Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center
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Dyken Pond Environmental Education Center
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  • About
    • About
      • Strategic Plan
    • Directions
    • Mission Statements
    • Employment Opportunities
  • Events & Programs
    • Holiday Wreaths for Sale
    • 2024 Friends’ Annual Dinner
  • Environmental Education
    • Youth Group Programs
    • Summer Camp
    • Outreach Programs
    • School Programs
    • Materials For Loan
  • Rensselaer Youth Outdoors
  • Recreation
    • Trail Map
    • Stay Safe: Tick Information
    • Self-Guiding Trails
    • Boating
    • Fishing
    • Geocaching
    • Snowshoes and Nordic Skiing
  • News & Other Info
    • News & Other Info
    • April 2021 Newsletter
      • Dyking Pond from Grafton
      • Top 10 List of Favorite Activities
    • March 2021 Newsletter
      • Timberdoodle
    • February 2021 Newsletter
      • Groundhog Day
      • Look Up!
    • December 2020 Newsletter
      • Dyken Pond’s Yule Log 2020
      • Woolly Bear Caterpillars: Fact or Legend?
    • November 2020 Newsletter
      • November Find it in the Forest
      • Wild Cranberries
    • October 2020 Newsletter
      • October Find it in the Forest
      • Why Leaves Turn Colors in Fall
    • September 2020 Newsletter
      • Help Protect the Monarch Butterfly
      • Find it in the Forest September
    • August 2020 Newsletter
      • August Find it in the Forest
      • The One-Eyed Newt
    • July 2020 Newsletter
      • July Find it in the Forest
      • Pitcher Plants
      • Using Technology to Get Closer to Nature
      • Chipmunks Running Amuck
    • June 2020 Newsletter
      • June Find it in the Forest
      • What Does NOT Belong in the Forest Scavenger Hunt
      • The Jack-in-the-Pulpit Game
      • Wood frog, Toad or Salamander Eggs?
    • May 2020 Newsletter Articles
      • Sit Spots
      • Red Bark Phenomenon
      • Eastern Bluebirds
    • Spring 2020 Newsletter Articles
      • Covid 19 Park Information
      • Balsam Tract Update
      • Getting Kids Outside
      • Earth Day Volunteer Projects 2020
    • Archived Newsletters
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  • Flora and Fauna
    • Species Guide to Animals at Dyken Pond Center
      • Mammals: Species List
      • Birds

Mammals: Species List

American Mink

Beaver

Black Bear

Bobcat

Eastern Coyote

Fisher

Fox, Grey

Fox, Red

Grey squirrel

Moose

Opossum

Porcupine

Raccoon

River Otter

Snowshoe Hare

Striped Skunk

Weasel, long-tailed

Weasel, short-tailed

White tailed deer

  • Trail Conditions

    All 11 miles of trails open. Areas of mud and standing water.

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