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Wildlife Contest ‐ ID Sheet Reptiles/Amphibians Fish Tracks Ag & NatR Activities Day - 2017 Wildlife Contest ‐ ID Sheet Reptiles/Amphibians Fish Tracks, Scat, & Sign 1. American toad 44. American eel 84. Badger 2. Blanding’s turtle 45. Black crappie 85. Bald Eagle 3. Blue‐spotted salamander 46. Blacknose Dace 86. Barred Owl 4. Boreal chorus frog 47. Bluegill 87. Beaver 5. Brown snake 48. Bowfin (dogfish) 88. Bison 6. Bull frog 49. Brook trout 89. Black Bear 7. Bull snake 50. Brown trout 90. Bobcat 8. Canadian toad 51. Bullhead 91. Caribou 9. Common five‐lined skink 52. Burbot (eelpout) 92. Cottontail Rabbit 10. Common garter snake 53. Carp 93. Cougar 11. Cope’s gray treefrog 54. Central stoneroller 94. Coyote 12. Eastern hognose snake 55. Channel catfish 95. Elk 13. False map turtle 56. Creek chub minnow 96. Fisher 14. Four‐toed salamander 57. Darter 97. Goose 15. Gray treefrog 58. Fathead minnow 98. Great Blue Heron 16. Great plains toad 59. Flathead catfish 99. Great Horned Owl 17. Green frog 60. Freshwater drum 100. Mink 18. Lined snake 61. Gar 101. Moose 19. Milk snake 62. Lake sturgeon 102. Muskrat 20. Mink frog 63. Lake trout 103. Opossum 21. Mudpuppy 64. Largemouth bass 104. Porcupine 22. North American racer 65. Muskellunge 105. Pronghorn Antelope 23. Northern cricket frog 66. Northern pike 106. Raccoon 24. Northern leopard frog 67. Paddlefish 107. Red Fox 25. Northern water snake 68. Pumpkinseed 108. River Otter 26. Painted turtle 69. Rainbow trout 109. Snapping Turtle 27. Pickerel frog 70. Rock bass 110. Snowshoe Hare 28. Prairie skink 71. Round goby 111. Stripped Skunk 29. Ratsnake 72. Sauger 112. Swan 30. Redbelly snake 73. Sea lamprey 113. Timber Wolf 31. Ringneck snake 74. Shiner minnow 114. Turkey 32. Six‐lined racerunner 75. Shorthead redhorse 115. Weasel 33. Smooth grass snake 76. Smallmouth bass 116. White‐tailed Deer 34. Smooth softshell turtle 77. Smelt 117. Woodchuck 35. Snapping turtle 78. Sunfish 36. Spiny softshell turtle 79. Walleye 37. Spotted salamander 80. White crappie 38. Spring peeper 81. White fish 39. Tiger salamander 82. White sucker 40. Timber rattlesnake 83. Yellow perch 41. Western fox snake 42. Wood frog 43. Wood turtle Ag & NatR Activities Day - 2017 Birds 118. American blackduck 164. Sharp‐tailed grouse 208. Muskrat 119. American kestrel 165. Short‐eared owl 209. Norway rat 120. American robin 166. Snow goose 210. Opossum 121. Bald eagle 167. Starling 211. Pine martin 122. Barred owl 168. Tree swallow 212. Pocket gopher 123. Black‐capped chickadee 169. Trumpeter swan 213. Porcupine 124. Blue jay 170. Tundra swan 214. Pronghorn 125. Broad‐winged hawk 171. Wild turkey 215. Pygmy shrew 126. Canada goose 172. Wilson’s snipe 216. Raccoon 127. Canvasback 173. Wood duck 217. Red fox 128. Common goldeneye 174. Woodcock 218. Red squirrel 129. Common loon 219. Red‐backed vole 130. Cooper’s hawk Mammals 220. River otter 221. Shrew 131. Crow 175. Age class‐ Adult 222. Snowshoe hare 132. Double‐crested cormorant 176. Age class – Yearling 223. Spotted skunk 133. Downy woodpecker 177. Age class – Fawn 224. Star‐nosed mole 134. Eastern bluebird 178. 13‐lined ground squirrel 225. Striped skunk 135. Gadwall 179. Badger 226. Weasel 136. Grackle 180. Beaver 227. Whitetail deer 137. Great blue heron 181. Big brown bat 228. Wolverine 138. Great grey owl 182. Bighorn sheep 229. Woodchuck 139. Great horned owl 183. Bison 140. Greater prairie‐chicken 184. Black bear 141. Green‐winged teal 185. Bobcat 142. Hairy woodpecker 186. Canada lynx 143. House sparrow 187. Coyote 144. Indigo bunting 188. Deer mouse 145. Mallard 189. Eastern chipmunk 146. Mourning dove 190. Eastern Cottontail 147. Northern flicker 191. Eastern mole 148. Northern harrier 192. Elk 149. Northern shoveler 193. Fisher 150. Pintail 194. Flying squirrel 151. Redhead 195. Fox squirrel 152. Red‐headed woodpecker 196. Franklin’s ground squirrel 153. Red‐tailed hawk 197. Gray fox 154. Red‐winged blackbird 198. Gray squirrel 155. Ring‐billed gull 199. Gray wolf 156. Ring‐necked duck 200. House mouse 157. Ring‐necked pheasant 201. Jackrabbit 158. Ross’s goose 202. Jumping mouse 159. Ruddy duck 203. Little brown bat 160. Ruffed grouse 204. Meadow vole 161. Scaup 205. Mink 162. Screech owl 206. Moose 163. Sharp‐shinned hawk 207. Mule deer .
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