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Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Animals
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![Three sandhill cranes stand in the tall green grass. Three sandhill cranes stand in the tall green grass.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508002953im_/http://www.nps.gov/piro/naturescience/images/Sandhill-cranes.jpg) |
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Though animal life is abundant within the Lakeshore, visitors often do not see many animals during their visit beyond chipmunks and perching birds. A walk down park trails may reveal bear scat, a pile of pine cone bracts from a feeding red squirrel, or the chatter of a chipmunk.
Animal life in this varied habitat of wetland, sand dune, cliff, and northern hardwood forests includes white-tailed deer, black bear, wolves, and an occasional moose. Smaller animals include a variety of migratory and nesting perching birds as well as bald eagle, osprey, raven, and barred owl and broad-winged hawks. Fisher, mink, marten, beaver, skunk, red squirrel, and numerous species of small mammals such as shrews and mice inhabit various Lakeshore habitats.
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![Spray Falls drops 70 feet over the Pictured Rocks cliffs into Lake Superior. Spray Falls drops 70 feet over the Pictured Rocks cliffs into Lake Superior.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508002953im_/http://www.nps.gov/mwr/customcf/apps/CMS_HandF/Pictures/PIRO_Spray-Falls-DYK.jpg) |
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Did You Know?
There are seven named waterfalls within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, plus several unnamed falls. From west to east, they are Munising, Bridalveil, Miners, Mosquito, Chapel, Spray, and Sable Falls. The sandstone outcrops of the Pictured Rocks escarpment create the many waterfalls in the area.
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Last Updated: December 04, 2006 at 13:02 EST |