Tennessee State Library and Archives
Tennessee Outdoors: Parks, Conservation, and Wildlife
 
Intro Conservation Wildlife Recreation Parks

 

Wildlife

 

American toad

American toad (Bufo americanus)

James L. Bailey Papers

 

 

Pigmy rattlesnake

Pigmy rattlesnake (Sistrurus miliarius) at
Nathan Bedford Forrest State Park

James L. Bailey Papers

Northern cricket frog[?]

Northern cricket frog (Acris crepitans) [?]

James L. Bailey Papers

Egrets

Young egrets at "Cranetown"
Reelfoot Lake

May 25, 1939

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Blue herons

Young blue herons at "Cranetown"
Reelfoot Lake

May 25, 1939

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Robins, red-winged blackbirds, starlings, grackles, and cowbirds

Robins, red-winged blackbirds, starlings,
grackles, & cowbirds
Cumberland Airport, Nashville, TN

February 20, 1952

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

White-tailed deer

Young white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus)
Middle Tennessee

January 1, 1968

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Bill Dryer inspects a crippled Blue Bill duck on the Holston River

Bill Dryer inspects a crippled Blue Bill duck
on the Holston River
Jefferson County, TN

April 1, 1950

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Bill Parish, of Savannah, shows a 54 lb. yellow flathead catfish caught near Pickwick Landing Dam

Bill Parish, of Savannah, shows a 54 lb. yellow
flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris)
caught near Pickwick Landing Dam
Hardin County, TN

May 16, 1950

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Black bears

American black bear (Ursus americanus) & her cubs
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

June 28, 1946

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Black bear

American black bear with tourists
Great Smoky Mountains National Park

June 19, 1953

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Black bear

American black bear

James L. Bailey Papers

Hawk

Department of Conservation employee
holding a hawk

June 5, 1938

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

March 8, 1938

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Bald Eagle

Immature Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus
leucocephalus
) at Norris Lake
Norris, TN

January 19, 1939

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Albino Great Horned Owl

Albino Great Horned Owl
(Bubo virginianus)
Nashville, TN

January 27, 1953

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Barn Owls

2 Barn Owls (Tyto alba)

ca. 1920s-1930s

Paul Jay Adams Papers

Northern Bobwhite

Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)

October 15, 1938

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Bewick's Swan/Whistling Swan

Albert Ganier and Dr. Mayfield with a
Bewick's Swan/Whistling Swan (Cygnus
columbianus
) at Radnor Lake
Davidson County, TN

December 23, 1951

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Northern Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird
(Mimus polyglottos)

April 27, 1952

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

House Sparrow

Female House Sparrow (Passer
domesticus
) feeding her young

May 22, 1939

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Channel catfish

30 lb. channel catfish (Ictalurus
punctatus
)
near Savannah, TN

August 21, 1952

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Bigmouth buffalo

Walter Rowland holding a
30 lb. bigmouth buffalo
(Ictiobus cyprinellus)

October 1, 1947

RG 82, Department of
Conservation Photograph
Collection

Lake Sturgeon

60 lb. Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) caught in the Holston River
near Knoxville, TN

October 2, 1937

RG 82, Department of Conservation
Photograph Collection

Black and yellow garden spider

Black & yellow garden spider
(Argiope aurantia)

James L. Bailey Papers

 

 

 

 

Section researched and written by James Castro, Archival Assistant.

 

 

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