BLACK BEAR EASTERN BLUEBIRD Did you know that the black bear is The bluebird was disappearing but thanks not a true hibernator? They actually to many people installing nest boxes, the go into torpor, which is a deep populations are recovering. To continue to sleep from which they will wake protect them, we must use fewer pesticides, occasionally in order to stretch and as they kill the insects that this bird eats! drink. CHICKADEES BROWN SNAKE Did you know that chickadees do The brown snake is the most not migrate? They stay here urban of Québec’s snakes! In year-round, making sure they our province it lives only in the always have food by hiding Montreal region. Don’t worry, it thousands of seeds in the forest! is harmless!

WHITE-TAILED DEER Did you know that the white-tailed SNOWSHOE HARE deer uses its tail to warn others about nearby predators? By raising The snowshoe hare can travel 3 its tail it shows o the white hair meters in a single leap! It can also underneath, which is a silent signal run up to 45 km/h! that it is time to run!

SPIDERS RACCOON Even though they can seem scary, The raccoon has ve ngers, like us! spiders are actually very useful! They eat This is why it is able to open garbage lots of pesky insects that could become cans and containers. It can even open a problem if they had no natural a soda can! predators!

RED FOX WOODPECKER The red fox is a real athlete! It Have you ever heard a woodpecker can jump up to 2 meters in the drumming on a tree with its beak? It is air from a standstill, and run up searching for the tasty insects that to 48 km/h! hide underneath the bark!

RED SQUIRREL OWL The red squirrel is an omnivore, which Can owls turn their head all the means it eats plants and animals! In way around? Not quite, but they urban areas we usually see its cousin can manage 270 degrees, which the gray squirrel. is ¾ of a turn. Pretty impressive! BEAVER GREEN SNAKE Did you know that a beaver’s front The smooth green snake is the teeth grow continually? Gnawing easiest snake to identify in on wood helps keep its teeth Québec because of its bright trimmed and sharp! green colour. Don’t worry, it is harmless!

GRAY WOLF AMERICAN ROBIN The gray wolf belongs to the The American Robin is a songbird canine family. It is a carnivore, that loves eating insects! This helps meaning that it eats meat almost us by maintaining a natural balance exclusively! of insect populations.

ANTS SNAILS Did you know that there are more than one hundred Did you know that a snail’s foot is on its different species of ants in belly? This allows it to get around. It Québec? They can be black, can also hide in its shell in order to brown or red and be protect itself. between 1 and 13mm long.

OWL LADYBUGS Did you know that in French there are Most ladybugs are insectivores, meaning two words for owl? “Hibou’”refers to that they eat other insects. One adult owls that have ear tufts, while ladybug can eat up to 100 aphids in a single “chouette” refers to owls without! day!

MOOSE BEETLES The moose is the largest deer in Beetles are the largest group of living Québec! Its habitat is in danger: if things in the world. Over 350,000 species we keep cutting down forests, the have been discovered worldwide…so far! moose will no longer have viable habitat!

BUTTERFLY In Québec, the most well-known BEES buttery is the monarch. This Bees are very important as they are insect migrates all the way to pollinators. Without them, we would Mexico! have very few owering plants!