Wildlife
The Greenbelt is home to a variety of wildlife:
- Mammals: bat, bear, beaver, coyote, cottontail rabbit, fisher, muskrat, porcupine, raccoon, red fox, red squirrel, snowshoe hare, skunk, white-tailed deer, rarely moose
- Birds: Barred owl, Screech Owl, Great Grey Owl, Canada Goose, Sandhill Crane, Great Blue Heron, Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, Spruce Grouse, Woodcock, Blue Jay, Chickadee
- Insects: walking stick, praying mantis, butterflies
- Reptiles/Amphibians: common garter snake, painted turtle, snapping turtle
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Famous quotes containing the word wildlife:
“Russian forests crash down under the axe, billions of trees are dying, the habitations of animals and birds are layed waste, rivers grow shallow and dry up, marvelous landscapes are disappearing forever.... Man is endowed with creativity in order to multiply that which has been given him; he has not created, but destroyed. There are fewer and fewer forests, rivers are drying up, wildlife has become extinct, the climate is ruined, and the earth is becoming ever poorer and uglier.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)