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Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Wildlife Reserve
in
Atlantic Coastal Plain
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DE
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The Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge is a 15,978 acres (64.66 km2) National Wildlife Refuge located along the eastern coast of Kent County, Delaware, United States, on Delaware Bay. It was established on March 16, 1937 as a refuge and breeding ground for migratory and wintering waterfowl along the Atlantic Flyway. The Refuge was purchased from local land owners with federal duck stamp funds. T…
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Wildlife Reserve
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Recreation Overview
Trails
(6)
FEATURED
Shearness Observation Tower Trail
Attractions
Visitor Centers
(1)
FEATURED
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Plants
Crippled Cranefly
Tipularia discolor (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Arisaema triphyllum (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Solanum carolinense
SPECIES ·
“Carolina Horsenettle”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Southern Arrowwood
Viburnum dentatum (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Oak Mistletoe
Phoradendron leucarpum (species)
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
Red Fox
Vulpes vulpes (species),
“Fox”, “Cross Fox”, “Silver Fox”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Bufo Fowleri
Anaxyrus fowleri (species),
“Fowler's Toad”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Lithobates catesbeianus
SPECIES ·
“American Bullfrog”, “Bullfrog”, “Common Bullfrog”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Snapping Turtle
Chelydra serpentina (species),
“North American Snapping Turtle”, “Snapping Turtle”
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Eastern Cottontail
Sylvilagus floridanus (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Birds
Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias (species)
17,897
Observations
JAN - DEC
Canada Goose
Branta canadensis (species),
“Lesser Canada Goose”, “Greater Canada Goose”
16,912
Observations
JAN - DEC
Red-Winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus (species)
16,558
Observations
JAN - DEC
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos (species),
“Wild Duck”, “Mallard Duck”, “Common Mallard”, “Northern Mallard”
15,874
Observations
JAN - DEC
Great Egret
Ardea alba (species),
“Great White Egret”, “Great White Heron”, “Common Egret”, “Eastern Great Egret”, “Large Egret”, “Western Great Egret”
14,324
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Insects
Erythrodiplax berenice
SPECIES ·
“Seaside Dragonlet”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Erythemis simplicicollis
SPECIES ·
“Eastern Pondhawk”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Harmonia axyridis
SPECIES ·
“Harlequin Ladybird”, “Harlequin”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Rambur's Forktail
Ischnura ramburii (species)
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus (species),
“Monarch”, “Milkweed”, “Common Tiger”, “Wanderer”, “Black Veined Brown”, “Common Tiger Wanderer”
5
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Protected Area
33
Nature Reserve
3
Wildlife Reserve
Classified As
Wildlife Reserve
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
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