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
Wild turkey
Bald eagle
Red-tailed hawk
Willet
Blue jay
Northern Cardinal
Townsend's warbler
Belted kingfisher ( female — a "queenfisher" )
Western palm warbler
House sparrow
Rufous hummingbird
Gray treefrog
Wood frog
Mink frog
Eastern garter snake
Buckeye butterfly
Red admiral butterfly
White admiral butterfly
Mourning cloak butterfly
Unidentified butterfly with mushroomshaped markings
Mayfly ( hundreds resting on vertical surfaces in St. Ignace )
Ebony jewelwing ( many hovering over a knee-deep river )
Red-veined darter
Common green darner
Stag beetle
Firefly ( photinus pyralis )
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 ) ⬤