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Meet the Mammals of New York!

Eastern Cottontail

Kika Tuff 4/19/25 Kika Tuff 4/19/25

Eastern Cottontail

Sylvilagus floridanus

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Snowshoe Hare

Kika Tuff 4/5/25 Kika Tuff 4/5/25

Snowshoe Hare

Lepus americanus

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Our research sites have been very successful this summer! Lots of bears and other wildlife checking things out and having a good time 😉If you have trail cams up in NY, join iSeeMammals and submit data too! Help us study the growing bear population!

Instructions for an old-school trail camera set up in a children's outdoor activity book! Proof that our work is fun :)

Yesterday in the Catskills, I spooked a black bear that ran down the seasonal access road and then up the hill into the woods! On the way to check my last site of the day. Bear was small, about 120 pounds, with a round booty. Fur was nice and thick,

Look at this guy crawling under the wire and leaving hair for us on Sunday. 😍This site was set up 2 weeks ago, so good to know our sardines, strawberry, and smoke are still bringing them in! This is our first year using reconyxes. What do you think

Ladies and gentlemen, we got bear! First check at a site on private property in the Avoca, NY area :) The canister had strawberry oil in it, and the bear left hair on the barbed wire for us. Can't wait to see what our camera picked up over the 2 wee

Finished the last big haul of setting up sites. Had so much fun exploring upstate New York and finding animal sign everywhere!! Can you ID these scats? Also running tick count: 6; spider webs in the face: 3. Next week I'll be back to trail cam photos

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