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Description. The Chic-Chocs wildlife reserve is part of the network of wildlife reserve of Quebec which covers a territory of 67,000 kilometres (41,631.87 mi). This reserve was created in 1949, becoming the seventh oldest reserve in the province. It covers an area of 1,129.71 kilometres (701.97 mi) which is divided into two distinct territories ...
Greater yellowlegs. Long-billed curlew. Scolopacidae is a large diverse family of small to medium-sized shorebirds including the sandpipers, curlews, godwits, shanks, tattlers, woodcocks, snipes, dowitchers, and phalaropes. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil.
Eastern moose are the third largest subspecies of moose only behind the western moose and the Alaska moose. Males stand on average 1.7–2.0 m (5.6–6.6 ft) at the shoulder and weigh up to 634 kg (1,398 lb). Females stand on average 1.7 m (5.6 ft) at the shoulder and weigh on average 270–360 kg (600–790 lb). Eastern moose antlers have an ...
This list of mammals in Pennsylvania consists of 66 species currently believed to occur wild in the state. This excludes feral domesticated species such as feral cats and dogs . Several species recently lived wild in Pennsylvania, but are now extirpated (locally, but not globally, extinct).
Nov. 1—Hunters achieved a 66% success rate during the nine-day 2023 moose hunting season in the Granite State, putting this year "on par with previous years," according to officials with New ...
These are birds that more than half of the North American populations nest in the boreal forest. Many of these birds need mature forests or isolated, non-populated wetlands that now have been largely cleared outside of the boreal forests. Hooded merganser. Trumpeter swan, Cygnus buccinator. American wigeon, Anas americana.
Mar. 15—More than two dozen moose in northeastern Washington are wearing some new jewelry. In February, biologists from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife put GPS collars on 28 ...
The ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) is a medium-sized grouse occurring in forests from the Appalachian Mountains across Canada to Alaska. It is the most widely distributed game bird in North America. [2] It is non-migratory. It is the only species in the genus Bonasa.