Bayberry
Seaside goldenrod
Prickly pear cactus
Evening Primrose
Yarrow
Eastern red cedar
Salt marsh aster
American beach grass
Swamp rose-mallow
Sea lavender
Seabeach sandwort
Black grass
Saltgrass
Sea beach purslane
A species of special concern
Saltmarsh cordgrass
Saltmeadow cordgrass
Marsh elder
American Lady
Black Swallowtail
Monarch
Cloudless Sulphur
Variegated Fritillary.
Ocola Skipper
Common Buckeye
Long-tailed Skipper
Fiery Skipper.
Cabbage White
Sachem Skipper
Orange Sulphur
White M Hairstreak
American Robin
Carolina Wren
Boat-tailed Grackle
Catbird
Eastern Towhee
Northern Cardinal
Common Yellow Throat
Yellow Warbler
Song Sparrow
Northern Mockingbird
Just when you thought you knew the Point, turn around, on your walk back to the parking lot, look left! An entirely different world awaits, a bayberry thicket, with butterflies and songbirds. Amazing! We’ve only detailed the songbirds that nest in the thickets. There are 30 plus other species of songbirds that use this as a stop over during their migration.
