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Name School Part I -- Species Identification -- BIRDS Place the number of the species from the master list on this page next to the number of the slide that identifies that species. WATERFOWL WINTER BIRDS MARSH & WATER BIRDS 1. American Black Duck 47. American Crow 102. American Bittern 2. American Wigeon 48. Black-capped Chickadee 103. American Coot 3. Blue-winged Teal 49. Blue Jay 104. Belted Kingfisher 4. Bufflehead 50. Brown Creeper 105. Black-crowned Night Heron _____ 1 5. Canada Goose 51. Dark-eyed Junco 106. Common Snipe 6. Canvasback 52. Downy Woodpecker 107. Great Blue Heron _____ 2 7. Common Goldeneye 53. Evening Grosbeak 108. Great Egret 8. Common Merganser 54. Golden-crowned Kinglet 109. Green Heron 9. Green-winged Teal 55. Hairy Woodpecker 110. Herring Gull _____ 3 10. Hooded Merganser 56. Homed Lark 111. Horned Grebe 11. Lesser Scaup 57. Northern Cardinal 112. King Rail 12. Mallard 58. Northern Shrike 113. Lesser Yellowlegs _____ 4 13. Northern Pintail 59. Pileated Woodpecker 114. Marsh Wren 14. Northern Shoveler 60. Pine Grosbeak 115. Pied-billed Grebe 15. Old Squaw 61. Pine Siskin 116. Red-winged Blackbird _____ 5 16. Red-breasted Merganser 62. Purple Finch 117. Ring-billed Gull 17. Redhead 63. Red-breasted Nuthatch 118. Solitary Sandpiper _____ 6 18. Ring-necked Duck 64. Red Crossbill 119. Sora 19. Ruddy Duck 65. Redpoll 120. Spotted Sandpiper 20. Tundra Swan 66. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 121. Tree Swallow _____ 7 21. White-winged Scoter 67. Snow Bunting 22. Wood Duck 68. Tree Sparrow BIRDS OF THE FOREST 23. Snow Goose 69. Tufted Titmouse 122. American Redstart _____ 8 70. White-breasted Nuthatch 123. American Woodcock BIRDS OF PREY 71. White-throated Sparrow 124. Black & White Warbler 72. White-winged Crossbill _____ 9 24. American Kestrel 125. Black-throated Blue Warbler 25. Bald Eagle 126. Black-throated Green Warbler 26. Barn Owl BIRDS OF FIELD AND GARDEN 127. Cedar Waxwing _____ 10 27. Barred Owl 128. Cerulean Warbler 28. Broad-winged Hawk 73. American Goldfinch 129. Chestnut-sided Warbler 29. Coopers Hawk 74. American Robin 130. Great-Crested Flycatcher _____ 11 30. Golden Eagle 75. Barn Swallow 131. Hermit Thrush 31. Great Horned Owl 76. Bobolink 132. Hooded Warbler 32. Long-eared Owl 77. Bobwhite 133. Kentucky Warbler _____ 12 33. Merlin 78. Brown Thrasher 134. Magnolia Warbler 34. Northern Goshawk 79. Chimney Swift 135. Northern Raven _____ 13 35. Northern Harrier 80. Chipping Sparrow 136. Ovenbird 36. Osprey 81. Common Flicker 137. Red-eyed Vireo 37. Peregrine Falcon 82. Common Grackle 138. Red-headed Woodpecker _____ 14 38. Red-shouldered Hawk 83. Common Yellowthroat 139. Rose-breasted Grosbeak 39. Red-tailed Hawk 84. Eastern Bluebird 140. Ruffed Grouse 40. Saw-whet Owl 85. Eastern Kingbird 141. Rufous-sided Towhee _____ 15 41. Screech Owl 86. Eastern Phoebe 142. Scarlet Tanager 42. Sharp-shinned Hawk 87. Eastern Meadowlark 143. Veery 43. Short-eared Owl 88. Field Sparrow 144. Wild Turkey _____ 16 44. Snowy Owl 89. Gray Catbird 145. Wood Thrush 45. Turkey Vulture 90. House Wren 146. Yellow-rumped Warbler _____ 17 46. Black Vulture 91. Indigo Bunting 92. Killdeer 93. Mourning Dove _____ 18 94. Northern Mockingbird 95. Purple Martin 96. Ring-necked Pheasant _____ 19 97. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 98. Song Sparrow 99. Yellow-billed Cuckoo _____ 20 100. Yellow-breasted Chat 101. Yellow Warbler FFA State CDE – 12/20 Wildlife - 1 Name School Part I -- Species Identification -- BIRDS Place the number of the species from the master list on this page next to the number of the slide that identifies that species. WATERFOWL WINTER BIRDS MARSH & WATER BIRDS 1. American Black Duck 47. American Crow 102. American Bittern 2. American Wigeon 48. Black-capped Chickadee 103. American Coot 3. Blue-winged Teal 49. Blue Jay 104. Belted Kingfisher 4. Bufflehead 50. Brown Creeper 105. Black-crowned Night Heron _____ 21 5. Canada Goose 51. Dark-eyed Junco 106. Common Snipe 6. Canvasback 52. Downy Woodpecker 107. Great Blue Heron _____ 22 7. Common Goldeneye 53. Evening Grosbeak 108. Great Egret 8. Common Merganser 54. Golden-crowned Kinglet 109. Green Heron 9. Green-winged Teal 55. Hairy Woodpecker 110. Herring Gull _____ 23 10. Hooded