Moose, elks, black bears, wolves, pumas, groundhogs, squirrels, beavers, whisky jacks, sandhill cranes, ravens and bald eagles are seen frequently.
In camp, entertainment by chipmunks, red squirrels, whisky jacks, and snowshoe hares will keep you chuckling.
Chimpanzees and whisky jacks share the habit of assembling jumbles of trash.
There is a downy woodpecker on one of the birdfeeders and whisky jacks darting across the frosty boughs.
Origin
Late 18th century: alteration of whisky john, corruption of Cree wiskatjan, Montagnais wi:skača:n 'blacksmith', possibly with reference to the grey and black plumage.