Farmington River Species Research

Teacher: Room: ___

Did you know that there are many animals that make their homes like we do near the Farmington River? For an upcoming drawing project in Art class you are going to need to use references and research as a source of content for your artwork.

Using the www.enature.com website, look through photographs of the animals on the list below that live near the Farmington River and choose an animal to research and draw for this project. Put a check mark in the box next to that animal. Choose wisely! Make sure there is lots of information about your animal – and more importantly, make sure that you are INTERESTED in learning about this animal!

American Eel Fowlers Toad Barn Swallow American Shad Great Egrets Turkey Vulture Atlantic Salmon Great Blue Heron Vireos (yellow- Bald Eagle Green Frogs throated, white- American Beaver Hoary Bat eyed or blue- Lesser Black Backed Killdeer headed) Gull Mallard Warblers (black- Black Bear Hooded Merganser throated blue, Bobcat Common Muskrat cerulean, Brook Trout Northern Pike blackburnian, Brown Trout Osprey magnolia, Eastern Bluebird Painted Turtle common Eastern Hog Nose Peregrine Falcon yellowthroat, Snake (Puff Adder) Red Tailed Hawk Connecticut) Eastern Screech Owl Sea Lamprey White Tailed Deer Fisher (weasel) Spring Salamander Willow Flycatcher Now research the answers to the following questions regarding the animal you have selected. Remember what you learned when we did the Gray Wolf project! Make sure that you actually UNDERSTAND the information you plan to write. If you don’t understand it, you can’t write it down. Ask for help, if you need it!

Why would your animal want to live near the Farmington River?

What does it eat?

Does it hunt or is it hunted?

Does it live here all the time or does it migrate? Where does it come from?

Is it an endangered or threatened species and why?

Other interesting information: