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Wildlife Gallery #1 These are all native animal species you might see on any of the HEF properties. Many of these animals live here and are free to roam, forage, and migrate through out our HEF properties and surrounding lands. Each day can bring new surprises and experiences. |
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Bobcat Bobcats are found all across the US and have amazing adaptation skills to survive in all types of habitats. They are found here on the foundation. | |
The second largest rodent in the world. Beavers weigh 30 to 70 pounds and have a broad flattened tail and webbed hind feet. | |
Black Bear These omnivorse are common through out the US. HEF has Black bears on our properties and foraging in the surrounding forests and wetlands. | |||
Brown Bat | |
Otters have suffered severely through habitat destruction, pollution that kills the fish they eat, misuse of pesticides, and excessive trapping. | |
If you are in a wooded area and hear a high-pitched "chip" it could be a chipmunk scolding you. | |||
Coyote | |
The red fox is omnivorous. Its diet consists of muskrats, squirrels, hares, birds, eggs, insects, vegetation, carrion and voles, which seem to be its preferred food. |
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Skunks are omnivorous nighttime hunters. This means they feed on almost anything, including crickets and grasshoppers, nuts, eggs, and fruit. Skunks have their scent gland from the day they are born, and can spray when they are only 8 days old. | |||
They eat what they find in the tunnels, including earthworms, insects, salamanders, small birds, and young rabbits. The lower jaw has saliva containing a poison that affects the prey's heart rate, blood pressure and respiration. |
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Marmot These little guys are found in high elevations and mountain ranges in Wsshington, but not on foundation properties. |
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Gopher They are native to Washington and most of the US. They are found just about everywhere. |
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