Wildlife
For birdwatchers, species in or passing through the area include Arctic Tern, Black Tern, New World blackbirds, Black Brant, Canada geese, Common Goldeneye, Common Merganser, Common Tern, Double-crested Cormorants, Great Blue Heron, Green-winged Teal, Gulls, Killdeer, Northern Pintails, Rails, Red-throated Loon, Ring-billed Gull, Songbirds, Spotted Sandpiper, Swallows, and Wood Ducks. The fish species in the Ottawa River near BYC include Brown trout, Small mouth bass and Walleye. The Reptiles, Amphibians, and Salamanders include American eels, American ginseng, American Bullfrog, Green frog, Loggerhead shrike, Least bittern, Mudpuppy, Painted Turtles, Snapping Turtles, Spotted turtle, and Spring Peeper. The mammals in the area include Beaver, Coyotes, Eastern Chipmunks, Mink, Muskrat, Otter, Porcupine, Raccoons, Red foxes, Red Squirrels, and Woodchucks.
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