Please stay out of them for the sake of wildlife and to ensure your trip to Middle Creek is a pleasant one. Middle Creek's visitors center, which houses a large wildlife exhibit, is a good first-stop for newcomers. Located just off Hopeland Road on the lake's western shore, the visitors center is staffed and open six days a week. The Game Commission will also post on its internet home page periodic updates about Middle Creek's snow goose and tundra swan numbers. If you can't make it to Middle Creek, there are other locations snow geese converge on in February and early March.
Middle Creek offers other wildlife viewing opportunities.
It currently is harboring 3,400 resident Canada geese, another 6,000 or so migrant Canada geese and a sizeable number of ducks, mostly mallards and black ducks. Duck diversity and numbers on Middle Creek will build into March, considered by most the best month for duck viewing opportunities. A pair of eagles has also been seen with frequency around the lake and bluebirds are popping in and out of the countless roadside nesting boxes. The Pennsylvania Game Commission welcomes your comments and suggestions to improve our Web Site in order to better serve the public. We will take your comments and suggestions into consideration as we improve our Web Site.