Silhouettes of ducks on water during sunset with reflections and tree branches.

Wildlife Sightings

If you're looking carefully, you'll see plenty of wildlife on the Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail: insects, winged waterfowl, deer, rabbits, and other four legged creatures.

Wildlife Spotted on the Dahlgren Trail

  • Blue Heron

  • Bullfrog

  • Butterflies 

  • Canadian geese

  • Deer

  • Dragonfly

  • Eagle  

  • Egrets

  • Domestic geese

  • Green Heron

  • Muscovy duck

  • Muskrat

  • Otter

  • Red-winged blackbird 

  • Snakes 

  • Snapping turtle 

  • Turtles 

  • Wood ducks

  • Wood peckers

Have a critter sighting to add to the list? Great wildlife photos from the trail?

Submit A Wildlife Sighting
A small orange and black bird nestled among green leaves and vines in a dense jungle or forest.
A Muscovy duck standing on a dirt path surrounded by green foliage.
A bald eagle perched on a branch amidst green leaves at night.
A red salamander with black spots on a forest floor among leaves and soil.
Frog sitting on water with aquatic plants and algae.
A dragonfly perched on a green leaf with a blurred green background.
A beaver sitting in a pond surrounded by green plants and duckweed.
Six geese swimming in a pond surrounded by green plants and reeds.
A white heron stands on the grassy edge of a pond, holding a small fish in its yellow beak, surrounded by water, plants, and fallen logs.
Group of yellow and black monarch butterflies gathered on the ground among rocks and leaves.
Deer lying in tall green grass at night, illuminated by a camera flash.
A family of swans swimming in a pond at sunset, surrounded by tall grasses.
Five turtles basking on a log in a body of water.
A beaver swimming in a pond with floating plants.
Heron standing in a swampy area with green algae, cattails, and dead branches.