There is abundant wildlife around the Rice Heritage Cottage,
including birds, fish, and forest mammals. We have listed some of the critters
that we have spotted. If you see any animals that aren't on this list, please
let us know, so that we can add them!
Birds:
American
crows
Bald eagles
Bluejays
Bristle-thighed
curlews
Brown-headed
cowbirds
Cardinals
Catbirds
Cedar
waxwings
Chickadees
Cockatiel (which escaped from private home in Cayuga Heights)
Common
yellowthroat
Double-crested
cormorants
Downy
woodpeckers
Eastern
screech owls
Field
sparrows
Goldfinches
Great
black-backed gulls
Great
blue herons
Hairy
woodpeckers
Herring
gulls
Indigo
buntings
Juncos
Kingfishers
Mallard ducks
Northern
flickers
Phoebes
Pileated woodpeckers
Red-tailed
hawks
Red-winged
blackbirds
Ring-billed
gulls
Robins
Ruby-throated
hummingbirds
Song
sparrows
Vireos
Whippoorwills
Wild
turkeys
Wood peewees
Wood
thrushes
Yellow-breasted Chats
Yellow
warblers
Fish:
Brown
trout
Carp
Lake
trout
Landlocked
salmon
Largemouth
bass
Perch
Pike
Rainbow
trout
Rock
bass
Smallmouth
bass
Sunfish
Mammals:
Chipmunks
Coyotes
Gray foxes
Mice
Raccoons
Red foxes
Skunks
Whistlepigs
White-tailed deer
Marsupials:
Opossums
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