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Wildlife in Mass Audubon Habitat Education Center

Here’s what naturalists are spotting in Habitat right now - pulled live from recent research-grade observations. Browse by group, explore the map, and identify what you find with Huck.

6,783
recent observations
30
species listed
12
plants
6
insects & arthropods
8
birds

Naturalists have logged 6,783 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Habitat. The most frequently seen is the Common Eastern Bumble Bee, with 768 recorded sightings.

Plants account for the largest share of what gets recorded there (12 of the species listed here), followed by insects & arthropods (6).

Rarer finds confirmed in Habitat include Spotted Wintergreen - uncommon enough that a sighting is worth logging.

Spotted Wintergreen
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Most-observed species in Habitat

Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
768 observations
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
528 observations
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
336 observations
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
336 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
323 observations
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
305 observations
Asian bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
252 observations
Winter Firefly
Photinus corruscus
225 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
206 observations
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
203 observations
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
199 observations
black swallow-wort
Vincetoxicum nigrum
196 observations · iNaturalist
Japanese knotweed
Reynoutria japonica
195 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
193 observations
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
187 observations
black cherry
Prunus serotina
177 observations
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
172 observations
eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
172 observations
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
171 observations
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
164 observations
Norway maple
Acer platanoides
164 observations · iNaturalist
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
161 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
152 observations
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta
150 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
148 observations
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
148 observations
Small White
Pieris rapae
140 observations
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
138 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
138 observations
staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina
136 observations

Built from recent research-grade iNaturalist observations. Identifications are community-sourced and may occasionally be wrong, and the ranking reflects where people record and photograph wildlife, so a species seen often here is not necessarily rare elsewhere. Some plants and animals are only out in certain seasons. Treat this as a lively snapshot of what people are finding, not a formal checklist.

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