Welcome to a wild place: this block in 1609! Through the tabs below, discover the wildlife, Native American use, and landscape factors of this block's original ecology, as reconstructed by the Mannahatta Project. You can also explore the block today and sponsor the Mannahatta Project into the future.

Find out what plants and animals might have lived in this block in September 1609. Click on the common name to see that species in the center of the Muir web; click on the scientific name to learn more about the ecology of the species.

• Mammals
• Birds
• Reptiles
• Amphibians
• Fish
• Plants

 

Common Name		Scientific Name		Probability
Sharp-shinned Hawk		Accipiter striatus
Red-tailed Hawk		Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk		Buteo platypterus
Northern Flicker		Colaptes auratus
American Crow		Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven		Corvus corax
Passenger Pigeon		Ectopistes migratorius
Black-capped Chickadee		Poecile atricapillus
Brown Thrasher		Toxostoma rufum
American Robin		Turdus migratorius
Cedar Waxwing		Bombycilla cedrorum
Ruffed Grouse		Bonasa umbellus
Great Horned Owl		Bubo virginianus
Purple Finch		Carpodacus purpureus
Bay-breasted Warbler		Dendroica castanea
Blackpoll Warbler		Dendroica striata
American Kestrel		Falco sparverius
Baltimore Oriole		Icterus galbula
Wild Turkey		Meleagris gallopavo
Black-and-white Warbler		Mniotilta varia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak		Pheucticus ludovicianus
Downy Woodpecker		Picoides pubescens
White-breasted Nuthatch		Sitta carolinensis
House Wren		Troglodytes aedon
Red-eyed Vireo		Vireo olivaceus
Canada Warbler		Wilsonia canadensis
Mourning Dove		Zenaida macroura
Bald Eagle		Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Osprey		Pandion haliaetus
Long-billed Curlew		Numenius americanus
Eskimo Curlew		Numenius borealis
Swainson's Thrush		Catharus ustulatus
Red-winged Blackbird		Agelaius phoeniceus
Veery		Catharus fuscescens
Common Grackle		Quiscalus quiscula
American Woodcock		Scolopax minor
American Redstart		Setophaga ruticilla
Blue Jay		Cyanocitta cristata
Ruby-throated Hummingbird		Archilochus colubris
Red-shouldered Hawk		Buteo lineatus
Hermit Thrush		Catharus guttatus
Olive-sided Flycatcher		Contopus cooperi
Black-throated Blue Warbler		Dendroica caerulescens
Magnolia Warbler		Dendroica magnolia
Black-throated Green Warbler		Dendroica virens
Red-bellied Woodpecker		Melanerpes carolinus
Indigo Bunting		Passerina cyanea
Wilson's Warbler		Wilsonia pusilla
Common Yellowthroat		Geothlypis trichas
Great Crested Flycatcher		Myiarchus crinitus
Eastern Kingbird		Tyrannus tyrannus
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher		Empidonax flaviventris
Nashville Warbler		Vermivora ruficapilla
Warbling Vireo		Vireo gilvus
Hairy Woodpecker		Picoides villosus
Northern Saw-whet Owl		Aegolius acadicus
Scarlet Tanager		Piranga olivacea
Ovenbird		Seiurus aurocapilla
Field Sparrow		Spizella pusilla