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Amphibians

Seven species of frogs, one toad and two salamanders can be found mostly in the marshes and creeks with some  found in the lakes. In the spring, frog eggs and tadpoles can be spotted in puddles left by melting snow.
  • American Toad - Bufo americanus
  • Blue-Spotted Salamander - Ambystoma laterale
  • Red Backed Salamander - Plethoden cinereus
  • Spring Peeper - Hyla crucifer
  • Bull Frog - Rana catesbeiana
  • Northern Leopard Frog - Rana pipiens
  • ​Wood Frog - Rana sylvatica
  • Green Frog- Rana clamitans melanota
  • Eastern Gray Treefrog- Hyla versicolor​

Fish

 The fish in Fumee Lake represent what may be a community found primarily in the history books. The fish here occur naturally and do not owe their presence to any human activity such as management through stocking. Since recreational fishing has been closed to the public for over 100 years, the removal of fish from the lake has been minimal. Bass spawning beds can be readily observed near shorelines and fish of all species are larger than average.
County ordinance prohibits possession of fishing equipment on the property
  • Rock Bass - Ambloplites rupestris
  • Pumpkinseed - Lepomis gibbosus
  • Bluegill - Lepomis macrochirus
  • Smallmouth Bass - Micropterus dolomieui
  • Northern Pike - Esox lucius
  • Brown Bullhead - Ictalurus nebulosus
  • ​Yellow Perch - Perca flavescens
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Mammals 


A variety of species of mammals can be found here. Some, such as the whitetail deer, are common; while others, namely the fisher, are a little harder to find. Below are some of the species you may encounter.
  • Red Fox - Vulpes fulva
  • Whitetail Deer - Odocoileus virginianus
  • ​Muskrat - Ondatra zibethica
  • Deer Mouse - Peromyscus maniculatus
  • Porcupine - Erethizon dorsatum
  • Snowshoe Hare - Lepus americanus
  • Eastern Cottontail - Sylvilagus floridanus
  • River Otter (above)- Lutra canadensis
  • Fisher - Martes pennanti
  • Striped Skunk - Mephitis mephitis
  • Least Weasel - Mustela rixosa
  • Mink - Mustela vison
  • Coyote - Canis latrans
  • Badger -Taxidea taxus
  • Raccoon - Procyon lotor
  • Northern Flying Squirrel - Glaucomys sabrinus
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel - Sciurus carolinensi
  • Red Squirrel - Tamiasciuris hudsonicus
  • Eastern Chipmunk - Tamias striatus
  • Shorttail Shrew - Blarina brevicauda
  • Pygmy Shrew - Microsorex hoyi
  • Starnose Mole - Condylura cristata
  • Shrew-Mole - Neurotrichus gibbsi
  • Black Bear - Ursa americanus
  • Big Brown Bat - Eptesicus fuscus
  • ​Woodchuck- Marmota monax

Reptiles

Several species of turtles and snakes call Fumee their home. Many of the turtles lay their eggs in the railroad grade in the marsh only to be eaten by predators. Garter snakes and painted turtles are common.
  • Snapping Turtle - Chelydra serpentina
  • Fox Snake or Pine Snake - Elaphe vulpina
  • Smooth Green Snake - Opheodrys vernalis
  • Red-Bellied Snake - Storeria occipitomaculata
  • Eastern Garter Snake - Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis
  • Painted Turtle - Chrysemys picta
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Birds of Fumee Lake

The number of bird species found in and around FNLA change as new species are observed. For the most recent species see our Bird Checklist. 
Classification of Bird Abundance Status
A - Abundant   C - Common  U - Uncommon  R - Rare

Classification of Breeding Bird Behavior
O - Species (male or female) observed during the breeding season; believed not to be breeding in the area
X - Singing male present in suitable nesting habitat during its breeding season
P - Pair observed in suitable nesting habitat during its breeding season
T - Permanent territory through defense
CO - Courtship behavior or copulation
N - Visiting probable nest-site
AG - Agitated behavior or anxiety calls from adults(s)
B - Nest building by wrens; excavation by woodpeckers
DD - Distraction display or injury feigning
ON - Occupied nest: adults entering or leaving nest site indicating incubating or brooding
AY - Attending young: adult carrying fecal sac or food for young, or feeding recently fledged young
NY - Nest with young seen or heard





Buteo jamaicensis
Buteo lagopus
Buteo platypterus
Circus cyaneus
Haliaeetus leucocephalus






​NY

O
O
T
NY

​Red Tailed Hawk

Rough-Legged Hawk
Broad-Winged Hawk
Northern Harrier
Bald Eagle

​C

U
U
C
C
ACCIPITRIDAE Hawks and Eagles
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ALAUDIDAE Larks
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Eremophila alpestris


​AY


​Horned Lark


​C



​Megaceryle alcyon


​AY


​Belted Kingfisher


​A
ALCEDINIDAE Kingfisher
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ANATIDAE Swans, Geese and Ducks
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Aix sponsa
Anas acuta
Anas crecca
Anas discors
Anas platyrhynchos
Anas rubripes
Aythya affinis
Aythya collaris
Aythya marila
Branta canadensis
Bucephala albeola
Lophodytes cucullatus
Mergus merganser
Olor columbianus
Oxyura jamaicensis


​AY

CO
AY
AY
AY
CO
CO
CO
O
AY
CO
O
O
O
​P


​Wood Duck
Common Pintail
Green-Winged Teal
Blue-Winged Teal
Mallard
American Black Duck
Lesser Scaup 
Ring-Necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Canada Goose
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Whistling Swan 
Ruddy Duck


​C
​R
C
C
C
C
C
C
U
C
C
U
C
R
R

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​Chaetura pelagica 
 


​P


Chimney Swift 
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​C
APODIDAE Swifts
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ARDEIDAE Herons and Bitterns
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​Ardea herodias
Botaurus lentiginosus
Butorides striatus


​AY

DD
AY


​Great Blue Heron
American Bittern
Green Heron


​C

U
U



Bombycilla cedrorum
Bombycilla garrulus




​
​NY
​X



​Cedar Waxwing
​Bohemian Waxwing


​
​C

U
BOMBYCILLIDAE Waxwings
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CATHARTIDAE American Vultures
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​Cathartes aura 


​​O


​​Turkey Vulture


​C



​Chordeiles minor
Caprimulgus vociferus



​T
T


​Common Nighthawk
Whip-Poor-Will


C
C

CAPRIMULGIDAE Goatsuckers
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CERTHIIDAE Creepers
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​Certhia familiaris


​​P


​Brown Creeper


​C



​Charadrius vociferus


​​DD


​Killdeer


​C
CHARADRIIDAE Plovers
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COLUMBIDAE Pigeons and Doves
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​Columba livia
Zenaida macroura



​AY

AY


​Rock Dove
Mourning Dove


​U
C



​Corvus brachyrhynchos
Corvus corax
Cyanocitta cristata
Perisoreus canadensis



​AY
AY
AY
O


​American Crow

Northern Raven
Blue Jay
Gray Jay


​A
C
C
R
CORVIDAE Crows, Jays, Ravens
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FALCONIDAE Caracaras and Falcons
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Falco sparverius







​ON


American Kestrel


​U



​Cardeulis pinus
Cardeulis tristis
Cardinalis cardinalis
Carpodacus purpureus
Hesperiphona vespertina
Junco hyemalis
Melospiza georgiana
Melospiza melodia
Passerina cyanea
Pheuticus ludovicianus
Pinicola enucleator
Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Plectrophenax nivalis
Pooecetes gramineus
Spizella pallida
Spizella passerina
Zonotrichia albicollis



​​T
T
T
T
P
X
N
DD
N
N
P
NY
O
T
AG
P



​Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Northern Cardinal
Purple Finch
Evening Grosbeak
Northern Junco
Swamp Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Indigo Bunting
Rose Breasted Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
Roufous Sided Towhee
Snow Bunting
Vesper Sparrow
Clay Colored Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White Throated Sparrow


​C
C
R
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
R
C
U
C
C
C
C
FRINGILLIDAE Grosbeaks, Finches, Sparrows and Buntings
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GAVIIDAE Loons
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​Gavia immer


​AY


​Common Loon


​C



​Hirundo rustico
Iridoprocne bicolor
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Progne subis
Riparia riparia
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis



​AY
AY
T
AY
AY
AY


​Barn Swallow
Tree Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Purple Martin
Bank Swallow
Rough-Winged Swallow


​C
C
C
C
C
C
HIRUNDINIDAE Swallows
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ICTERIDAE Blackbirds and Orioles
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Angelaius phoenicues
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Icterus galbula
Molothrus ater
Quiscalus quiscula
Sturnella magna

​


​AY
AY
AY
AY
AY
AY


Red-Winged Blackbird
Bobolink
Northern Oriole
Brown Headed Cowbird
Common Grackle
Eastern Meadowlark

