph
Stonefly larva
Water boatman
Water striders