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Other
Wildlife in Harrison Hot Springs
October 14, 2001
on the way to Hick's Lake at 10:30 p.m.
Short-tailed Weasel
(also seen winter 2008 under
bird feeder in back yard)
2 sets Mule Deer with twin
fawns
January 1, 2001 at the
outflow of the Miami River into Harrison Lake at 3:30 p.m.
eating a fish, snorting at a dog, hiding
in the culvert and playing again once the dog departed
December 15, 2009 on the
ice eating fish and sliding in the same area as above.
Northern River Otter Click otter for Canadian
Wildlife Federation
December 15, 2002
in the Miami River behind our home
One Northern River Otter was surprised to
be interrupted at its play. It stopped rolling a small branch to
snort , dive then surface to snort at us again before disappearing amongst
the vegetation at the edge of the river.
August 17,
2005 at 4:15 p.m.
A family of five Northern River Otters
swam up the Miami River behind the house. We were alerted to their
presence by the loud alarm calls one of them constantly made as it
surveyed the banks for danger.
November 22,
2002 deposited on front verandah at 9:00 p.m.
by Marmalade, the
cat One
Trowbridge's
Vole
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Shrew info
On December 6, 2002, Marmalade deposited
a second Trowbridge's on the mat. This is not good as Trowbridge's
Shrew is blue listed!
At 6:15 a.m. one May
2003 morning
a Cinnamon-coloured Black Bear yearling
Cub visits the bird feeder. He carefully licked all the seeds from
the tube feeders, attempted to pull down the hopper and to climb the
mature Big-leaved Maple before leaving via the river exit at 7
a.m.
Other mammals observed 1992 to
2009
in Harrison Hot Springs Village
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Mule Deer
Mountain Lion (cougar)
Bobcat
Western Spotted Skunk
Striped Skunk
Short-tailed Weasel
Common Raccoon
Harbor Seal
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Black Bear
Coyote
Black Rat
House Mouse
Vole sp.
Common Muskrat
American Beaver
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Townsend's Chipmunk
Eastern Grey Squirrel
Douglas's Squirrel
Eastern Cottontail
Little Brown Bat
Coast Mole
Trowbridge's Shrew
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