Wildlife in the Barley Barber Swamp

Birds | Reptiles and amphibians | Mammals | Plants

Birds

The following is a list of some of the birds that can be found in the Barley Barber Swamp and Martin Reservoir:

• American redstart
• anhinga
• barn owl
• barred owl
• belted kingfisher
• black and white warbler
• black vulture
• blue jay
• boar-tailed grackle
• cardinal
• Carolina wren
• catbird
• cattle egret
• common moorhen
• common yellowthroat
• cormorant
• great blue heron
• great horned own
• greater yellowlegs
• green heron
• kestrel
• little blue heron
• loggerhead shrike
• marsh hawk
• meadowlark
• mockingbird
• mottled duck
• pied-billed grebe
• pileated woodpecker
• red-bellied woodpecker
• red-tailed hawk
• red-winged blackbird
• southern bald eagle
• tri-colored heron
• turkey vulture
• white ibis
• white pelican
• white-eyed vireo
• wood stork
• yellow-billed cuckoo.

Reptiles and amphibians

The following is a list of some of the reptiles and amphibians that can be found in the Barley Barber Swamp and Martin Reservoir:

• alligator
• banded water snake
• black racer
• brown water snake
• carolina anole
• cottonmouth moccasin
• five-linked skunk
• Florida soft-shell turtle
• garter snake
• gopher tortoise
• green tree frog
• indigo snake
• leopard frog
• oak toad
• rattlesnake
• red-bellied turtle
• rough green snake
• southern ringneck snake.

Mammals

The following is a list of some of the mammals that can be found in the Barley Barber Swamp and Martin Reservoir:

• armadillo
• bobcat
• cotton mouse
• deer
• eastern gray squirrel
• Florida panther
• gray fox
• marsh hare
• opossum
• raccoon
• river otter
• striped skunk.

Plants

The following is a list of some of the plants that can be found in the Barley Barber Swamp and Martin Reservoir:

• bald cypress
• Boston fern
• bracken fern
• butterfly orchid
• cabbage palm
• canana lily
• Dahoon holly
• lichens
• live oak
• moss
• needle-leaved air plant
• poison ivy
• pond apple
• resurrection fern
• royal fern
• shoestring fern
• stiff-leaved wild pine
• strangler fig
• strap fern
• wild coffee.