Dustin Wood

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Dustin Wood Tony Hanner

• Animals

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Fox Squirrel
Common NameFox Squirrel Scientific
NameSciurus niger
The Fox Squirrel's natural range extends
throughout the eastern United States, excluding
New England, north into the southern prairie
provinces of Canada, and west to the Dakotas,
Colorado, and Texas. They have been introduced
into Northern California. While very versatile in
their habitat choices, fox squirrels are most
often found in forest patches of 400,000 square
metres or less with an open understory, or in
urban neighborhoods with trees.
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Fox Squirrel
They thrive best among trees such as oak,
hickory, walnut and pine that produce
winter-storable foods like nuts. Total body
length measures 45 to 70 cm, tail length is 20 to
33 cm, and they range in weight from 500 to 1000
grams. There is no sexual dimorphism in size or
appearance. Individuals tend to be smaller in the
west.
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Whitetail Deer
The White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus),
also known as the Virginia deer, or simply as the
whitetail, is a medium-sized deer found
throughout most of the continental United States,
southern Canada, Mexico, Central America and
northern portions of South America as far south
as Peru.
Common Name Whitetail Deer Scientific Name
Odocoileus virginianus
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Whitetail Deer
The male (also known as a buck) usually weighs
from 130 to 220 pounds (60 to 100 kg) but, in
rare cases, animals in excess of 350 pounds (160
kg) have been recorded. The female (doe) usually
weighs from 90 to 130 pounds (40 to 60 kg), but
some can weigh as much as 165 to 175 pounds (75
or 80 kg). The whitetail deer eats bark from a
tree, corn, grass, and all kinds of other things.
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Raccoon
Scientific Name Procyon lotor Common
Name Raccoon
Raccoons are unusual, for their thumbs enable
them to open many closed containers such as
garbage cans and doors. They are omnivores with a
reputation for being clever and mischievous
their intelligence and dexterity equip them to
survive in a wide range of environments and are
one of the few medium-to-large-sized animals that
have enlarged its range since human encroachment
began another is the coyote.
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Raccoon
Raccoon hindfeet are plantigrade similar to a
human's. Raccoons are sometimes considered vermin
or a nuisance, and are common in campgrounds of
North America, especially in the Midwest. In the
wild, a raccoon is omnivorous, eating plants and
animals. Its menu includes plants like berries,
acorns, and grapes. It also eats animals
including baby mice, baby birds eggs, frogs,
crayfish, fiddler crabs, fish, and even some
snakes.
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Black Bear
The black bear lives in 41 of the 51 U.S. states
and all Canadian provinces except Prince Edward
Island. Populations in the east-central and
southern United States remain in the protected
mountains and woodlands of parks and preserves,
though bears will occasionally wander outside the
parks' boundaries and have set up new
territories, in some cases on the margins of
urban environments in recent years as their
populations increase. They eat a wide variety of
foods, relying most heavily on grasses, herbs,
fruits, and mast.
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Black Bear
The American Black Bear usually ranges in length
from 59 to 72 and typically stands about 31 to 37
inches at the shoulder. Females weigh between 90
and 400 pounds males weigh between 250 and
600 pounds. Adult black bears seldom exceed
660 pounds but exceptionally large males have
been recorded from the wild at up to 95 inches
long and at least 800 pounds. Cubs usually weigh
between 7 ounces and 1 pound at birth. The adult
has small eyes, rounded ears, a long snout, a
large body, and a short tail. It has an excellent
sense of smell.
COMMON NAME Black Bear SCIENTIFIC NAME Ursus
americanus
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Roof Rat
The Black Rat, also known as the Asian black rat,
Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat. Norway rats will
eat nearly any type of food. When given a choice,
they select a nutritionally balanced diet,
choosing fresh, wholesome items over stale or
contaminated foods. They prefer cereal grains,
meats and fish, nut, and some types of fruit.
Rats require 1/2 to 1 ounce of water daily when
feeding on dry foods but need less when moist
foods are available. Food items in household
garbage offer a fairly balanced diet and also
satisfy their moisture needs.
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Roof Rat
Scientific Name Rattus Common Name Roof Rat
Despite its name it comes in several color forms.
Compared to the Brown Rat, it is a poorer
swimmer, but more agile and a better climber,
tending even to flee upwards. It is usually black
