New England Species

Bombus impatiens, Common Eastern Bumblebee

Yellow vertex, clearish wings, short hairs, fuzzy black spot on thorax

Bombus bimaculatus, Two-Spotted Bumblebee

Yellow vertex, darker wings, long hair, extra yellow spots further down

Bombus griseocollis, brown-belted bumblebee

Black vertex, darker wings, small black dot, short hair, brown belt

Sciurus carolinensis, eastern gray squirrel

Mostly gray, can vary in hue, whitish belly, brown on face

Branta canadensis, Canada Goose

Black head and neck, white cheeks, no dimorphism

Anas platyrhynchos, Mallard

Male: glossy green head, gray wings, white belly, blue wing stripe

Female: brown with blue wing stripe edged white, orange beak or splotchy dark

Larus smithsonianus, Anerican Herring Gull

Larger than ring-billed, pink legs, red beak spot, gray wings

Larus delawarensis, Ring-Billed Gull

Black ring around beak, yellow legs, smaller, gray wings

Larus marinus, Great Black-Backed Gull

Huge, back and wings almost black, guttural call, red spot on beak

Passer domesticus, House Sparrow

Not real sparrow, male has black bib, white cheeks, gray crown, females have black and buff back stripes but smoother head and buff eyebrow stripe

Turdus migratorius, American Robin

Red belly, black head, white around eye

Sylvilagus floridanus, Eastern Cottontail

Unlike New England cottontail, no black spot between ears

Apis mellifera, Western Honey Bee

Fuzzy thorax, striped abdomen

Harmonia axyridis, Asian Lady Beetle

Non-native, M-shaped spot behind head

Meleagris gallopavo, Wild Turkey

Large, has wattle, roosts in trees

Somateria mollissima, Common Eider

Male: black and white w green nape patch, bill large and slopes down

Female: brown and barred, similar beaks

Pinus strobus, Eastern White Pine

Long cone, five needles per fascicle

Pinus Rigida, Pitch Pine

Three needles per fascicle, egg-shaoed cones, scaly bark

Celastrus orbiculatus, Oriental Bitersweet

Invasive, long vine, alternate leaves, round to oblong w toothed edges, red berries w yellow castings