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Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Reserve
in
Atlantic Coastal Plain
in
Virginia Beach
,
VA
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Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge in southeastern Virginia is located in the independent city of Virginia Beach. Established in 1938 in an isolated portion of the former Princess Anne County, it is managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. The administrative office is located on Sandbridge Road at Sigma between Lago Mar and Sandbridge Beach. The Visitor Contact Center is accessed via Sandpiper …
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2
Mackay Island National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Reserve
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Atlantic Coastal Plain
near
Knotts Island Ferry
,
NC
Recreation Overview
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Trails
(9)
FEATURED
Ashville Bridge Creek Trail
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Trailheads
(1)
FEATURED
Back Bay NWR Trailhead
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Boat Launches
(1)
FEATURED
Horn Point Canoe Launch
Attractions
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Bird Watching Areas
(4)
FEATURED
Back Bay NWR Bird Watching Platform
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Observation Points
(1)
FEATURED
Marsh Ridge Overlook
Plants
Pontederia Crassipes
Eichhornia crassipes (species),
“Water Hyacinth”, “Common Water Hyacinth”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Narrowleaf Cattail
Typha angustifolia (species),
“Lesser Bulrush”, “Lesser Reedmace”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Reed
Phragmites australis (species),
“Phragmites Communis”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Manyflower Marshpennywort
Hydrocotyle umbellata (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pontederia cordata
SPECIES ·
“Pickerelweed”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Common Bottlenose Dolphin
Tursiops truncatus (species),
“Bottlenose Dolphin”, “Bottle-Nosed Dophin”, “Common Bottle-Nosed Dolphin”, “Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin”, “Bottle-Nosed Dolphin”, “Cowfish”
16
Observations
JAN - DEC
Harbour Porpoise
Phocoena phocoena (species),
“Common Porpoise”, “Harbor Porpoise”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Agkistrodon piscivorus
SPECIES ·
“Cottonmouth”, “Water Viper”, “Eastern Cottonmouth”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
White-Tailed Deer
Odocoileus virginianus (species),
“Dama Virginiana”, “Odocoileus Spelaeus”, “Key Deer”, “Key Deer Toy Deer”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Southern Toad
Anaxyrus terrestris (species),
“Bufo Terrestris”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Double-Crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus (species)
4,785
Observations
JAN - DEC
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias (species)
4,626
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos (species)
4,431
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus (species)
4,347
Observations
JAN - DEC
Northern Cardinal
Cardinalis cardinalis (species),
“Common Cardinal”
4,186
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Libellula needhami
SPECIES ·
“Needham's Skimmer”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Orchelimum erythrocephalum
SPECIES ·
“Red-Headed Meadow Katydid”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Erythemis simplicicollis
SPECIES ·
“Eastern Pondhawk”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Halloween Pennant
Celithemis eponina (species)
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Brachymesia gravida
SPECIES ·
“Four-Spotted Pennant”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Protected Area
33
Nature Reserve
3
Wildlife Reserve
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Wildlife Reserve
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge
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