Wildlife from red foxes to American toads and ebony jewelwings call Burlington Park home as do state and regionally rare species such as the brown creeper, American redstart, chimney swift, ovenbird, and willow flycatcher. Great horned owls, red-tailed hawks, red-bellied woodpeckers, and other birds breed here, and the river provides food and shelter for northern clearwater crayfish, giant floater mussels, smallmouth and largemouth bass, and nongame fish such as central stonerollers, stonecats, and shorthead redhorses.
