Right in the middle of Emory's campus, Lullwater Preserve offers acres of green space with trees, lawns and a lake for community members to enjoy. The estate is home to an English Tudor mansion where the university president lives.
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Environmental Diversity
Get a sense of the area's environmental diversity by browsing the species names, compiled for Emory's 175th anniversary celebration in 2011.
Sources for this list include biology professor emeritus Don Shure, the Office of Sustainability Initiatives, and President Emeritus James W. Wagner, who saw the coyote in 2011. Species lists of amphibians and reptiles residing in Lullwater were compiled from biology class trips and research papers. Species lists of birds were compiled from biology class trips, individuals' visits and the Atlanta Audubon Society's list of birds' arrival/departure dates.
Bullfrog
Dusky salamander
Eastern narrowmouth toad
Northern red salamander
Fowler's toad
Northern slimy salamander
Gray treefrog
Red spotted newt
Green frog
Southern redback salamander
Green treefrog
Southern two-lined salamander
Northern cricket frog
Spotted salamander
Southern leopard frog
Spring salamander
Spring peeper frog
Three-lined salamander
Upland chorus frog
American coot
Magnolia warbler
American redstart
Nashville warbler
Bay-breasted warbler
Orange-crowned warbler
Black and white warbler
Orchard oriole
Black-billed cuckoo
Ovenbird
Black-throated blue warbler
Palm warbler
Black-throated green warbler
Parula warbler
Blackburnian warbler
Prairie warbler
Blackpoll warbler
Prothonotary warbler
Blue grosbeak
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Blue-winged teal
Spotted sandpiper
Blue-winged warbler
Swainson's thrush
Canada warbler
Tennessee warbler
Cape May warbler
Veery
Chestnut-sided warbler
Wilson's warbler
Connecticut warbler
Yellow warbler
Golden-winged warbler
Yellow-billed cuckoo
Hooded merganser
Yellow-throat warbler
Lesser scaup
Barn swallow
Great-crested flycatcher
Blue-gray gnatcatcher
Indigo bunting
Chimney swift
Northern rough-winged swallow
Common nighthawk
Red-eyed vireo
Common yellowthroat
Ruby-throated hummingbird
Eastern kingbird
Summer tanger
Eastern wood pewee
White-eyed vireo
Great egret
Wood thrush
Great heron
Yellow-breasted chat
Cedar waxwings
Ruby-crowned kinglet
Dark-eyed junco
White-throated sparrow
Golden-crowned kinglet
Yellow-bellied sapsucker
Pied-billed grebe
Birds: Year-Round Residents
American crow
Great horned owl
American goldfinch
Hairy woodpecker
American robin
House finch
Barred owl
House sparrow
Belted kingfisher
Mallard duck
Bluejay
Mockingbird
Brown thrasher
Mourning dove
Brown-headed cowbird
Northern flicker
Brown-headed nuthatch
Northern mockingbird
Canada goose
Pileated woodpecker
Cardinal
Pine warbler
Carolina chickadee
Red-bellied woodpecker
Carolina wren
Red-headed woodpecker
Chipping sparrow
Red-tailed hawk
Common grackle
Red-winged blackbird
Downy woodpecker
Rock dove
Eastern bluebird
Screech owl
Eastern towhee
Song sparrow
European starling
Tufted titmouse
Field sparrow
White-breasted nuthatch
Gray catbird
Yellow-rumped warbler
Great blue heron
Beaver
Mink
Coyote
Muscrat
Domestic dog
Norway rat
Dooley
Opossum
Eastern chipmunk
Raccoon
Eastern cottontail rabbit
Red fox
Eastern gray squirrel
River otter
Eastern mole
Short-tailed shrew
Feral cat
Southeastern shrew
Gray fox
Southern flying squirrel
House mouse
Striped skunk
Long-tailed weasel
White-footed mouse
Meadow vole
Broadhead skink lizard
Queen snake
Five-lined skink lizard
Rat snake
Fence lizard
Rough green snake
Green anole lizard
Southern ringneck snake
Ground skink lizard
Water snake
Six-lined racerunner lizard
Box turtle
Southeastern five-lined skink lizard
Common musk turtle
Brown snake
Common snapping turtle
Copperhead snake
Eastern mud turtle
Eastern hognose snake
Eastern painted turtle
Eastern kingsnake
Gulf Coast spiny softshell turtle
Garter snake
Red-eared slider turtle
Northern black racer
Yellowbelly slider turtle
