Wildlife Information
During the fall of 1995 & 1996, an informal wildlife survey* was conducted on McDonald Island. The Island features a wide diversity of wildlife species due to its proximity to the mainland and the high diversity of the forest communities. Whitetail deer and gray squirrels are commonly seen. A wide variety of songbirds can be heard and seen feeding and nesting throughout the oak and maple forests. The Island is a haven for wildlife within the city limits of Stevens Point.
| Common Name American Crow Bald Eagle Beaver (damage) Black-Capped Chickadee Blue Jay Broad-Winged Hawk Brown Creeper Canada Goose Chipping Sparrow Double-Crested Cormorant Eastern Chipmunk Eastern Gray Squirrel** Eastern Red Fox (scat) Eastern Wood Pewee Great Blue Heron Hairy Woodpecker Hooded Merganser Mallard Monarch Butterfly Myrtle Warbler Painted Turtle Pileated Woodpecker Red Squirrel Red-Eyed Vireo Red-Headed Woodpecker River Otter (slide and scat) Sharp-Shinned Hawk Slate-Colored Junco Snapping Turtle Southern Flying Squirrel** White-Breasted Nuthatch Whitetail Deer Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker |
Scientific Name Corvus brachyrhynchos Haliaeetus leucocephalus Castor canadensis Parus atricapillus Cyanocitta cristata Buteo platypterus Certhia familiaris Branta canadensis Spizella passerina Phalacrocorax auritus Tamias stratus Sciurus carolinensis Vulpes fulva Contopus virens Ardea herodias Dendrocopos villosus Lophodytes cucullatus Anas platyrhynchos Danaus plexippus Dendroica coronata Chrysemys picta Dryocopus pileatus Tamiasciurus hudsonicus Vireo olivaceus Melanerpes erythrocephalus Lutra canadensis Accipiter striatus Junco hyemalis Chelydra serpentina Glaucomys volans Sitta carolinensis Odocoileus virginianus Sphyrapicus varius |
* Wildlife data
was collected by Sue Kissinger (September 1996, July and October,
1997)
**Live trapped by The Wildlife Society (May 1996)