​


​A
U
C
C
C
C



​Larus argentatus
Larus delawarensis



​O
T


​Herring Gull
Ringbilled Gull


​U
U
LARIDAE Gulls and Terns
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MELEAGRIDIDAE Turkeys
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​Meleagris gallopavo


​AY


​Wild Turkey


​C



​Dumetella carolinensis
Toxostoma rufum



​NY
AY


​Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher


​C
C
MIMIDAE Mockingbirds and Thrashers
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PANDIONIDAE Ospreys
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Pandion haliaetus
AY
Osprey
U



​Parus atricapillus


​AY


​Black-Capped Chickadee


​A
PARIDAE Titmice
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PARULIDAE Wood Warblers
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​Dendroica coronata
Dendroica magnolia
Dendroica palmarum
Dendroica pensylvanica
Dendroica petechia
Dendroica pinus
Dendroica striata
Dendroica virens
Geothlypis trichas
Mniotilta varia
Oporornis philadelphia
Seiurus aurocapillus
Seiurus noveboracensis
Setophaga ruticilla
Vermivora chrysoptera
Vermivora peregrina
Vermivora ruficapilla
Wilsonia pusilla



​​T
X
O
N
N
T
X
T
AY
O
N
AY
AG
P
T
X
T
T



​Yellow Rumped Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Palm Warbler
Chestnut Sided Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Pine Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black Throated Green Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Black and White Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
American Redstart
Golden Winged Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Wilson’s Warbler


​C
U
C
C
C
C
R
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
U
U
C
U

PICIDAE Woodpeckers
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​Colaptes auratus
Dryocopus pileatus
Melanerpes erythocephalus
Picoides pubescens
Picoides villosus
Sphyrapicus varius


​AY
P
AY
B
CO
CO


​Common Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Red-Headed Woodpecker 
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker


​A
C
U
A
A
C



​Passer domesticus


​AY


​House Sparrow


​C
PLOCEIDAE Weaver Finches
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PODICIPEDIDAE Grebe
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​Podilymbus podiceps


​AY


Pied-Billed Grebe


​C


​
Fulica americana
Porzana carolina
Rallus limicola






​AY
AY
AY


​American Coot
Sora
Virginia Rail


​U
U
U
RALLIDAE Coots and Rails
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SCOLOPACIDAE Sandpipers
​
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​
​Actitis macularia
Capella gallinago
Philohela minor


​
​X
T
O


​
​Spotted Sandpiper
Common Snipe
American Woodcock


​
​C
C
C



​Sitta canadensis
Sitta carolinensis



​AY
N


​Red-Breasted Nuthatch
White-Breasted Nuthatch


​C

C
SITTIDAE Nuthatch
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STRIGIDAE Owls
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​Bubo virginianus
Strix varia



​T
T


​Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl


​C
C



​Sturnus vulgaris


​AY


​European Starling


​C
STURNIDAE Starlings
Picture

SYLVIIDAE Kinglets
Picture


​Regulus calendula
Regulus satrapa



​T
AG


​Ruby-Crowned Kinglet
Golden Crowned Kinglet


​U
C

Bonasa umbellus
AY
Ruffed Grouse
C
TETRAONIDAE Grouse
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THRAUPIDAE Tanagers
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​Piranga olivacea


​AY


​Scarlet Tanager


​C



​Troglodytes aedon
Troglodytes troglodytes



​NY
O


​House Wren
Winter Wren


​C
C
TROGLODYTIDAE Wren
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TROCHILIDAE Hummingbirds
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​Archilochus colubris


​AY


​Ruby-Throated Hummingbird


U



​Catharus fuscescens
Catharus guttatus
Hylocichla mustelina
Sialia sialis
Turdus migratorius



​T
T
T
ON
AY


​Veery
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush
Eastern Bluebird
American Robin


​C
C
C
U
A
TURDIDAE Thrushes
​
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TYRANNIDAE Tyrant Flycatchers
Picture


​Contopus virens
Empidonax flaviventris
Empidonax minimus
Myiarchus crinitus
Nuttallornis borealis
Sayornis phoebe
Tyrannus tyrannus



​T
T
T
NB
O
AY
AY


​Eastern Pewee
Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Olive-Sided Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe
Eastern Kingbird


​C
U
C
C
C
C
C



​Vireo flavifrons
Vireo gilvus
Vireo olivaceus
Vireo solitarius



​AG
AG
T
X


​Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Solitary Vireo


​C
C
A
C
VIREONIDAE Vireos
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