the bird species
who enhabit these forests
red tailed hawk red-shouldered hawk Eurpoean starling pileated woodpecker red-bellied and red-headed woodpecker american goldfinch american robin carolina chickadee carolina wren cardinal eastern kingbird and bluebird great blue heron yellow-billed cuckoo eastern pheobe barred owl blue jay summer tanager red-eyed vireo northern mockingbird
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Located in a rare Piedmont alluvial forest of The Upper Tar River Basin, the old hardwoods and watershed act as a Riparian Buffer zone protecting a rare aquatic habitat that is home to a diverse ecosystem of plants, animals and wildlife.
Rare River Mussels - Five species of endangered freshwater river mussel clean the water here:
Dwarf Wedgemussel (Alasmidonta heterodon)
Atlantic Pigtoe (Fusconaia Masoni)
Yellow Lampmussel (Lampsilis cariosa)
Chameleon Lampmussel (Lampsilis sp.2)
Creeper (Strophitis undulatus)
“Rare freshwater mussels thrive here because the stream is protected, embraced by the rows of trees along the banks - they still think they are in a forest! ”