Merganser 56. Homed Lark 111. Horned Grebe 11. Lesser Scaup 57. Northern Cardinal 112. King Rail 12. Mallard 58. Northern Shrike 113. Lesser Yellowlegs _____ 24 13. Northern Pintail 59. Pileated Woodpecker 114. Marsh Wren 14. Northern Shoveler 60. Pine Grosbeak 115. Pied-billed Grebe 15. Old Squaw 61. Pine Siskin 116. Red-winged Blackbird _____ 25 16. Red-breasted Merganser 62. Purple Finch 117. Ring-billed Gull 17. Redhead 63. Red-breasted Nuthatch 118. Solitary Sandpiper _____ 26 18. Ring-necked Duck 64. Red Crossbill 119. Sora 19. Ruddy Duck 65. Redpoll 120. Spotted Sandpiper 20. Tundra Swan 66. Ruby-crowned Kinglet 121. Tree Swallow _____ 27 21. White-winged Scoter 67. Snow Bunting 22. Wood Duck 68. Tree Sparrow BIRDS OF THE FOREST 23. Snow Goose 69. Tufted Titmouse 122. American Redstart _____ 28 70. White-breasted Nuthatch 123. American Woodcock BIRDS OF PREY 71. White-throated Sparrow 124. Black & White Warbler 72. White-winged Crossbill _____ 29 24. American Kestrel 125. Black-throated Blue Warbler 25. Bald Eagle 126. Black-throated Green Warbler 26. Barn Owl BIRDS OF FIELD AND GARDEN 127. Cedar Waxwing _____ 30 27. Barred Owl 128. Cerulean Warbler 28. Broad-winged Hawk 73. American Goldfinch 129. Chestnut-sided Warbler 29. Coopers Hawk 74. American Robin 130. Great-Crested Flycatcher _____ 31 30. Golden Eagle 75. Barn Swallow 131. Hermit Thrush 31. Great Horned Owl 76. Bobolink 132. Hooded Warbler 32. Long-eared Owl 77. Bobwhite 133. Kentucky Warbler _____ 32 33. Merlin 78. Brown Thrasher 134. Magnolia Warbler 34. Northern Goshawk 79. Chimney Swift 135. Northern Raven _____ 33 35. Northern Harrier 80. Chipping Sparrow 136. Ovenbird 36. Osprey 81. Common Flicker 137. Red-eyed Vireo 37. Peregrine Falcon 82. Common Grackle 138. Red-headed Woodpecker _____ 34 38. Red-shouldered Hawk 83. Common Yellowthroat 139. Rose-breasted Grosbeak 39. Red-tailed Hawk 84. Eastern Bluebird 140. Ruffed Grouse 40. Saw-whet Owl 85. Eastern Kingbird 141. Rufous-sided Towhee _____ 35 41. Screech Owl 86. Eastern Phoebe 142. Scarlet Tanager 42. Sharp-shinned Hawk 87. Eastern Meadowlark 143. Veery 43. Short-eared Owl 88. Field Sparrow 144. Wild Turkey _____ 36 44. Snowy Owl 89. Gray Catbird 145. Wood Thrush 45. Turkey Vulture 90. House Wren 146. Yellow-rumped Warbler _____ 37 46. Black Vulture 91. Indigo Bunting 92. Killdeer 93. Mourning Dove _____ 38 94. Northern Mockingbird 95. Purple Martin 96. Ring-necked Pheasant _____ 39 97. Ruby-throated Hummingbird 98. Song Sparrow 99. Yellow-billed Cuckoo _____ 40 100. Yellow-breasted Chat 101. 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    Wildlife flock to backyards for food from people 26 October 2020, by Laura Oleniacz abundance and variety of mammals compared with wild areas. "There's this idea that nature and humans don't coexist well," Kays said. "But what we've been finding is that when it comes to mammals, especially in North America, they actually do pretty well around people. You end up with high abundance. You expect there to be fewer animals, and there's actually more." Researchers wanted to know why that is. To test whether food and shelter are attracting animals, A new study used camera traps to study what might be researchers set up cameras in the backyards of 58 drawing wildlife to people's backyards. Credit: eMammal. homes near Raleigh, Durham, and outside of The photo was cropped and shared Creative Commons Chapel Hill, as well as in nearby forests in rural and Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International urban areas nearby for comparison. The study was License. conducted in collaboration with scientists at the University of Montana. By analyzing the pictures they found, researchers To see wildlife in the Triangle, sometimes you discovered seven species -squirrels, gray and red need go no further than your own backyard. A new fox, Virginia opossum, eastern cottontail rabbits, study helps explain why some animals are woodchucks and eastern chipmunks—were more sometimes more often found in suburban areas frequently seen in yards compared to forests. than wild ones: because people are feeding Eleven species, such as white-tailed deer, squirrels them—sometimes accidentally—and to a lesser and raccoons, were more common in suburban degree, providing them with shelter.