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
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Common Name		Scientific Name		Probability
Sharp-shinned Hawk		Accipiter striatus
Red-winged Blackbird		Agelaius phoeniceus
Wood Duck		Aix sponsa
American Black Duck		Anas rubripes
Red-tailed Hawk		Buteo jamaicensis
Broad-winged Hawk		Buteo platypterus
Green Heron		Butorides virescens
White-rumped Sandpiper		Calidris fuscicollis
Pectoral Sandpiper		Calidris melanotos
Least Sandpiper		Calidris minutilla
Semipalmated Sandpiper		Calidris pusilla
Northern Flicker		Colaptes auratus
American Crow		Corvus brachyrhynchos
Common Raven		Corvus corax
Blue Jay		Cyanocitta cristata
Passenger Pigeon		Ectopistes migratorius
Bald Eagle		Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Eastern Towhee		Pipilo erythrophthalmus
Black-capped Chickadee		Poecile atricapillus
Common Grackle		Quiscalus quiscula
Tree Swallow		Tachycineta bicolor
Brown Thrasher		Toxostoma rufum
American Robin		Turdus migratorius
Spotted Sandpiper		Actitis macularius
Common Moorhen		Gallinula chloropus
American Bittern		Botaurus lentiginosus
American Woodcock		Scolopax minor
Northern Bobwhite		Colinus virginianus
Song Sparrow		Melospiza melodia
Gray Catbird		Dumetella carolinensis
Blue-winged Teal		Spatula discors
Marsh Wren		Cistothorus palustris
Cedar Waxwing		Bombycilla cedrorum
Ruffed Grouse		Bonasa umbellus
Great Horned Owl		Bubo virginianus
Canada Warbler		Cardellina canadensis
Swainson's Thrush		Catharus ustulatus
Eastern Wood Peewee		Contopus virens
Downy Woodpecker		Dryobates pubescens
American Kestrel		Falco sparverius
Common Yellowthroat		Geothlypis trichas
Purple Finch		Haemorhous purpureus
Baltimore Oriole		Icterus galbula
Wild Turkey		Meleagris gallopavo
Black-and-white Warbler		Mniotilta varia
Rose-breasted Grosbeak		Pheucticus ludovicianus
Eastern Phoebe		Sayornis phoebe
Northern Parula		Setophaga americana
Bay-breasted Warbler		Setophaga castanea
American Redstart		Setophaga ruticilla
Blackpoll Warbler		Setophaga striata
White-breasted Nuthatch		Sitta carolinensis
Greater Yellowlegs		Tringa melanoleuca
House Wren		Troglodytes aedon
Eastern Kingbird		Tyrannus tyrannus
Red-eyed Vireo		Vireo olivaceus
Mourning Dove		Zenaida macroura
Sora		Porzana carolina
Osprey		Pandion haliaetus
Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow		Ammospiza caudacuta
Common Nighthawk		Chordeiles minor
Black-crowned Night Heron		Nycticorax nycticorax
Virginia Rail		Rallus limicola
Long-billed Curlew		Numenius americanus
Eskimo Curlew		Numenius borealis
Ovenbird		Seiurus aurocapilla
Barn Swallow		Hirundo rustica
Veery		Catharus fuscescens
Yellow Warbler		Setophaga petechia
Ruby-throated Hummingbird		Archilochus colubris
Red-shouldered Hawk		Buteo lineatus
Wilson's Warbler		Cardellina pusilla
Hermit Thrush		Catharus guttatus
Black-billed Cuckoo		Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Olive-sided Flycatcher		Contopus cooperi
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher		Empidonax flaviventris
Least Flycatcher		Empidonax minimus
Nashville Warbler		Leiothlypis ruficapilla
Eastern Screech Owl		Megascops asio
Red-bellied Woodpecker		Melanerpes carolinus
Indigo Bunting		Passerina cyanea
Black-throated Blue Warbler		Setophaga caerulescens
Magnolia Warbler		Setophaga magnolia
Black-throated Green Warbler		Setophaga virens
Chipping Sparrow		Spizella passerina
Solitary Sandpiper		Tringa solitaria
Warbling Vireo		Vireo gilvus
Great Crested Flycatcher		Myiarchus crinitus
Whimbrel		Numenius phaeopus
Lesser Yellowlegs		Tringa flavipes
Pied-billed Grebe		Podilymbus podiceps
Hairy Woodpecker		Leuconotopicus villosus
Swamp Sparrow		Melospiza georgiana
Clapper Rail		Rallus longirostris
Belted kingfisher		Megaceryle alcyon
Northern Waterthrush		Parkesia noveboracensis
Scarlet Tanager		Piranga olivacea
Northern Saw-whet Owl		Aegolius acadicus
Northern Harrier		Circus cyaneus
Peregrine Falcon		Falco peregrinus
Field Sparrow		Spizella pusilla
Blackburnian Warbler		Setophaga fusca