KATY-CYPRESS WETLANDS MITIGATION BANK

KCWMB has successfully created a wetland habitat that supports a wide variety of plants and animals. Click on the following photos to view actual scenes of birds feeding and resting on these new wetlands.

Northern Shovelers & Blue Wing Teal	Feeding Blue Wing Teal	Northern Pintails	American White Pelicans

In addition to these animals, hundreds of other types of plants and animals have been observed in these new wetlands. Here is a short list of selected species:

Birds:

Wading Birds

Great blue herons
Sandhill cranes
Great egrets
Black-necked stilts
White-faced ibis
Yellow-crowned night herons
Snowy egrets
Common snipes
Killdeer
Roseate spoonbills

Migratory Waterfowl

Black ducks
Blue-winged teal
Green-winged teal
Canada geese
Mallard ducks
Northern pintails
Scaup
Snow geese
Speckle-belly geese
Wood ducks
Widgeon

Others

American white pelicans
Bald eagles
Belted kingfishers
Great horned owls
Red-tailed hawks
Ruby-throated hummingbirds
American coots

Mammals	Turtles and Lizards	Snakes	Amphibians	Plants
Beavers Raccoons Armadillos Opossums Striped skunks Deer Coyotes	Red-eared sliders Snapping turtles Green anoles Ground skinks Five-lined skinks	Ribbon Garter Water moccasins Copperheads	Bullfrogs Leopard frogs Green tree frogs Cricket frogs Gulf coast toads	Wetland maidencane Rice cut grass American seedbox Swamp smartweed Plygonums