Black Bear

Dens in slash piles; forages berries.

Black-billed Cuckoo

Yes

Sp,Su

Low, dense, shrubby vegetation.

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Yes

Sp,Su

Forest, especially with understory of mountain laurel.

Blue-gray Gnatcatcher

Yes

Sp,Su

Brushy clearings with elevated cavity trees.

Blue-spotted Salamander

SC

Sp,Su,F

Occasionally in old pastures.

Blue-winged Warbler

Yes

Sp,Su

Old fields; prefers saplings over 10' tall.

Brown Thrasher

Yes

Sp,Su

Low, dense, woody vegetation.

Common Yellowthroat

Sp,Su

Occasionally in dry thickets or dense undergrowth in open-canopy forest.

Coyote

Hunts snowshoe hare and deer.

Eastern Bluebird

Sp,Su

May nest in brushy clearings with elevated cavity trees.

Eastern Box Turtle

SC

Sp,Su,F

Rests in brush piles and thickets.

Eastern Cottontail

Yes

Brush piles, shrubby cover.

Ermine

Yes

Dense brushy cover.

Field Sparrow

Yes

Sp,Su

Disturbed areas with shrub growth.

Golden-winged Warbler

E

Yes

Sp,Su

Especially brushy open clearings in deciduous forest.

Gray Catbird

Yes

Sp,Su

Dense thickets of shrubs; briar patches.

Hermit Thrush

Yes

Sp,Su

Dry, brushy clearings; dense undergrowth.

House Wren

Yes

W

Thickets, brushpiles for wintering.

Indigo Bunting

Sp,Su

Brushy vegetation especially near streams.

Least Flycatcher

Yes

Sp,Su

Open shrublands.

Lincoln's Sparrow

Sp,Su

Low brush with grasses or sedges.

Long-tailed Shrew

1 year clearcuts in coniferous forest.

Meadow Jumping Mouse

Moist brushy areas.

Mourning Warbler

SC

Yes

Sp,Su

Dense briars, shrubs, or saplings.

Nashville Warbler

Yes

Sp,Su

Scattered young trees among brush.

New England Cottontail

Yes

Young forest with thick cover.

Northern Brown Snake

Sp,Su,F

May hide under brush piles.

Northern Goshawk

Sp,Su

Feeds in brushy openings.

Northern Mockingbird

Yes

ALL

Dense woody vegetation with elevated perches.

Pine Siskin

Yes

Sp,Su

Alder thickets.

Ring-necked Pheasant

Yes

ALL

Natural populations supplemented by restocking.

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Yes

Sp,Su

Edge between brushy area and tall forest.

Ruffed Grouse

Yes

ALL

Shrubby thickets, dense brush.

Rufous-sided Towhee

Yes

Sp,Su

Dense, brushy cover, especially in burned oak areas.

Smoky Shrew

1 year clearcuts in coniferous forest.

Snowshoe Hare

Yes

Dense brushy cover.

Song Sparrow

Yes

Sp,Su

Prefers briars and multiflora rose.

Veery

Yes

Sp,Su

Dense undergrowth; may nest in brushpiles.

Virginia Opossum

May seek cover in brush piles

White-eyed Vireo

Yes

Sp,Su

Dense, shrubby lowlands, briar patches, old fields.

White-footed Mouse

Brushy forest clearings.

White-tailed Deer

Yes

Browses twigs and bark.

White-throated Sparrow

Yes

Sp,Su

Brushy clearings.

Winter Wren

Yes

ALL

Slash piles, windthrows for nesting; dense undergrowth for wintering.

Worm-eating Warbler

Yes

Sp,Su

Rare; dense understory in ravines or dry, wooded hillsides.

Yellow-breasted Chat

Yes

Sp,Su

Brushy clearings from logging or burning; brushy pastures, especially near water.