Chipmunk, gray squirrel, and occasional nonpoisonous snakes are common. Other mammals found are skunk, muskrat, raccoon, beaver, and red fox. Coyote, black bear, and moose are occasionally sighted by hikers along the trail. 

   Bring your binoculars to sight some of the nesting birds, such as bobolink, hummingbird and infrequently, swallows and bluebirds. More often, you will see the cardinal, sparrows, warblers, the robin and numerous blackbirds, including the red winged. Several hawk and owl species are regularly seen along the trail. In fall, numerous raptor's, most notably the red tail hawk, can be watched migrating over Mount Watatic and Wachusett Mountain.

Larry Doucette encountered this fellow while walking  in the Oakham/Barre area earlier this spring. Thanks Larry.

Leave No Trace means traveling and camping with care, deliberately planning, and guiding one's actions so as not to harm the environment or disturb others.

    This page will be updated regularly with eyewitness reports from the Trail. If you have any animal sightings from the Midstate Trail, please e-mail Don with your account. Photos also welcome.