Wildlife of the Ramapo River Watershed

 Some samples of the rich biodiversity within the Ramapo River Valley.

All Photography (c) Geoff Welch, geoffwelch@gmail.com

Great Blue heron in Torne Valley, NY

Great Blue Heron in Torne Valley, NY

Bull Frog in Sterling Forest, NY

Bull Frog in Sterling Forest, NY

Red Salamander in Torne Valley, NY

Red Salamander in Torne Valley, NY

Eastern timber rattlesnake, Montebello, NY

Eastern Timber Rattlesnake, Montebello, NY

Eastern spotted turtle

 Spotted Turtle, Harriman State Park

Eastern box turtle

Eastern Box Turtle, Harriman State Park

American toads in the Spring

American Toads in the Spring, Torne Valley, NY

Black bear, Sloatsburg, NY

Black Bear, Sloatsburg, NY

Black-crowned Night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, Mahwah, NJ

Black-crowned Night-heron, Nycticorax nycticorax, Mahwah, NJ

Swallow tailed butterflies by the Ramapo River in the Hamlet of Ramapo

Swallowtail Butterflies by the Ramapo River in Torne Valley, NY

 

Red-tail hawks, Liberty Rock Park, Sloatsburg, NY

Red-tailed Hawks, Liberty Rock Park, Sloatsburg, NY

 

Copperhead snake, Sloatsburg, NY

Copperhead Snake, Sloatsburg, NY