Yukon wildlife Activity Book answer key

Plants Page 2 Page 3 Prey (what it eats) Predator (what eats it) • Soap Berry • Fireweed Mosquitoes Moose (blood) Bats • Trembling Aspen • Bunch Berry Caterpillar Green leaf Frog • Yellow Pond Lily • White Spruce Bug Fish • Arctic Lupine • White Sweetclover Bee Flower (dandelion) Spider • Prairie Crocus • Prickly Rose Ants Berries Bear • Subalpine Fir Butterfly Scat (poo) Squirrel Beetle Bark (trees)

Fish (from left, down to right, up) • What is the most widely distributed fish in Canada? Northern Pike • The other name for this fish is Steelhead. Rainbow Trout • This trout is the second largest of its family in North America. Lake Trout • There was once a bounty on this trout of 2 ½ cents per tail. Dolly Varden • It is very difficult to distinguish this fish from its relative, the Dolly Varden. • This is the most abundant salmon species in Yukon. Chum Salmon • This fish is found through the north and is a highly valued food. Arctic Char • This fish’ name means ‘unknown’ in French. Inconnu • Also known as ‘Kings’, these are the largest of the Pacific Salmon. Chinook Salmon • These tiny fish are awkward swimmers that seem to hop along the bottom. Slimy Sculpin • Also known as Lingcod, it is the only freshwater member of the cod family. Burbot • This fish has an oversized sail-like dorsal fin. Arctic Grayling • The oldest of this fish species in Yukon was 37 years old and weighed only 0.9 kg. Lake Whitefish • Sockey salmon spend their lives at sea before returning to rivers to spawn. What is the name of the same fish that never goes to the sea? Kokanee

dorsal fin

lateral line kype adipose fin

caudal peduncle

barbel

pectoral fin (pair) caudal or tail fin anal fin pelvic fin (pair) Upland Game Birds and Raptors How do birds communicate? THEY USE TWITTER (OVER,DOWN,DIRECTION) Page 8 americankestrel(22,18,w) White-winged Crossbill baldeagle(16,1,s) Dark-eyed Junco barredowl(2,1,s) Common Nighthawk borealowl(23,21,w) Yellow-rumped Warbler duskygrouse(2,20,n) Page 9 goldeneagle(11,1,s) Mountain Bluebird greatgrayowl(4,21,e) Black-capped Chickadee greathornedowl(22,15,n) Cliff Swallow gyrfalcon(11,1,w) White-crowned Sparrow longearedowl(19,14,n) Common Redpoll merlin(5,5,e) American Robin northerngoshawk(8,19,e) Swainson’s Thrush northernharrier(13,1,s) northernhawkowl(7,20,e) northernpygmyowl(21,16,w) northernsawwhetowl(15,18,n) osprey(5,14,ne) Rodents peregrinefalcon(1,15,n) 1. Northern Flying Squirrel redtailedhawk(14,22,w) 2. Bushy-tailed Woodrat rockptarmigan(4,11,s) 3. Meadow Jumping Mouse roughleggedhawk(16,17,w) 4. Red-backed Vole ruffedgrouse(14,1,s) 5. Red Squirrel sharpshinnedhawk(3,6,e) 6. Woodchuck sharptailedgrouse(6,13,e) 7. American Beaver shortearedowl(6,13,n) 8. Lemming snowyowl(4,3,e) 9. Common Muskrat sprucegrouse(21,13,n) 10. Deermouse swainsonshawk(3,6,s) 11. Least Chipmunk turkeyvulture(20,3,s) 12. Arctic Ground Squirrel whitetailedptarmigan(20,20,nw) 13. Porcupine willowptarmigan(17,1,s) 14. Hoary Marmot

Wildlife Viewing Weasels (from top to bottom) Bears Site quiz American Mink 1. Grizzly Bear Page numbers refer to the Wildlife Viewing Guide Northern River Otter 2. Black Bear Ermine/Least Weasel 3. Grizzly Bear American pg. 19 American Marten 4. Black Bear Thinhorn Sheep pg. 21 Fisher 5. Grizzly Bear Permafrost pg. 37 Wolverine Sharp-tailed Grouse pg. 38 The American Mink will catch the vole. Alaska Highway pg. 27 Wood Bison pg.28 Shrews Signpost Hill, Keno City pg. 60 1. Arctic Shrew Spotted Lady’s-slipper pg. 58 Bovids 2. Cinereus or Masked Shrew Carcross Desert pg. 32 The sheep is 9 years old. 3. American Pygmy Shrew Gunnar Nilsson Mickey Lammers Research Forest pg. 34 Buffalo, Cows, Antelopes, Gazelles are all bovids 4. Dusky or Montane Shrew Swan Haven, M’Clintock Bay pg. 22 5. American Water Shrew Watson Lake pg. 18 6. Tundra Shrew White Mountain pg. 56, or BC/Yukon border pg. 32 7. Barren Ground Shrew Fannin’s sheep pg. 45 Deer 1.7 km or 1.0 miles pg. 29 Moose = #4 Tintina Trench pg. 38 Elk = #3 Crocus Bluff Trail pg. 39 Caribou = #1 B ats Little Brown Bats pg. 25 Deer = #2 1. Elbow Prairie Crocus, Kinnikinnick, Common Juniper, sage pg. 35 2. Ear Km 158 pg. 50 3. Thumb 4. Fingers 5. Tail 6. Foot