Charlotte sits in the Carolina piedmont, where old hardwood forest still runs right up to the office parks. Gray squirrels and northern cardinals are the constant backdrop, but the greenways along Little Sugar Creek and the woods around the Catawba are where it gets interesting: red-tailed hawks working the tree lines, barred owls calling after dark, and copperheads that people meet more often than they would like in late summer. Spring and fall migration push warblers and tanagers through the canopy.
Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Charlotte. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.
37,061
recent observations
30
species listed
9
reptiles & amphibians
8
birds
6
insects & arthropods
Naturalists have logged 37,061 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Charlotte. The most frequently seen is the Green Anole, with 2,857 recorded sightings.
Reptiles & Amphibians account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (9 of the species listed here), followed by birds (8).