Along the 12 miles of trail you will find a large variety of birds, animals and vegetation. Bring your binoculars!
Common Animals
Black Bear, Bob Cat, Fox, Coyote, Otter, Rabbit, Deer, Fisher, Moose, Squirrel, Chipmunks, Opossum, Beaver, Porcupine.
Turtles:
Painted and Snapping.
Common Birds
Northern Oriole, American Woodcock, Grouse, Wild Turkey, Flycatcher,
Redwing blackbird, Cardinal, Blue Jay, Scarlet Tanager, American Robin,
Common Redpoll, Black-capped Chickadee, Oven bird Titmouse, Junco,
indigo Bunting, Eastern Bluebird, Eastern Phoebe, Hummingbird, Wren, Sparrow,
Starling, Crow, Raven, Mourning Doves, Eastern Kingfisher, Least flycatcher, Peewee
Yellow-bellied sapsucker, Song sparrow, Swamp sparrow, Tree Swallow,
Red-eyed vireo, Pileated Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Downey Woodpecker, Red-bellied Woodpecker,
Red Breasted Nuthatch, White Breasted Nuthatch, Hermit thrush, Gold Finches, House & Purple Finches,
Golden & American Eagle, Hawks, Vulture, Falcon,
Herons: Great Blue, Green, Egret.
Evening Grosbeak, Rose-Breasted Grosbeak, Pine Grosbeak, Cedar Waxwing, Pine warbler, Chestnut-sided warbler,
Yellow warbler, Black & White warbler, Common Yellowthroat,
Ducks: Wood, Loon, Teal, Mallard, Merganser, Canada Geese.
Owls: Barred, Great Horned
Bird Watcher Group: MOOSE-ie Birders group is a benefit of being a member of Moose Mountain Regional Greenways (MMRG): http://mmrg.info
Vegetation
PInk Lady Slippers, Ferns, Bunchberry, Wild Iris,
Sweet Joe-Pye Weed, Blueberry, Poison Ivy,
Water Lily, Queen Anne’s Lace, Wintergreen,
Wild Strawberry, Aster, Milkweed.
Butterflies, Dragon Flies