Ponds and Lakes: Mammals

Birds

Amphibians/Reptiles

Arthropods

Plants

Bryophytes/Lichens

Western Harvest Mouse

The smallest of BC's mice, the Western Harvest Mouse lives in the dense vegetation bordering lakes. It eats mostly seeds and caterpillars, and will climb up in bushes to reach food if necessary. The Western Harvest Mouse is nocturnal and more active on rainy or moonless nights to reduce the risk of predation. It makes a ball-shaped nest of dried vegetation and uses vole burrows to move around as it does not make its own.

Little Brown Myotis

Yellow or olive fur with lighter fur on the underside, dark wing membranes and ears are characteristic features of this bat. The Little Brown Myotis feeds on aquatic insects and changes its diet as insects hatch throughout the summer. Midges are important in the spring while caddis flies and mayflies are the food of choice in summer. All prey is caught and eaten while flying and they can change their hunting habits to take advantage of insect hatches. The Little Brown Myotis roosts in buildings, tree cavities, under tree bark, and in caves or rock crevices during the summer months..

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Here are some other representative species in pond and lake habitats:

Beaver
California Myotis
Fringed Myotis
Muskrat
River Otter
Red:
Western Red Bat

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