"I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived." Henry David Thoreau 1817-1862
At our Saratoga Bed & Breakfast, we offer the perfect location for bird watching.
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Scarlet Tanager |
Indigo Bunting |
Baltimore Oriole |
Attention bird watchers: Not just a backyard but 120 acres of farmland, woodlands, wetlands, streams and waterfalls. Latest count is 54 different birds in a 2 day outing. Here is a full list:
English House Sparrow European Starling Rock Dove Canada Geese Mallards Barn Swallow Tree Swallow Song Sparrow Chipping Sparrow American Robin Scarlet Tanager Wood Thrush Eastern Bluebird Eastern Meadow Lark Red Winged Black Bird Brown Headed Cowbird Orchard Oriole Common Grackle American Crow Common Raven House Wren Purple Finch Yellow Warbler Oven Bird Northern Catbird Brown Thrasher Least Fly Catcher |
Eastern Phoebe Red Tailed Hawk Turkey Vulture Wild Turkey White Crowned Sparrow Field Sparrow Rose Breasted Grosbeak Gold Finch Great Blue Heron Mourning Dove Indigo Bunting Ruby Throated Humming Bird Pilated Woodpecker Hairy Wood pecker Downy Woodpecker Common Flicker Blue headed Vireo Red-eyed Vireo Yellow Throated Vireo Northern Cardinal Blue Jay Baltimore Oriole Black Capped Chickadee American kestrel House Finch Eastern Kingbird Yellow Bellied Sapsucker |
