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Cardinals eat caterpillars, grasshoppers beetles, bugs, ants, flies, and many other insects; fruits of dogwood and wild grapes ; seeds, grains, and sunflower seeds.
Pennsylvania Wildlife Studies is a class to learn more about our state's wildlife. The more we know about it, the more we can appreciate it and protect it.
Meet Chippers! He is an eastern chipmunk. Chippers is a rodent from the squirrel family. Some people refer to chipmunks as rock squirrels. Chippers communicates with a "chip" sound and can be mistaken as a robin's note. Chippers is an omnivore. This means chipmunks eat meat and plants. They live in burrows. They live for 2-3 years. Their optimum habitat is in deciduous forests.
Meet our state bird, the ruffled grouse! They are related to turkeys and quails. They are nonmigratory and are found throughout PA. During winter, the grouse's feet develop snowshoe-like properties. The ruffed grouse eats many things, such as berries, insects, leaves, buds, and small acorns. They are shy animals. They do not adapt well to civilization. They are attracted to areas which produce grapes and witch hazel. Tall shading trees diminish the growth of low fruit vegetation.
Crow
Grackle
Common Starling
Brown-Headed Cowbird
Red-Winged Blackbird
I would like to introduce you to our state animal, the white-tailed deer!
We were discussing wildlife and as we discuss animals we know, we ask ourselves,"Is this animal found in Pennsylvania?" After researching this, it was discovered that moose are from New England and Alaska. Moose are the largest species from the deer family. At least we can adore their relatives!
Digger, the dark-eyed junco, is a fun bird to watch. It is a medium-sized sparrow. They are birds of the ground. They like to hop around on the ground foraging for seeds.
Meet the house sparrow. They eat mostly grains and weed seeds, but are extremely adaptable to the food in their particular environment. They have been known to eat berries, grapes, insects, and small lizards and frogs. They also eat human discarded food if they have the opportunity to do so.
Kylie the Killdeer
Molly the Mockingbird
Gobbles the wild turkey says, "Hi!" He likes to show off his feathers to attract a mate. This is called strutting. This is how strutting occurs...Air that is trapped in the puffed up feathers is warmed by Gobble's body heat. It stays trapped by Gobble's skin. This helps to keep him warm.
The bald eagle feeds mainly on fish. In the winter, they are found anywhere in PA except for in the city. They form loose groups, but the younger ones have been known to wander.
The golden eagle eats small rodents, hares, rabbits, birds, reptiles, and fish. Stragglers can be seen in April and May. They are sometimes spotted in summer, occasionally in winter.
"Raptors" refer to all birds of prey and more specifically to eagles, hawks, and falcons. Until recently, raptors were often labeled "chicken hawks". Research has shown that while predators do kill some poultry and game, in most cases they do not drastically deplete game populations.
This picture was taken at Raccoon State Park. I found this silhouette interesting, as it compares the size of different birds we are studying. The turkey vulture is the largest one(top center). The red-tailed hawk is found in the bottom row all the way to the left. The crow is found in the bottom row next to the last bird, which is on a diagonal.
The Lake Sturgeon is a state-endangered species, found primarily in fresh waters. In recent years, it has been found in Pennsylvania only in Lake Erie.
American Goldfinch
The American Goldfinch mostly eats seeds, some insects. Diet is primarily seeds, especially those of the daisy (composite) family, also those of weeds and grasses, and small seeds of trees such as elm, birch, and alder. Also eats buds, bark of young twigs, maple sap. Feeds on insects to a limited extent in summer. Young are fed regurgitated matter mostly made up of seeds.
Monarch Butterfly
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