A log of WILD ANIMALS I have seen
( An orange circle denotes the most recently added )
Bison
White-tailed deer ( buck, doe, and fawn )
Coyote
Island fox
Groundhog
North American beaver
Eastern cottontail
Desert hare
Bat
Eastern Gray Squirrel ( gray and black morphs )
Eastern Chipmunk
Sandhill crane ( hundreds at once ; Bellevue, MI )
Great blue heron ( Garibaldi, OR ) ⬤
Swan
American white pelican ( SoCal )
Brown pelican ( Garibaldi, OR ) ⬤
Double-crested cormorant ( Garibaldi, OR ) ⬤
Wild turkey
Bald eagle
Red-tailed hawk
American coot ( SoCal )
Willet
Blue jay
Northern Cardinal
Dark-eyed junco
Vaux's swift ( Garibaldi, OR ) ⬤
Townsend's warbler
Belted kingfisher ( female — a "queenfisher" ; MI )
Western palm warbler
Redwinged blackbird ( Central Michigan )
Brewer's blackbird ( Tilamook, OR ) ⬤
House sparrow
Rufous hummingbird
Gray treefrog
Wood frog
Mink frog
Eastern garter snake
Buckeye butterfly
Red admiral butterfly
White admiral butterfly
Large tortoiseshell butterfly ( OR )
Mourning cloak butterfly ( MI )
Unidentified butterfly with mushroomshaped markings ( Stevensville, MI )
Great black wasp ( Holland, MI )
Giant lacewing ( polystoechotes punctata ; WA ) ⬤
Green lacewing ( chrysoperla carnea ; SoCal )
Mayfly ( hundreds resting on vertical surfaces in St. Ignace, MI )
Ebony jewelwing ( many hovering over a knee-deep river, UP, MI )
Red-veined darter
Common green darner
Stag beetle ( Stevensville, MI )
Firefly ( photinus pyralis ; NH & MI )
Black corsair
Zebra spider ( charismatic with its striking markings and stubby legs )
Brown millipede ( much smaller than expected ; could be easily mistaken for a young worm )