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Goddard Bio-Diversity Study

At our Forum in October 2005, Dr. Lowell Adams, adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Maryland in the Natural Resource Management program, presented the results of his work on a two-year grant with GSFC's Safety and Environmental Division that concluded December 2004. His Powerpoint presentation is available here:

Bio-Diversity Presentation (This is a 12.5 Mbyte File)

Here are some wild things that have been sighted recently at Goddard:

Birds

  • Orchard Oriole
  • Scarlet Tanager
  • Eastern Kingbird
  • Sharp-Shinned hawk
  • Ovenbird
  • Blackpoll Warbler
  • Pine Warbler
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Eastern Towhee
  • Red-eyed Vireo
  • Gray Catbird
  • Common Grackle
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Blue Jay
  • Chimney Swift
  • Tree Swallow
  • Carolina Chickadee
  • American Goldfinch
  • European Starling (not native)
  • Eastern Bluebird

Native Wildflowers

  • Foxglove beardtongue
  • Blue-eyed grass
  • Maryland meadow beauty
  • Blue Toadflax
  • Creeping Blackberry
  • Mistflower
  • Swamp Azalea
  • Sweet Bay Magnolia
  • False Indigo
  • Winterberry
  • Common Milkweed
  • Dogbane
  • Highbush Blueberry
  • Monkeyflower
  • Late-blooming thoroughwort
  • Goldenrod
  • Partridgeberry
  • American Holly

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Last Revised: October 18, 2005 csi