Large river and forestWhere habitats overlap and are ever-changing.Habitats exist around and above rocks, on or in water and muck and along shore into the forest. These habitats shift seasonally and sometimes daily after a storm. Adapted to frequent change, riverlife thrives in this nutrient-rich ecosystem. |
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Featured animals |
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| Common name | Scientific name |
| Longnose gar | Lepisosteus osseus |
| Northern pike | Esox lucius |
| Common map turtle | Graptemys geographica |
| False map turtle | Graptemys pseudogeographica |
| Northern brown snake | Storeria dekayi dekayi |
| Eastern garter snake | Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis |
| Double-crested cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| Wood duck | Aix sponsa |
| Ring-necked duck | Aythya collaris |
| Greater scaup (blue-bill) | Aythya marila |
| Lesser scaup | Aythya affinis |
| Bufflehead | Bucephala albeola |
| Sharp-shinned hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| Red-shouldered hawk | Buteo lineatus |
| Eastern screech owl | Otus asio |
| Pileated woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus |
| Saw-wet owl | Aegolius acadicus |
| Star-nosed mole | Condylura cristata |
| Big brown bat | Eptesicus fuscus |
| Boreal redbacked vole | Clethrionomys gapperi |
