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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.

6,684
recent observations
30
species listed
12
plants
6
insects & arthropods
8
birds

Naturalists have logged 6,684 research-grade observations across the 30 most-recorded species in Habitat. The most frequently seen is the Common Eastern Bumble Bee, with 749 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
749 observations
Western Honey Bee
Apis mellifera
503 observations
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
336 observations
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
336 observations
garlic mustard
Alliaria petiolata
323 observations
American Robin
Turdus migratorius
297 observations
Asian bittersweet
Celastrus orbiculatus
250 observations
Winter Firefly
Photinus corruscus
225 observations · iNaturalist
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus
204 observations
Wild Turkey
Meleagris gallopavo
200 observations
White-tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus
198 observations
black swallow-wort
Vincetoxicum nigrum
193 observations · iNaturalist
Japanese knotweed
Reynoutria japonica
192 observations
American pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
190 observations
Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis
177 observations
black cherry
Prunus serotina
177 observations
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis
172 observations
eastern white pine
Pinus strobus
170 observations
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo jamaicensis
169 observations
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis
161 observations
Norway maple
Acer platanoides
161 observations · iNaturalist
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
159 observations
eastern poison ivy
Toxicodendron radicans
152 observations
Painted Turtle
Chrysemys picta
149 observations
common milkweed
Asclepias syriaca
147 observations
Monarch
Danaus plexippus
146 observations
striped wintergreen
Chimaphila maculata
138 observations
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias
137 observations
Small White
Pieris rapae
137 observations
staghorn sumac
Rhus typhina
136 observations

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