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

2. The CottonTail Rabbit
By:Mitchell

3. Young And Life 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

4. Appearance 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.

5. Adaptations 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

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

14. Bibliography

15. Rainbow Trout
By Austin Lee Lanning

16. Habits Rainbow trout can lay from 200 to over 9,000 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 To 30 inches long and 51 to 76 centimeters long

18. Photos

19. Bibliography

20. By Sabastian Matthew Scott
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 eat Pillbugs and Earthworms and other insects

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 eggs each season

24. Picture

25. Bibliography
NC wild life Written by Sarah Friday

26. By Marshall Dakota Hyatt
Bobcat
By Marshall Dakota Hyatt

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

30. Nocturnal ,but at any time of day
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

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

33. By Madalyn.Neuenkirchen
Eastern BlueBird
By Madalyn.Neuenkirchen

34. picture Pictures of eastern bluebird

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
This is the website I found my picture at.

40. Mink
by: Micah Wilson

41. Appearance The mink has chocolate brown fur
It is 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

45. biblography

46. By. Christian King &North Carolina wild & LarryA.cambell
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

51. Adaptations The eastern wild turkey lives in the deciduous
Forests eastern part of the united states
Turkeys nest on the ground
They eat a lot for A bird

52. Fascinating facts Did you now that A juvenile male is called a Jake
And a juvenile female is called a Jennie
A female lays up to 8-15 eggs until April they have no tall feathers like the male does .The male does a strut for the ladies.

53. picture Pictures of Eastern wild turkey

54. Cool/ stuff
Thank you for listening to my story on Turkeys.!!

55. Bibliography
This is the websites I went to to get my picture of my animal

56. Eastern Chipmunk
Basie Carter

57. Description Reddish brown fur
A black stripe down each side of back one down the middle
7-12 in. long including 3-4 in. tail
Tail is brown on top and a rusty color underneath
They have large cheek pouches.

58. Habitat
Forests and woodlands
Cities
Suburbs
Towns
Brush lands

59. Adaptations Family: squirrels, sciuride
Sounds: a series of chips and a high pitched alarm call
They like dry hill sides for digging burrows for safety, food storage, and
“quasi hibernation”.
If they live near roads, they watch out for cars.
They eat nuts, berries seeds, acorns.

60. History And Status
The earliest description in N.C is from the journals of explorer John Lawson. He called them ground squirrels. He also said their black stripes on reddish fur made them very beautiful and that they were seldom seen in cold weather.

61. Bibliography
North Carolina Wild
Marjorie Hudson

62. Barred Owl
Emma Wince

63. Description
The Barred owl is grayish brown with light and dark horizontal barring on the breast .
The large eyes are a liquid dark and light black inside a round puffy head.
The length is 18 to 20 inches.
The wingspan is 42 to 44 inches.
The weight is 14 to 17 oz.

64. Habitat The Barred owl lives in huge forests streams and floodplains.
It lives all over North Carolina and other states too.
All of its habitats are wet and damp.

65. Adaptations
The Barred owl’s dark color helps it blend in with its habitat.
It will also use its colors to catch prey.
Its prey is mammals especially small rodents frogs fish salamanders beetles and crickets.
But sometimes it has to hide from predators like us!

66. Fun facts The Barred Owl can eat birds as big as crows!
It is being protected because of rodent control!
It uses the same habitat as the red shouldered hawk!

67. Bibliography North Carolina wild By Wayne Irvin
Pictures by J.T. Newman
Pictures com Google

68. By Gillian Trejo North Carolina Wild Written by Allen Boynton
Bog Turtle By
Gillian Trejo
North Carolina Wild
Written by Allen Boynton

69. Habitat
Mountains
Bogs
Marshy meadows
Mossy

70. What it eats Insects Worms Slugs Crayfish Amphibian larvae Snails
Small invertebrates
fruit

71. The Bog Turtle lays 1-6 eggs and it lives up to 20 years
Life span
The Bog Turtle lays 1-6 eggs and it lives up to 20 years

72. Comparing Adult Bog Turtles and the Babies.
The adult Bog Turtle is 3 inches or 3 and a half inches long
The baby Bog Turtle is 1 inch or 1 and one fourth inches long

73. Bibliography fish.state.pa.us exoticsandmore.blogspot.com
fishpondinfo.com
naturallycuriouswithmaryholland.wordpress.com
arkive.org
wildnewjersey.tv

74. Common Snapping Turtle
By: Allison Garland

75. Description
Large head, large claws, powerful jaws, powerful neck, short tail, large claws
Two shells upper shell is smooth
Webbed feet, thick skin
It’s large head, short tail, and short temper makes it easy to spot
Hissing sound

