A hike along the Gaylor Lakes Trail offers possible encounters with some wonderful critters: the pika and the annual spring love songs of the Yosemite toad and Pacific chorus frogs. -Beth Pratt (NWF)
Hiking Mt. Washburn can give you a close up look at resident bighorn sheep, as well as countless other wildlife sightings. It's a fantastic hike to take for wildlife viewing.
The Great Smoky Mountains are known as the salamander capital of the world, home to 30 species.
Besides the opportunity to spot American alligators, Everglades National Park is home to around 400 species and around 31 warbler species. Talk about a wildlife paradise!
Wildlife: Cottontail rabbit, bobcat, gray fox, black bear, various bats, song birds, wild turkey, turtles and elk. Fall hawk migration can be observed from the park’s Ridge Trail (Pinnacle Overlook).
Wildlife: Caribou, grizzly bears, Dall’s sheep, snowshoe hares, wolverines, Arctic ground squirrels, golden eagles, peregrine falcons and ptarmigans. Read more.
Wildlife: Bison, yellow-bellied marmots, osprey, cutthroat trout, moose, western tanagers, sage grouse, grizzly bears and mountain lions. Home to the largest bird in North America, the trumpeter swan. Read more.
Wildlife: Hawks, kestrels, harbor seals, red bats, river otters, shrews, black bears, weasels, eastern newts, peregrine falcons. Cadillac Mtn. is often the first place in the U.S. to see the sunrise. Read more.
