Drive the road slowly and listen and scan for birds or park along the road at the north hydro corridor where the road shoulder is widest and walk sections of the road.

Northern Waterthrush, Brown Creeper, Red-bellied Woodpecker and other species typical of maple swamps are common, as are large flocks of Rusty Blackbird in April and early May and again in fall. Eastern Screech-Owl and Barred Owl both occur in the section of maple swamp between the southern hydro corridor and Moncrief Line. The flooded agricultural field edges and ponds beneath the hydro corridors often attract a few shorebirds in spring, particularly Solitary Sandpiper and both yellowlegs species. Wilson’s Snipe is a common breeder along the road. Both Marsh and Sedge wrens occasionally occur in the cattail and graminoid marshes either side of the road at the south hydro corridor.

Bartlett Road is a 1.5 km stretch of paved road between Moncrief Line and Whitfield Road. It is notable for the fact that there are only two residences along the road and the vehicle traffic is therefore relatively light. The road passes through flooded maple swamp, mixed swamp, several agricultural fields and cattail-graminoid marsh and crosses two hydro corridors midway between Moncrief Line and Whitfield Rd.