Soo Junction Road (County Road 381)

Many boreal specialists can be found along Soo Junction Road and migration seasons can make the area good for many other species. Resident flocks of chickadees are often accompanied by red-breasted nuthatches, brown creepers and both golden- and ruby-crowned kinglets. Canada jays have been occasionally seen as well. Listen for the sweet sputtering songs of the winter wrens at any point along the road. Northern waterthrushes are common and easy to observe singing farther down the road. Look for Canada, magnolia and black-and-white warblers in spring with peak occurrences in the month of May. Throughout the spring and summer Wilson's snipe, can be heard winnowing over the bog and yellow-bellied flycatchers can be spotted sallying for insects from exposed perches. Raptors also stage appearances along Soo Junction Road, with broad-winged and rough-legged hawks being possibilities, as well as bald eagles and red-shouldered hawks. In the past, northern hawk owls have wintered at the north end of this road.