The near-threatened* Bachman's Sparrow, the endangered* Red-cockaded Woodpecker and the Pileated Woodpecker, whose drum-like peck can be heard over long distances, all nest here.
Shorebirds such as the Black Turnstone and Ruddy Turnstone frequent the island as do garden birds such as the Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Thrushes, Warblers, Pileated Woodpeckers, and Flickers.
Woody Woodpecker | Red-cockaded Woodpecker | Pileated Woodpecker | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Woodpecker | Ivory-billed Woodpecker | great spotted woodpecker | woodpecker | "White-headed Woodpecker | Still Life with Woodpecker | pileated woodpecker | ivory-billed woodpecker | European Green Woodpecker | Eurasian Three-toed Woodpecker | Cuban Ivory-billed Woodpecker | White-bellied Woodpecker | white-bellied woodpecker | Three-toed Woodpecker | The Woody Woodpecker Show | Stierling's Woodpecker | Powerful Woodpecker | Pileated woodpecker | Olive Woodpecker | Hairy Woodpecker | Guadeloupe Woodpecker | Guadeloupe woodpecker | Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Black Woodpecker |
The river and its valley are home to a variety of interesting and uncommon flora and fauna, including the palmetto, cypress, alligator, pileated woodpecker and bowfin.