Ms. Wilson’s Class 2011

1. North Carolina Animals Ms. Wilson’s Class 2011

2. The CottonTail Rabbit By:Mitchell

3. There are several species of cottontail Males are bucks and females are does Less than 20 out of 100 cottontails live to celebrate their first birthday A pair of cottontails can produce 40 rabbits in average sized litters during a single breeding season • Young And Life

4. Lives all over NC Cottontail range from reddish brown to gray Weighs 2/1 ibs Currently the population of rabbit hunters ranks fourth among all hunters. Appearance

5. Eats grass, beans, or aster family Defense is to be camouflaged You will see them in the morning, afternoon, and at night They sometimes run in a zigzag pattern Adaptations

6. Cool Facts The cottontail can run up to 18 miles per hour The Eastern cottontail is the most common People once valued rabbits primarily as a food item, or they looked on them as potential competitors for farm or garden crops

7. Credits • Power point by: Mitchell • Pictures chosen by: Mitchell • Animal used: Cottontail rabbit • Helped: Teachers • Some facts written by: Terry Sharpe • Animal Bytes • eNature • National Geographic Animals A-Z

8. Gag By Cole Prezant

9. Description • Gags can live up to 15 years • Gags can weigh up to 55 lbs • Gags have long compressed bodies that can be 58 inches long • Gags are one of the largest sea bass • Gags colors change with its size Weighs up to 81 lbs

10. Adaptations • Mainly predators, prey of humans • Gags swim in small groups • Gags eat round scad, shrimp, sardines, porgies, snappers, grunts, crabs, and squid

11. Habitat • Gags live 60-500 feet deep in bottom waters • Gags live by rocky ledges and outcroppings

12. Other Information • Gags were once over fished; Now there's a fishing limit • The gag has many different names including grey grouper, fright train, black belly,

13. Bibliography • http://www.nola.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2010/12/gag_grouper_fishing_moratorium.html http://indian-river.fl.us/fishing/fish/groupgag.html http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/fishwatch/species/gag.htm

14. Bibliography http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=rainbow+trout+pictures&qpvt=rainbow+trout+pictures&FORM=Z7FD#x0y13151 http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/rainbow-trout/ http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/rainbow-trout/?source=A-to-Z

15. RainbowTrout By Austin Lee Lanning

16. Habits • Rainbow trout can lay from 200 to over9,000 eggs • The female lays the eggs in nests • Eggs hatch in 3 to 10 weeks

17. Physical Appearance • Blue-green or yellow-pink. Stripes.Members of the salmon.20To 30 inches long and 51 to 76 centimeters long

18. Photos

19. Bibliography http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=rainbow+trout+pictures&qpvt=rainbow+trout+pictures&FORM=Z7FD#x0y13151 http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/rainbow-trout/ http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/rainbow-trout/?source=A-to-Z

20. Tiger Salamander By Sabastian Matthew Scott

21. Adaptations • They use their long tails to swim • Do to long term dehydration they are able to tolerate high plasma fluid concentration • Able to live in mole holes or rotten tree roots • They eatPillbugs and Earthworms and otherinsects

22. History and Status • Before 1800 thrived in sand hills and pine forests • Was much more common • Ranged from the Eastern Piedmont to the Coastal Plains

23. Amazing Facts • Females breed in shallow ponds • Some have no marks at all • They are also carnivorous • Females can lay 200 400 eggs each season

24. Picture

25. Bibliography • http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/amphibians/tiger-salamander/?source=A-to-Z • NC wild life Written by Sarah Friday

26. Bobcat By Marshall DakotaHyatt

27. Description name from short tail soft, dense, short fur light brown, reddish brown underside is white, black spots grey in winter 20-30 in. 10-40 lbs male larger.

28. Adaptations they eat rabbits ,birds ,rats ,deer ,rodents ,gray squirrels ,opossum ,raccoons and snakes they live in most parts their home can be as big as 20 square miles!

29. Habitats woods of coastal ,mountain bottom land hardwoods ,young pine stands ,swamps and Pocosins mature forests include trees ,brush ,rocks carnivore fast runner

30. Interesting facts Nocturnal ,but at any time of day A pack can wipe out a whole herd of deer ,Buffalo and etc. Terrotories marked with scrapes

31. Bibliography http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/bobcat/

32. Credits • By Jeff Beane ,J.T.Newman

33. Eastern BlueBird By Madalyn.Neuenkirchen

34. picture • Pictures of eastern bluebird http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/detail.asp?allSies=y&searchText=blue%pec20bird&curGroupID=1&lgfromWhere=&curPageNum=4

35. Description • Male has bright blue upper part , rusty breast sides and white belly. • Females have duller color • Both are 7 inches long.

36. Habitat • Lives in coastal plains • Lives in grassy areas , woods, farm- yards • Lives in New Mexico

37. Adaptations • Prediters are snake, racoons • Build nest in tree tops

38. Intresting facts • Must eat constantly • Lives two years • Eats insects ,berries • Blue birds don,t migrate

39. Bibliography • http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=eastern+bluebird&qs=HS&sk=HS1&pq=easter&sp=2&sc=8-6&form=QBIR This is the website I found my picture at.

40. Mink by:Micah Wilson

41. Appearance • The mink has chocolate brown fur • It is 19-36 inches and 1-3 pounds • Coastal Minks are smaller than Mountain and Piedmont Minks

42. Habitat • Doesn’t prefer to live in the mountains. • Steals other animals burrows. • They live in swamps, ponds boas, marshes, lakes, streams, forests, woodlands and alpine.

43. Adaptations • Minks population was low . • Every county in N.C. is trying to help. • Predators are dogs, bobcats, foxes, and owls. • They eat minnow-sized fish crayfish turtles snakes, small birds muskrat rabbits, mice, and other small mammals, reptiles amphibians, crustaceans, and insects • Live to be 4-10

44. Interesting facts • Minks are carnivores • Minks are nocturnal

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46. Eastern Wild Turkey By. Christian King &North Carolina wild & LarryA.cambell

47. Color • The Eastern Wild Turkey has a light blue head and it has dark brown feathers and has a light brown coat and his gobble is red.

48. Eat • Eastern wild turkey eats • Nuts • Grasses • Bugs • Berries That’s what they eat

49. Question • Do you think that eastern wild turkey can eat eggs of other animals.

50. Habitat • Lives in eastern part of North Carolina, piedmont, mountains,coastalplain • High grasses • Swampy forests • plains