These impressive birds of prey frequent American Camp because of the availability of food - the European rabbit. Mature golden eagles and immature bald eagles may be hard to tell apart. The golden eagle is brown with a golden tint to its head and neck. It also has well defined white patches at the base of its primary feathers. Immature balds are mostly dark with blotchy white on underwings and tail.
Chances are it's one of the four woodpecker species found here.
The mature forest on the Jakle's Lagoon trail is home to pileated, downy, and hairy woodpeckers, and the northern flicker. Look for the large rectangular holes chiseled out by the pileated. Smaller birds sometimes use these old forage areas as nesting sites. This page was written by Susan Vernon, park volunteer.