Wildlife
Wildlife
The salt marsh is a most productive ecosystem. As we wind our way through the wetlands on our kayaks, we will see and hear flora and fauna in the air, on the land, on the water, and under the water. A great description of salt marsh ecology is provided in the book, Life and Death of the Salt Marsh by John and Mildred Teal. Here is a list of the most common sights on our tours:
- belted kingfisher
- black skimmer
- blue crab
- brant
- bufflehead
- canada goose
- clam
- cormorant (double-crested)
- dowitcher
- dunlin
- egret
- great
- snowy
- fiddler crab
- gull
- bonaparte's
- herring
- laughing
- heron
- great blue
- green
- little blue
- horse mussel
- loon
- common
- red throated
- minnow
- northern harrier (marsh hawk)
- old squaw
- osprey
- oyster
- oystercatcher (American)
- red-tailed hawk
- sanderling
- semi-palmated plover
- tern
- common
- forster's
- least
- royal
- yellowlegs
