Mammals of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve |
The habitats of the Preserve support
a variety of mammals including deer, coyote, fox, mink, and muskrat.
For information about tracking mammals, see:
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surprising number of wild mammals, many of
them woodland animals, live in the Preserve,
despite the fact that it is surrounded by
an increasingly urbanized area. These include
raccoons and opossums, cottontail rabbits,
striped skunks, white-tailed deer, muskrats,
minks, red and gray foxes and coyotes, as
well as various rodents and bats.
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photos by Glenda Denniston
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This photo, by Charles H. Roberts on a Dave
Fallow field trip in Frautschi Point, shows a
Red Bat, newly documented for the Preserve in
2002, stuck in a non-native and invasive burdock.
Luckily it was still alive when found, and Dave
managed to untangle and release it |
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For information about mice in the Preserve, see:
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Eagle Heights Gardens and Ag Fields
Eagle Heights Woods
Frautschi Point
Lake Mendota
Lakeshore Path
Muir Woods
Tent Colony Woods
Picnic Point
Picnic Point Marsh
Raymer's Cove
Second Point Woods
University Bay and Willow Creek
Wally Bauman Woods
Willow Creek Woods
