Animal Habitat

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Animal Habitat Behavior

• By Kerri and Amanda

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Pine Barrens
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Pine Barrens

• The Southern Leopard frog
• Voice
•  Series of short throaty croaks. Males call while
  afloat or from land.
• Breeding 
• Year-round in southern areas, March to June in
  northern areas. Egg masses are laid in shallow
  water.
• Habitat
•  Any freshwater location. Wanders among moist
  vegetation in the summer, returns to freshwater
  ponds and streams and brackish marshes rest of
  year.

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Pine Barrens

• Range 
• From southern New York to the Florida Keys, west
  to Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.
• Behavior
• Primarily nocturnal. During the day, it hides in
  grass or sunny banks. To hide from a predator
  such as a raccoon or water bird, this frog dives
  into the water, makes a sharp turn while still
  submerged, and surfaces to the vegetation at the
  water's edge meanwhile the predator continues to
  search in the direction of the original dive.

southern leopard frog
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Southern Leopard Frog
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Pine barrens

• The Eastern Painted Turtle
• Diet
• Both plant and animal materials.
• Breeding
• They mate in April and May, eggs are layed in
  mid-summer. The young hatch and leave the nest
  the next spring.

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Eastern Painted Turtle

• Location
• The Eastern Painted Turtle is a medium sized
  turtle that is found in the extreme eastern part
  of the state and in a couple of southern
  counties.
• Description
• It may grow to be 7 inches long. It has a
  smooth, dark back with tan markings at the front
  of the plates and small red marks inside the very
  front plates. The head has yellow spots and the
  body is marked in red. The underside is yellow.

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Eastern Painter Turtle
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Great Blue Heron
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Great Blue Heron
FEEDING HABITS They usually feed on small
fish half the size of their bill. Sometimes
shellfish, insects and rodents are occasionally
eaten. When its catch is too large to be gulped
down immediately or has dangerous spines, the
heron drops it back into the water and grabs hold
of it repeatedly and violently with its beak
until the spine snaps. Then it can be swallowed
more easily. NESTING Great Blue Herons
usually nest in colonies in woodlands In the
spring, males and females reach the nesting
grounds at about the same time. Males settle
usually where there are nests from former years.
Each male then defends his territory in the tree
where he plans to build a new nest or restore an
old one. From that site, males put on grand
displays and shriek loudly when females approach
them. New mates are chosen each year. Birds aged
two years or more mate almost immediately upon
arrival, usually at the nest or, when one is not
available, on a branch.
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Blue Jay
Field Marks

• Length 10 inches
• Black sturdy bill
• Blue crest and upper parts
• Black eye line and breast band
• Grayish-white throat and under parts
• Bright blue wings with black bars and white
  patches
• Long blue tail with black bars and white corners
• Dark legs
• Migrates during the day in small flocks
• Most have become urbanized and live in city
  parks. Most are noisy and are often found in
  flocks outside the breeding season. They are
  omnivorous, eating nuts (especially acorns),
  seeds, small amphibians, insects and other
  invertebrates, and sometimes the eggs and young
  of other birds.
• They are fearless birds often steal food.
• There are few species of jays in the Old World.

Feeding habits
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Osprey
The Osprey is a bird of Prey. It is found in
most parts of the world. It feeds solely and
exclusively on all live fish and is usually seen
hovering over the water, into which it plunges
feet first to grasp its prey. They usually hunt
at night. In winter they go to the states of
California and Florida where it's warmer.
Sometimes they go to the Gulf Coast near Mexico.
They nest in trees 15 to 50 feet above ground.
They live in Canada in the summer by the water.
Their nest can be six feet in height. Their
nest is made of twigs and sticks. Their nest
grows higher and higher every year because they
add more sticks and twigs to it. Their wings go
featherless very quickly when they are old. They
can fly 200 feet above water.
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Sunfish
Bluegills feed on many forms of natural foods,
especially small crustaceans, insects, and plant
material. They average 8 inches in length. A
few may reach or exceed 10 inches, but these are
exceptional. They are spunky, though not
spectacular fighters when hooked. Bluegills are
found in calm, weedy waters, with docks, logs,
and lily pad beds. All provide shelter for these
fish. Large bluegills stay in deeper water during
the day and move to near shore areas in morning
and evening to feed. Young fish feed on plankton,
but as they grow the diet shifts to aquatic
insects and their larvae. Bluegills begin
spawning when water temperatures reach about
70F. Spawning may peak in May or June, but
continues until water temperatures cool in the
fall. Because of their long spawning season,
bluegills have very high reproductive potential,
which often results in overpopulation in the face
of low predation or low fishing pressure. Nests
are created in shallow water, one to two feet in
depth. Gravel is preferred.
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CAT FISH
Channel catfish are most abundant in large
streams with low or moderate current. They spawn
in late spring or early summer when water
temperatures reach 75F. Males select nest sites
which are normally dark secluded areas such as
cavities in drift piles, logs, undercut banks,
rocks, and cans. Males guard the nest, and may
actually eat some of the eggs if they are
disturbed. The eggs, if not devoured, typically
hatch in about a week. Catfish less than 4
inches in length feed primarily on small insects.
Adults are largely omnivorous, feeding on
insects, mollusks, crustaceans, fish, and even
some plant material. Sexual maturity is reached
in two or three years in captivity.
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Black Vulture
Characteristics
Length22inches Wingspan54 inches
Sexes are similar They are large, soaring
birds have a long hooked dark bill
dark gray wrinkly skin bald heads
they come out later in the day do quick flaps
followed by glides they hunt by their sight
rather then scent eat mammals, fish, birds,
reptiles, as well as eggs sometimes fruit.
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Red Fox
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Red Fox
Habitat - The red fox prefers the edges of
forests, toward fields and near marshes but they
can be found on farmland, beaches, prairies,
woodlands and both alpine and arctic tundra.
Behavior- well-developed sense of hearing,
sight, and smell the red fox is an efficient and
lethal predator being an omnivore it eats
whatever is available including corn, berries,
apples, grasses, birds and mammals. The fox has
many enemies including coyote, lynx, and humans.
It is also susceptible to rabies.
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Pickerel Frog
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Pickerel Frog
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