In the US state of Massachusetts the most common large animals are whitetail deer. Occasionally black bears can be spotted in the western part of the state. Other animals making their home here include foxes, beavers, raccoons, weasels, skunks, woodchucks, muskrats, mice, squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits.
The most common birds are the state bird the black-capped chickadee and the robin. Overall there are over 400 species of birds in the state and 185 annually nest here. Among the birds you might see are the great black-backed gull, herring gull, purple martin, night-heron, horned lark, piping plover, sparrow, four species of terns, and marsh hawks are found in the coastal dunes and marshes.
Through the help of the federal endangered species regulations the piping plover has recovered and from 138 breeding pairs there are now over 400. In the deciduous forests of Massachusetts you can find the pileated woodpeckers, warblers, hawks, and owls. Throughout the state you can find the wild turkey.
In the farmlands and meadows are the bobwhite, killdeer, bobolink, eastern meadowlark, and field sparrow.
During the wintertime there are plenty of loon, grebe, and duck.In the rivers and ponds of Massachusetts there are native species of fish like brook trout, pickerel, shad, sunfish, and perch. Among the popular introduced species are rainbow, brown, and lake trout, small mouth and large mouth bass, black crappie, carp, pike, and tiger muskie. Among the saltwater fish and shellfish are pollack, flounder, haddock, cod, smelt, striped bass, bluefish, clams, scallops, and lobsters.
Cape Ann is a rocky cape in northeastern Massachusetts on the Atlantic Ocean. You can head out there for some white-sided dolphin watching.
You can find boats going out from Gloucester and when whale food is available you can even see some North Atlantic Right Whales with their massive heads and bodies. The season for watching begins in mid-May.
From Cape Cod you can get boat tours and go whale watching along Stellwagen Bank which is one of the best whale feeding grounds found off Cape Cod Bay. Other fund cruises include seal cruises where in season you can watch these adorable mammals at play.
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