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Wildlife near Durham, NC

Illustrated wildlife of Durham

Durham sits in the piedmont forest along the Eno River, and the woods run right through it. White-tailed deer and gray foxes work the river parks, barred owls and pileated woodpeckers hold the hardwoods, and the Eno itself carries great blue herons and wood ducks. The neighborhoods run to northern cardinals and Carolina wrens, and Jordan and Falls Lakes nearby bring in ospreys, herons, and wintering waterfowl.

Everything below is pulled live from recent research-grade observations near Durham. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

124,621
recent observations
30
species listed
8
insects & arthropods
7
birds
6
reptiles & amphibians

Naturalists have logged 124,621 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species near Durham. The most frequently seen is the Eastern Gray Squirrel, with 9,181 recorded sightings.

Insects & Arthropods account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (8 of the species listed here), followed by birds (7).

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Most-observed species near Durham

Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
9,181 observations
Green Anole
Anolis carolinensis
6,389 observations
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Papilio glaucus
6,173 observations
Common Box Turtle
Terrapene carolina
5,583 observations
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
5,510 observations
Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
5,339 observations
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
5,281 observations
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
5,232 observations
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
5,075 observations
crane-fly orchid
Tipularia discolor
4,604 observations · iNaturalist
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
4,173 observations
Little Brown Jugs
Asarum arifolium
3,922 observations · iNaturalist
Christmas fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
3,883 observations
American sweetgum
Liquidambar styraciflua
3,832 observations
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
3,808 observations
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
3,785 observations
Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
3,731 observations
Eastern Bluebird
Sialia sialis
3,563 observations
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
3,551 observations
lesser celandine
Ficaria verna
3,251 observations · iNaturalist
Green Treefrog
Dryophytes cinereus
3,140 observations · iNaturalist
Common Watersnake
Nerodia sipedon
2,988 observations
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
2,985 observations
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
2,951 observations
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
2,880 observations
Cope's Gray Tree Frog
Dryophytes chrysoscelis
2,788 observations · iNaturalist
DeKay's Brownsnake
Storeria dekayi
2,779 observations
Silver-spotted Skipper
Epargyreus clarus
2,763 observations
American tuliptree
Liriodendron tulipifera
2,749 observations
Common Whitetail
Plathemis lydia
2,732 observations

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