Suisun Marsh Project Zoologist

1. Suisun Marsh Project Zoologist/Wildlife Expert Jarom Fairfield-Suisun USD Dover Middle School Spring 2005

2. Suisun Marsh Project:Questions Essential Question: Why do we want to protect our environment? Unit Question: Is Suisun Marsh Healthy? Why or why not? Content Question: How can animals provide evidence for the health of Suisun Marsh?

3. Great Blue Heron Common name is Great Blue Heron. Kingdom, phylum, subphylum, Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata Its class, order, family, Aves, Ciconiiformes, Ardeidae. Its Genus, Class, and Specie are Ardea, Ardea Herodias. Some common names are Blue, Great Blue, Blue Heron, Blue Crane. http://www.nature-wildlife.com/blueh.html

4. Great Blue Heron Height,39-52,wing span,72 inches Voice is deep squawk. It is the largest heron in North America. It is greyish-blue and has a yellow bill. It flies with its neck folded and has a lazy flap It is very large with a yellow bill and many shades of blue. It also migrates from Alaska south to Mexico 

5. Red-tailed Hawk Scientific name is Buteo jamaicensis Phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species are Chordata, Aves, Falconiform, Accipitridae, Buteo jamaicensis It is dark brown with a white belly and a red tail It lives from Alaska in Northern America, Canada and by Panama

6. American Bittern I saw the American Bittern in some reeds at the marsh before it flew away I recognized it from its medium size and from its brown feathers.

7. American Kestrel I saw this bird in the Suisun Marsh Rehabilitation center I knew it was a Kestrel because of its grey, brown, and dark red coloring. I also knew it was a Kestrel because it looked like a small hawk.

8. Content Question Review Content Question: How can animals provide evidence for the health of Suisun Marsh? The way animals can provide evidence for the health of the marsh is as follows: if the animals that we observe are still there in a few months, and are still healthy, we know that the marsh has seen little change, thus is still a healthy place for them to live.

9. Foot prints of marsh animals

10. Suisun Marsh ProjectConclusion I saw many healthy looking animals at the marsh including hawks, turkey vultures, herons, cranes, and pelicans, and decided that� According to my results, I conclude that the Suisun Marsh is still a healthy place for animals and birds to live in. Also, if we go back to the marsh in a few months our observations may stay the same or they way change depending what happens to the environment while we were gone.

11. Web sites http://ww4.fsusd.k12.ca.us/education/eettmarsh/bird-guide/TRACKS.doc http://www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/pictures/Falco_sparverius.html