Watchable Flora and Fauna

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