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Grey Fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus)Observer
redgarterDescription
Possible breeding pair observed mid-winter
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Fatmucket (Lampsilis siliquoidea)Observer
redgarterDescription
Fresh shell from small muskrat midden. Adult female
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Fatmucket (Lampsilis siliquoidea)Observer
redgarterDescription
Fresh shell from small muskrat midden, adult female
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Eastern Lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata)Observer
redgarterDescription
Or L. silliquoidea, as usual. Fresh shell of young specimen. Significant find as a clear sign of some recovery for any unionid species within the Saint-Lawrence corridor where all unionid species have suffered massive die-offs from dreissenid invasions over the last decades.
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Giant Floater (Pyganodon grandis)Observer
redgarterDescription
Small shell from a nutrient-poor lake. Live individuals in same area were all relatively much smaller with much denser growth rings than the same species in more typical, nutrient-rich habitats.
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Hickorynut (Obovaria olivaria)Observer
redgarterDescription
Very weathered valve. Heavy dreissenid presence in habitat, possibly old shell on bank dredgings.
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Eastern Elliptio (Elliptio complanata)Observer
redgarterDescription
Could also be Eurynia dilatata.
Very weathered valve. Heavy dreissenid presence in habitat, possibly old shell on bank dredgings
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Eastern Lampmussel (Lampsilis radiata)Observer
redgarterDescription
Could also be L. silliquoidea.
Very weathered valve. Heavy dreissenid presence in habitat, possibly old shell on bank dredgings
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Eastern Elliptio (Elliptio complanata)Observer
redgarterDescription
Very weathered valve. Heavy dreissenid presence in habitat, possibly old shell on bank dredgings.
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Eastern Elliptio (Elliptio complanata)Observer
redgarterDescription
Very weathered valve
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Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)Observer
redgarterDescription
Live adult in situ
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Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)Observer
redgarterDescription
Live adult in situ
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Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)Observer
redgarterDescription
Fresh shell, young adult
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Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)Observer
redgarterDescription
Fresh shell, young adult
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Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)Observer
redgarterDescription
Weathered juvenile shell
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Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)Observer
redgarterDescription
4 live ankmaks in situ. Subadult at far right, next to rock
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Freshwater Pearl Mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera)Observer
redgarterDescription
Weathered shell, adult