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| The following wildlife sightings are those recorded by visitors in a book at the Visitor Center. The names of those recording sightings are not listed here. If you visited the Tamarac Wildlife Refuge lately and would like to send in your wildlife sighting you can email the information to: tamarac@fws.gov |
Date (2006) |
Species |
Location |
| Oct. 20 |
Cardinal, 2 deer |
Hwy 29 |
| Oct. 17 |
Turkey |
Hwy 26 |
| Oct. 13 |
4 Does |
Hwy 26 |
| Oct. 11 |
Snow bunting |
Visitors Center |
| Oct. 10 |
Golden-crowned kinglet |
Visitors Center |
| Oct. 8 |
Wild turkey |
Hwy 26 |
| Oct. 8 |
Red fox |
South of VC |
| Oct. 8 |
Deer |
VC parking lot |
| Sept. 27 |
12 Trumpeter swans |
So Chippewa Lake |
| Sept. 20 |
Northern flickers |
Bruce Blvd |
| Sept. 15 |
3 Turkeys |
Hwy 29 and 26 |
| Sept. 15 |
Deer and fawn |
Hwy 26 |
| Sept. 15 |
Frog,
Raccoon and Deer |
Visitor Center |
| Sept. 12 |
Longear Brown Fox |
Pine Lake |
| Sept. 12 |
Red Fox |
E Tamarac access |
| Sept. 12 |
Red Fox.
Good birding Blackbird Trail
43 species so far |
1/2 mi from Visitor Ctr. |
| Sept. 11 |
Baby Porcupine |
Blackbird Trail |
| Sept. 9 |
Osprey in nest |
Hwy 26 |
| Sept. 9 |
Doe and 2 fawns |
Hwy 26 |
| Aug. 25 |
Flock of turkeys |
HWY 26 |
| Aug. 25 |
Pileated woodpecker, Osprey |
Bruce Road |
| Aug. 25 |
Scarlet tanager, Bluebirds |
Visitor Center trail |
| Aug. 22 |
Bald eagles, Whitetail deer(buck, doe
and fawn), Red fox, Swans and Ducks
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Blackbird trail |
| Aug. 18 |
3 Osprey flew in with kill |
Bruce Road |
| Aug. 17 |
Bald eagle |
Bruce Road |
| Aug. 15 |
Muskrat, Canada geese |
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| Aug. 15 |
Red tail hawk |
Hwy 29 |
| Aug. 15 |
Bald eagle, Loon |
Road into Visitor Center |
| Aug. 7 |
Kingfisher |
Hwy 26 |
| Aug. 6 |
Snake |
Indian trail |
| Aug. 6 |
Deer |
Road |
| Aug. 5 |
Osprey nest with young |
no site listed |
| Aug. 3 |
Immature bald eagle, red belliedsapsucker, many red squirrelsHeard great crested flycatcher
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Old Indian trail |
| July 30 |
Loon |
Visitor Center |
| July 28 |
2 Loons,10 butterflies, 2 red
squirrels, 2 hummingbirds |
Visitor Center |
| July 27 |
Deer (doe), blue heron, osprey,butterflies, squirrels |
On road |
| July 26 |
Wild turkeys |
Hwy 26 |
| July 25 |
Osprey, loon, wolf, black bear |
Near Strawberry
Lake |
| July 20 |
Deer, a big bird, frog, osprey |
Bruce Blvd |
| July 18 |
Least Bittern |
Jim's Marsh, in front of visitor center |
| July 13 |
Deer |
Visitor Center observation deck |
| July 13 |
Big buck near flink lock |
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| July 13 |
Ducks, eagle crane |
Pond off road |
| July 11 |
2 osprey, 5 trumpeter swans |
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| July 10 |
Beaver |
?not legible |
| July 10 |
3 trumpter swans |
Tamarac Lake |
| July 10 |
Pelicans |
Blackbird auto tour |
| July 10 |
Red fox |
Blackbird auto tour |
| June 9 |
Eagle |
a dead tree |
| Jule 8 |
Swan, loon |
lake |
| July 7 |
Black bear |
woods |
| July 6 |
Deer |
road |
| July 6 |
Deer, ducks, geese |
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| July 5 |
Tumpeter swans, pelicans, mallards |
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| July 4 |
Goslings, chipmunk |
east of center, Chippewa lake |
| June 30 |
Large 1 1/2 foot turtle |
east of center on highway 26 |
| June 28 |
Osprey, wild turkey, bald eagle, catepillar, trumpeter swan, chipmunk, ducks |
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| June 27 |
Osprey |
Service road |
| June 27 |
Wilson's snipe, red start, chestnut sided warbler, common yellow throat, yellow warbler, black tern, bald eagle |
Blackbird Auto Tour |
| June 27 |
Pelicans, golden eagle, trumpeter swan, ring-necked duck |
Blackbird Auto Tour |
| June 25 |
Grouse, deer and fawn, trumpeter swans, |
Visitor center road |
| June 25 |
Grouse, woodducks, osprey, deer, chipmunks |
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| June 24 |
Grey fox, duck and 6 babies, otter, chickmunks |
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| June 18 |
Three grey foxes |
north side of pine lake on road |
| June 18 |
Garter snake |
front walkway |
| June 16 |
Downy woodpecker, squirl |
vistor center |
| June 15 |
Baby osprey |
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| June 14 |
Four otters |
South of wildlife display building |
| June 13 |
Pair of swans and 3 cygnets |
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| June 9 |
Grouse on road |
Highway 29 |
| June 9 |
beaver, mallard, geese, robin, kinfisher |
? |
| June 9 |
Flock of sandhill cranes (90% sure) |
NE of Flatlake |
| June 7 |
Loon with 2 babies, beaver, mallard ducks |
Visitor center and nature trail |
| June 5 |
Red winged black bird |
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| June 2 |
Porcupine and baby |
Highway 29 |
| June 2 |
Trumpeter Swans |
Lost lake |
| June 2 |
Fisher on log |
pond on hwy 26 |
| May 28 |
Bear scat |
Old Indian Trail |
| May 26 |
Two whitetail deer |
South entry |
| May 23 |
Large porcupine (it climbed tree) |
1 mi. so. of Visitor Center |
| May 20 |
Eagles |
Visitor Center |
| May 17 |
Wood duck pair |
Not given |
| April 19 |
Pair of pileated woodpeckers |
Cotton Lake |
| April 11 |
Bufflehead |
Pond just near HQ |
| April 8 |
2 muskrat, 4 eagle |
3 miles south of HQ |
| March 28 |
5 eagles, 6 robins |
Highway 29 S next to smokey hills highway 29 |
| March 27 |
5 turkeys, 2 swans, ducks, 2 eagles |
Highway 29 |
| March 19 |
6 deer |
Headquarters area |
| March 12 |
2 wild turkeys |
3 miles south of visitor center |
| March 6 |
1 Golden Eagle, 2 does |
Near Lost Lake |
| January 26 |
4 wild turkeys |
5 miles south of visitor center |
| January 9 |
4 does |
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