Site Report: James Phillip State Park
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Swamp
Visits
- 2025-07-21: I had visited this park a few times with a friend who walks their dogs here. If you can get here before the dogs do, it is a very good marsh system. I guess it had been raining as part of the trail network was flooded.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (24 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(24 records)
Class: Birds
(24 records)
- Order: Anseriformes
(2 records)
- Family: Swans, Geese, and Ducks
- Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
- Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
- Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(1 record)
- Family: Swifts
- Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica)
- Order: Perching Birds
(18 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus)
- Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)
- Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)
- Family: Chickadees and Titmice
- Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)
- Family: Swallows
- Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- American Robin (Turdus migratorius)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii)
- Family: Vireos
- Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
- Family: Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)
- Family: Wrens
- Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Downy Woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens)