Gully: Mammals

Birds

Amphibians/Reptiles

Arthropods

Plants

Bryophytes/Lichens

Black Bear

The Black Bear is a large carnivorous animal weighing up to 250 kilograms and standing as tall as 1.5 metres. Colour varies from jet black to pale cinnamon; Black Bears have a pale area around the snout. The shape of the head and snout is flat or slightly concave and the ears are rounded. Although they will eat almost any form of animal or plant, they search out berries in summer. A bear’s home range includes several feeding areas and varies from a size of 25 square kilometres for females to 150 square kilometres to males.

White-tailed Deer

The White-tailed Deer is a medium-sized reddish-brown deer with a white chin patch and white belly. The tail is long witha white underside and edges. If alarmed, the tail is raised upright like a flag, showing off the white underside and rump. Unlike the Mule Deer, the antlers of the White-tailed Deer are not branched. Their preferred food is shrub browse, forbs, grasses, and occasionally the bark of young deciduous trees. Winters are spent in the protection of dense brushy areas.

White-tailed Deer are found in the grasslands and associated forests of the South-East corner of British Columbia, and are occasionally found to the west and north-west of their normal range.

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Here are some other representative species in gullies:

California Bighorn Sheep
Coyote
Mule Deer
Red Fox
Spotted Bat
Western Small-footed Myotis
Yellow Pine Chipmunk

Photos:
Jared Hobbs (Black Bear and White-tailed Deer)

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