DIRECTIONS: Leaving Wellsboro, drive 10 miles on US 6 West until reaching PA 362. Turn left and drive 0.8 mile until you reach the sign designating Darling Run Access on the right, the beginning of the 61 mile Rail Trail which ends in Jersey Shore, Lycoming County. In 2007 this trail will be extended to the US 6/ PA 287 junction at The Muck (SGL 313), allowing birders to traverse an unequaled array of wetland, forested, and riverine habitats along the state's longest bicycle trail. Regardless of how you traverse this trail, you will see or hear a wide variety of warblers, six species of woodpeckers, Common and Hooded mergansers, Canada Geese, Belted Kingfisher, Green and Great Blue herons, Cedar Waxwing, Bald Eagle, and Osprey. A real treat is an active Bald Eagle nest visible from the parking lot at Darling Run. Walk to the far north point of the lot and look across Pine Creek to a white pine only 100 yards from the Creek. Wildlife along the Pine Creek Rail Trail include White-tailed Deer, Black Bear, Mink, River Otter, and Coyote. Return to US 6 and continue west less than 0.5 mile and turn left (south) at Colton Road to proceed along the Grand Canyon west rim. There are many trails heads beginning at a parking lot 1 mile from the intersection, and along Colton Road. At 1.1 miles Owasse Road goes left and goes 2.4 miles along the Pine Creek to a dead end. This road is good for riparian species. At 4.2 miles is Colton Point State Park. In these woods, and along the trails, you can find Scarlet Tanager, Ovenbird, and many species of warbler, including Blackburnian, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Yellow, Black-and-white, Chestnut-sided, Hooded, Magnolia, and Canada. Common Raven, Black-capped Chickadee, Hermit and Wood thrushes, Blue-headed and Red-eyed vireos, Least and Acadian flycatchers, Barred Owl, Northern Saw-whet Owl, Wild Turkey, Purple Finch, and Dark-eyed Junco have been documented in these woods. Many structures at Colton Point were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps. A left turn upon exiting the park takes you south along the Canyon's west rim for 22 miles, on a forest road with numerous "switch-backs," eventually reaching PA 414 near the village of Blackwell. This route follows the Ansonia PA Breeding Bird Survey route run every year in June. Notable birds along this route include large numbers of Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Winter Wren, four species of thrush, and Worm-eating Warbler in addition to those warblers already mentioned. Leonard Harrison State Park (on the eastern rim) is accessed from PA 660 about 10 miles west of Wellsboro. At the lookout point Common Raven, American Crow, Bald Eagle, Osprey, Turkey Vulture, Red-tailed Hawk, and Broad-winged Hawk can be seen. Documented in this area also are warbler species including Pine, Black-throated Blue, Black-throated Green, Blackburnian, and Black-and-white. Also in these forests are Northern Goshawk, Scarlet Tanager, Wood Thrush, Hermit Thrush, Veery, Blue-headed and Red-eyed vireos, Purple Finch, and Red Crossbill (winter eruptions). Other wildlife include River Otter, Fisher, Black Bear, and White-tailed Deer.