 The forests are habitat for wild turkey ("Meleagris gallopavo"), mallard duck ("Anas platyrhynchos"), wood duck ("Aix sponsa"), great horned owl ("Bubo virginianus"), and a great number of passerine birds.The area is particularly important as a feeding ground for birds migrating on the Atlantic Flyway.The peatland of western Massachusetts are home to bog turtles ("Glyptemys muhlenbergii").