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The familiar squirrels and deer were only two of the 11 species of mammals identified by Kristi MacDonald-Byers, Conservation and Policy Associate with the New York/New Jersey Baykeeper. She set up "scent stations" - circles of sand and tuna-scented cotton balls - at five locations in Lenape. Animals come to investigate, and in the process, they leave their tracks in their vicinity. One visitor detected by this method was a coyote, who ventured surprisingly close to Bio-Blitz Central! Red fox and woodchuck were both identified by their burrows; deer were identified by their scat (droppings).
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)
Didelphis marsupialis (Opossum)
Sciurus carolinensis (Eastern Grey Squirrel)
Canis latrans (Coyote)
Vulpes vulpes (Red Fox)
Odocoileus virginianus (White-tailed Deer)
Marmota monax (Woodchuck)
Sylvilagus floridanus (Eastern Cottontail)
Homo sapiens (Human)
Blarina brevicauda (Short-tailed Shrew)
Tamias striatus (Eastern Chipmunk)
