Spotted Joe-Pye Weed

Plants > Wildflowers

Spotted Joe-Pye Weed (Eutrochium maculatum) is a statuesque, magnificent native wetland perennial that reigns as the monarch of late-summer North American meadows. Towering up to eight feet tall on purple-mottled stems crowned with colossal, dome-shaped clusters of...

Blanchard’s Cricket Frog

Amphibians > Tree Frogs

Blanchard’s Cricket Frog (Acris blanchardi) is a miniature, energetic semi-aquatic frog famous for its distinctive breeding call, which sounds exactly like two marbles or steel ball bearings being rapidly clicked together. Although classified taxonomically...

Southern Cricket Frog

Amphibians > Frogs & Toads

The Southern Cricket Frog (Acris gryllus) is a tiny, energetic treefrog relative that has completely abandoned arboreal climbing in favor of a terrestrial, semi-aquatic wetland life. Ubiquitous across the sunny marshes and cypress swamps of the American Southeast,...

Yellow Warbler

Birds > Songbirds

The Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) is a brilliant, sunshine-colored songbird celebrated as one of the most widespread and recognizable warblers in the Western Hemisphere. Filling riparian willow thickets across North America with its cheerful, musical...

Red-gartered Coot

Birds > Gruiformes & Rails

The Red-gartered Coot (Fulica armillata) is a large, charismatic waterbird native to the wetlands, marshes, and lakes of the Southern Cone of South America. The largest and most abundant coot across Patagonia, Argentina, and Chile, it derives its common and scientific...