to light brown in color with a lighter underside.
A typical rat will be 15 to 20 cm long with a
further 20 cm of tail. It is nocturnal and
omnivorous, with a preference for grains. In a
suitable environment it will breed throughout the
year, with a female producing three to six
litters of up to ten young. Females may regulate
their production of offspring during times when
food is scarce, throwing as few as only one
litter a year.
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Tom Turkey
In the fall they eat lots of acorns and hickory
nuts, called mast, so they can build up a layer
of fat to help them survive winter's cold. Some
turkeys live in the desert. Those turkeys are a
different color than their counterparts seen in
many wooded areas. A desert turkey's tan feathers
more closely match its surroundings. Many male,
or tom, turkeys have beards! Turkeys have
incredible eyesight. "Turkeys can see the
smallest, slightest movement a hundred yards
away," writes Arnosky. Two male turkeys often
fight for dominance and breeding rights. Often,
they fight until one of them dies! Turkeys'
heads change color if they get excited or
agitated.
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Tom Turkey
Scientific Name Meleagris gallopavo Common
Name Tom Turkey
The domesticated turkey is a large poultry bird
raised for food. The modern domesticated turkey
descends from the wild turkey (Meleagris
gallopavo), one of the two species of turkey
(genus Meleagris) however, in the past the
ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) was also
domesticated. Despite the name, turkeys have no
relation to the country of Turkey and are instead
native to North America.
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Red-Tailed Hawk
Scientific Name Buteo jamaicensis Common Name
Red - Tailed Hawk
The Red-tailed Hawk is a medium-sized bird of
prey, one of three species colloquially known in
the United States as the "chickenhawk." The
Red-tailed Hawk is successful in large part
because it tolerates a wide range of habitats and
altitudes, including deserts, grasslands,
coniferous and deciduous forests, tropical
rainforests, agricultural fields and urban areas.
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Red-Tailed Hawk
A male Red-tailed Hawk may weigh from 1.5 to
2.9 pounds and measure 18 to 22 in, while a
female can weigh between 2 and 4.4 pounds and
measure 20 to 26in, in length. As is the case
with many raptors the Red-tailed Hawk displays
sexual dimorphism in size, as females are 25
larger than males. The wingspan is from 43 to
57 in. While still young and living in the nest,
hawks will eat worms and beetles. They will also
eat frogs, mice and snakes. As they get older,
hawks prey mainly on rodents but also on insects
and their larvae, fish, and larger mammals such a
rabbits, hares, and squirrels. They will also eat
carrion.
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Bobwhite Quails
Bobwhite Quails eat large amounts of weed seeds,
ragweed, poke, beggarweed, and foxtail. Bobwhites
are distinguished by a black cap and black stripe
behind the eye along the head. The area in
between is white on males and yellow-brown on
females.
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Bobwhite Quails
Scientific NameColinus virginianus Common Name
Bobwhite Quail
The Bobwhite Quail is a member of the group of
species known as New World quail. These quail
primarily inhabit areas of early successional
growth dominated by various species of pine,
hardwood, woody, and herbaceous growth.
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Sand hill Crane
Scientific Name  Grus canadensis Common Name
Sandhill Crane
They have the longest fossil history of any
extant bird, with a 10 million year-old specimen
having been found whose structure is identical to
the modern Sandhill Crane. Sandhill cranes are
protected under the U.S. Migratory Bird Act and
CITES Appendix II.
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Sand hill Crane
Sandhill cranes are omnivorous. They use their
bills to probe the ground for food and to glean
seeds and other foods. These birds feed on land
or in shallow marshes with vegetation. They eat
different foods throughout the year, depending on
what is available. Sand hill cranes feed on crops
where they are available.
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Bald Eagle

• Males and females are identical in plumage
  coloration. Its diet consists mainly of fish, but
  it is an opportunistic feeder. It hunts fish by
  swooping down and snatching the fish out of the
  water with its talons. It is sexually mature at
  four or five years of age. The Bald Eagle builds
  the largest nest of any North American bird, up
  to 13 ft deep, 8 ft wide, and one tonne in weight.

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Bald Eagle

• The Bald Eagle is a large bird, with a body
  length of 28-38 in, with a wingspan of 66-88 in,
  and a weight of 36.3 kilograms females are
  about 25 percent larger than males.

Scientific Name Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Common Name Bald Eagle