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Species Checklist
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Living With Coyotes
The following is a list of some of the most common wildlife species found
in the park in large enough numbers to be considered resident species.
Fish
longnose sucker - Bow River, Fish Creek
brook stickleback - Fish Creek
rainbow trout - Bow River, Fish Creek
white sucker - Bow River, Fish Creek
brown trout - Bow River, Fish Creek
Amphibians
tiger salamander - terrestrial in wetland areas
northern leopard frog - wetlands 
wood frog - wetlands
boreal chorus frog - wetlands
Reptiles
red-sided garter snake
wandering (common) garter snake
Birds
great blue heron - Bow River, summer
Canada goose - Bow River, Fish Creek, summer
 common
merganser - Bow River, Fish Creek, summer
red-tailed hawk - grasslands, summer
Swainson's hawk - grasslands, summer
bald eagle - Bow River banks, mid to late winter
ruffed grouse - parkland, riverine, all year
ring-necked pheasant - grasslands, open woods, all year
great horned owl - parkland, riverine, white spruce, all year
pileated woodpecker - parkland, riverine, white spruce, all year
hairy woodpecker - parkland, riverine, white spruce, all year
downy woodpecker - parkland, riverine, white spruce, all year
blue jay - white spruce, all year
raven - riverine, white spruce, all year
black-capped chickadee - parkland, riverine, white spruce, all year
red-breasted nuthatch - riverine, white spruce, all year
For a more detailed bird checklist see our Park
Note on Birds
in the Park  (339 kb).
Mammals
pocket gopher - grasslands
Richardson's ground squirrel - grasslands, hibernates
meadow vole - grasslands
shrews - throughout the park
 red
squirrel - white spruce forest
little brown bat - throughout the park, migrates
weasels - throughout the park
porcupine - parkland, riverine, white spruce
muskrat - aquatic
beaver - aquatic
snowshoe hare - throughout the park
mule deer - throughout the park
white-tailed deer - east of Glennfield
coyote - throughout the park
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