wildlife ecology- lab 2

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Wood duck

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American woodcock

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Common tern

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red-winged blackbird

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common loon

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Double-crested Cormorant

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Common Eider

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Osprey

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American Black Duck

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Great Blue Heron

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Canada Goose

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Hooded Merganser

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Barn Swallow

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Grey Catbird

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Common grackle

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American Kestrel

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Eastern bluebird

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Turkey vulture

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Striped Skunk 

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Eastern Meadow Vole

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House Mouse

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American Toad

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Eastern cottontail Rabbit

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Woodchuck

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North American Beaver

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Muskrat

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American Mink

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North American River Otter

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Eastern Painted turtle

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Harbor Seal

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House Sparrow

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red fox

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Raccoon

how can you tell something is an herbivore

huge incisors, flat back molars

how can you tell something is a carnivore

pointy canines for tearing meat

how does beaver move through water

propels itself with tail, long flexible spine and webbed feet

muskrat, American mink, north American beaver, and north American river otter all have in common

semi aquatic

Where are harbor seals, double-crested cormorants, common eiders, and common terns found

saltwater/beach/coast lines

What do harbor seals, double-crested cormorants, and common terns eat

small fish

how does harbor seals catch its food?

sharp teeth to tear through meat, propels to chase water with tail and webbed back feed 

how does double crested cormorant catch its food 

dives in water to get food, aerodynamic and thin beak for spearing/hooked bill 

how does common tern catch its food

hovers with aerodynamic body, spears with beak

how does common eider catch its food

uses it bill to sweep bottom for plankton, dabbling, to eat crabs, mollusks, and other crustaceans

relationship with seals and people in new England

more seals eat more fish, and that means less fish for the people of new England, seals compete with fisherman for food and attracts sharks

where does hooded merganser nest

forested areas 

where does great blue heron nest

forested areas, top of trees 

where does osprey nest

nests on tall snags and telephone wires

which species can barely walk on land due to the weird body shape

common loon

Canada goose is everywhere because this species is a ____

generalist

why is eastern painted turtle better for the water

webbed feet

what does American kestrel eat

small rodents, insects, birds, and lizards

what does common grackle eat

seeds and grasses

what does eastern blue bird eat 

mast, insects

what does barn swallow eat

insects 

what does gray catbird eat

fruit, insects and seeds 

what does house sparrow eat 

seeds and grasses 

where does swallow build their nests

sides of human structures

where does blue bird build their nests

tree cavities

where does catbird nest

low lying shrubs

where does house sparrow nest

human structures

what does fox eat

carnivores, sharp canines

what does skunk eat

omnivores, meat, vegivaion,

why does racoon have the mask on

like eye black

what does meadow vole eat 

vegetation, grasses, seeds 

how does vole navigate snow

they burrow

when is American toad active

at night, need to stay moist so its best at night