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Sketch by Patricia Kernan

 

Capital Region BioBlitz 1999 - Results

Peebles Island State Park - Waterford, New York

July 30 - 31, 1999


Mammals
Total = 16

ID Common Name Genus Species Notes
1 Shorttail shrew Blarina brevicauda
2 Beaver Castor canadensis by sign, fresh chips
3 Woodchuck Marmota monax rabid? Taken by animal control
16 Skunk Mephites mephites seen by security
15 Meadow vole Microtus pennsylvanicus found dead
4 Mink Mustela vision
14 Little Brown Bat Myotis lucifugus near base camp
5 Whitetailed deer Odocoileus virginianus tracks by bridge
6 Muskrat Ondatra zibethicus
13 Mouse Peromyscus sp.
7 Raccoon Procyon lotor tracks (C Siegfried)
8 Gray squirrel Sciurus carolinensis
12 Cottontail rabbit Sylvilagus floridanus ca. 1920h
9 Chipmunk Tamias striatus vocal and vis.
10 Red squirrel Tamiasciurus hudsonicus
11 Red fox Vulpes fulva Al Breisch

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