BROOKS TO BAYS NATURE TOURS WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS
A LIST OF THE GREAT WILDLIFE WE'VE SEEN ON OUR TOURS
RARE AND UNUSUAL SPECIES HI-LIGHTED IN YELLOW
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SONGBIRDS
TOO MANY TO COUNT
SO HERE ARE THE COOLEST,
RAREST, AND MOST UNIQUE...
INDIGO BUNTING
NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW
LONG-BILLED MARSH WREN
SWAMP SPARROW
BLACK-THROATED GREEN WARBLER
BLACK-THROATED BLUE WARBLER
WILLOW FLY-CATCHER
GRAY CATBIRD
COMMON YELLOWTHROAT
WOOD THRUSH
BLACK-BILLED CUCKOO
CLIFF SWALLOW
HORNED LARK
BOBOLINK - see them while you can, they
are on the decline
SAVANNAH SPARROW
EASTERN WOOD PEEWEE
EASTERN KINGBIRD
EASTERN BLUEBIRD
PILEATED WOODPECKER
NORTHERN FLICKER
RAPTORS
BALD EAGLE - JUVIES and ADULT
PEREGRINE FALCON
NORTHERN HARRIER
OSPREY
RED-TAILED HAWK
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK
COOPER'S HAWK
AMERICAN KESTREL
GOLDEN EAGLE - FALL 08'
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
GREAT HORNED OWL
Waterfowl and other
Water Birds
CANADA GOOSE
MALLARD
WOOD DUCK
GREEN-WINGED TEAL
NORTHERN PINTAIL
RING-NECKED DUCK
COMMON MERGANSER
COMMON GOLDENEYE
GREAT BLUE HERON
GREAT EGRET
GREEN HERON
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT HERON
GLOSSY IBIS - AUGUST 07'
VIRGINIA RAIL
COMMON MOORHEN
KILLDEER
SEMI-PALMATED SANDPIPER
LEAST SANDPIPER
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHER
SEMI-PALMATED PLOVER
GREATER and LESSER YELLOWLEGS
SPOTTED SANDPIPERS
COMMON TERN
CASPIAN TERN - SEEN OFTEN
MAMMALS
RED FOX
MINK
MUSKRAT
WHITE-TAILED DEER
RIVER OTTER - becoming more common
PORCUPINE
AMPHIBIANS and
REPTILES
SPINY SOFT-SHELLED TURTLE - rare,
found on the Missisquoi NWR
NORTHERN WATER SNAKE
RED EFT
GARTER SNAKE