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American Crow

Scientific Name: Corvus brachyrhynchos

Family: Corvidae

Native Range: United States and southern Canada

Size: Length: 16-21 in (40–53 cm); Wingspan: 33 to 30 in (85 to 100 cm)

Active: Year round

Color and Appearance: Black, iridescent plumage overall; Broad wings and squared off tail; Long, heavy, black bill; Brown eyes; Black legs and feet

From Alderfer’s Field Guide to Birds, p. 147.

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Gray Catbird

Scientific Name: Dumetella carolinensis

Family: Mimidae

Native Range: Eastern and Central United States to the Rockies, southern Ontario to Central America

Size: Length: Adults 8.1 to 9.4 in (20.5 to 24 cm). Wingspan: 8.7 to 11.8 in (22 to 30 cm). Weight: 0.8 to 2.0 oz (23.2 to 56.5 g)

Active: Spring through fall

Color and Appearance: Dark gray overall, black cap; Long, black tail, often cooked; Undertail coverts chestnut; Dark eyes; Short, dark bill.*

From: Jonathan Alderfer, p. 185.

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Carolina Wren

Scientific Name: Thryothorus ludovicianus

Family: Troglodytidae

Native Range: Eastern North America from extreme southern Ontario to extreme northern Mexico*

Size: Length: 4.9 to 5.5 in (12.5 to 14 cm); Wingspan: 11 in (29 cm); Weight: 0.63 to 0.81 oz (18 to 23 g)*

Active: Year round

Color and Appearance: Rusty brown body. White eye stripe. Whitish buff belly.

From Wikipedia.

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Cardinal, Northern

Scientific Name: Cardinalis cardinalis

Family: Cardinalis

Native Range: Southeastern Canada, Eastern United States, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala*

Size: Body length body: 21–23 cm (8.3–9.1 in)*

Active: Year round

Color and Appearance: Male is red with a distinctive crest and black face mask. Female is reddish olive with a gray face mask

*From Wikipedia.

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White-Tailed Deer

Scientific Name: Odocoileus virginianus

Family: Cervidae

Native Range: North, Central, and northern South America, Pennsylvania

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Eastern Gray Squirrel

Scientific Name: Sciurus carolinensis

Family: Sciuridae

Native Range: Eastern North America, Pennsylvania

Size: Head and Body: 23 – 30 cm (9.1 – 11.8 in); Tail: 19 – 25 cm (7.5 – 9.8 in); Adult weight: 400 – 600 g (14 – 21 oz)*

Active: Year round

Color and Appearance: Grayish fur with a white underside, color morphs include predominantly black or white individuals

Notes: Gray squirrels are an ecologically important forest regenerator in their native range. They are highly adaptable and have been introduced to across the world, particularly Europe. Outside their native range they care considered highly invasive.

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Flat-Tailed Leafcutter Bee

Scientific Name: Megachile mendica  

Family: Megachilidae 

Native Range: United States, Pennsylvania

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Active: Spring – fall

Color and Appearance: Black body with thin lines of hair along abdomen.

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Explicit Arches Moth

Scientific Name: Lacinipolia explicata

Family: Noctuidae

Native Range: Southeastern United States, Pennsylvania rarely*

Size: 28–30 mm (1.10 – 1.18 in)*

Active: April and September*

Color and Appearance:

Larva eat clover and dandelion.*

*From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacinipolia_explicata)

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Smoky Tentanolita Moth

Scientific Name: Tetanolita mynesalis

Family: Erebidae

Native Range: Eastern North America, Pennsylvania*

Size: Wingspan: 20–25 mm (0.79 – 1.0 in)*

Active: May – November*

Color and Appearance:

*From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetanolita_mynesalis)

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Garden Webworm Moth

Scientific Name: Achyra rantalis

Family: Crambidae 

Native Range: Canada, United States, and Mexico; Pennsylvania*

Size: Wingspan:  17–23 mm (0.67–0.91 in)*

Active: Spring – Fall*

Color and Appearance: “Yellowish, pale green or dark greenish body and a yellowish-brown head and reach a length of about 24 mm.”*

*From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achyra_rantalis)