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Posted by Erika Barthelmess,
North Country explorer from Canton, NY
North Country explorer from Canton, NY
September 26, 2015 —
Two of the critters we bumped into with my Vertebrate Natural History class over the weekend. Not often you get to see a deer mouse up close. The wood frog is my favorite local amphibian with its "raccoon-like" mask.
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Deer mouse
Wood frog
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