When the land trust
acquired the LBT
property last fall I
decided to keep a list
of all the wildlife that
that I saw and
recognized there for one
year. I live nearby and
have included LBT in my
morning walks, probably
200 or more times during
the year.
I usually walk it early
in the morning and that
can be both an advantage
and a disadvantage to
seeing what is
there. Mammals such as
River Otter and Coyote
are best seen early in
the morning. Migrant and
nesting birds are
also more vocal in the
early hours of the
day. Butterflies, on the
other hand, are more apt
to be encountered during
the warmer hours.
I'm sure there are more
migrant songbirds
passing through the
woodlands and possibly
rails and bitterns in
the marsh along the
Lieutenant River that I
have not seen.
The list below is what I
have seen, Birds,
mammals, butterflies,
amphibians and reptiles
while walking Lohmann.
Looking for number
86 now (bird that is).
Hank Golet
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