76. Habitat
Fresh water (aquatic) habitats –ponds, streams, lakes, sometimes brackish water (quiet bodies of water)
Usually always in water (less aggressive in water)
Lives all around North Carolina

77. Adaptions
Spend colder months buried beneath the mud at the bottom of aquatic habitat
It is an omnivore meaning it eats plants and meat
Food-amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, and a wide variety of plants

78. Interesting Facts Live span up to 30-40 years Weight 10-35 lbs.
It has been a favorite food in stews and soups
Top level predators in many food chains
An abundance (group) of snapping turtles is often indicative (sighn) of a healthy eco-system

79. History and Status They are not under any special protection so far
Some people kill them for their meat and sell it
In some states it has become illegal

80. Bibliography
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81. Diamondback Terrapin
By Allie

82. Description It is brown and gray yellow or white
Unique pattern markings or spots on it’s head
4 to 5 and a half inches long
People say that the shell looks like diamond

83. Habitat It lives in lagoons and marshes in the coastal plain
Eastern and Southern part of the United States
And Cape Cod Florida Texas Golf Coast

84. Adaptations Likes to lay in mud flaps
Eats fiddler crabs mollusks and periwinkle snail
Makes a popping sounds when eating a periwinkle snail
Knows when to bite a finger or toe

85. History and Status
Unable to hall catches due to weight of Diamondback caught in nests
By 1920 it cost $90.00 per dozen
They actually ate diamondback for dinner

86. Fascinating facts
Fisher men clamed if you caught a terrapin you will be cursed to have bad luck
They found terrapin shells apart of medicine man kit

87. Credits
Written by Therese Conant North Carolina wild
BING images

88. Hooded Warbler
Sila Ersayin

89. Description
If you wanted to find this bird try looking in a forest and look around the ground.
If you see a small bird with a yellow and black face, yellow underparts and a olive back and a loud song, guess what?
You’ve found a hooded warbler!

90. Where Do You Live, Hooded Warbler?
This bird lives pretty much everywhere in NC, but mostly in forests and near the forest floor, not high up in the tree tops.

91. Adaptations Hooded Warbler Eats…..
The hooded warbler eats insects of almost any size

92. Interesting Facts
Did you know the other name for the hooded warbler is wilsonia citrina
In the 1700s the hooded warbler was really common

93. Hooded Warbler Song Click here to hear song

94. Bibliography
Pictures 1 and 2 and 4
Picture 3

95. Grasshopper
By Medora Plunket

96. Description 2 eyes in front of head Up to 1inch in length 6 legs
The Grasshopper can be Green or gray.

97. Habitat Medow’s wet damp like places Can live all around the world
It doesn’t really live in Antartica

98. Adaptations
It has stinging brown juice
Loud sound to warn others

99. Fascinating Facts People eat them They can be all different colors
Small wings

100. Other
It has small wings not to fly but to hop

101. TO FIND FACTS GO TO… NORTH CAROLINA .COM

102. Bibliography
northcarolina

103. THANK YOU!

104. Northern Flying Squirrel By: Mark Melton

105. Does it really fly?
The northern flying squirrel does not fly, it just glides for a limited time.

106. What does it eat?
The northern flying squirrel eats fungi, lichens, conifer seeds, hardwood seeds, insects, tree buds, apples, cherry’s, bananas, oranges, and grapes.

107. Where does it live?
The northern flying squirrel lives in the highest mountains in North Carolina, such as: Mount Mitchell, Roan Mountains, and the Great Smoky Mountains.

108. Interesting Facts
The northern flying squirrel has from two to four babies in May or June. These babies live from three to seven years.

109. More Facts
The northern flying squirrel is like a bigger version of the southern flying squirrel. The northern flying squirrel has big paws to help it climb trees.

110. Protection
The northern flying squirrel lives in tiny parts of North Carolina. It is very rare. They are our friends. We should keep them safe.

111. THE END….

112. Bibliography Play the link for the sound
Play the link for the sound

113. Southern flying squirrel
Brooklin husni

114. The southern flying squirrels length is, from 8 ½ inches to 9 7/8 inches.,including a 3- to 4- inch,long tale.Whieght,adults wheigh no more than 2 or 3 oz.Food,acorns,nuts,fruit,berries,flower blossums,buds,birdnestlings,eggs,animal carcasses.It lives,(found)statewide.Hardwood and in mixed pine-hardwood forests.Up to 13 years in captivity,rarely more than 5 years in wild.Preditors,owls,hawks,snaks,bobcats,raccoons,weasles,and foxes.Breeding,twice a year,in January,febuary,june and july.Not all females breed twice.

115. Bibliography

116. The Raccoon
By: Spencer Terry

117. adaptations
The raccoon has almost adapted to humans but recently they have been known to carry rabies.
Raccoons have long claws for climbing but if the predator can climb the raccoon will jump or pull a trick.

118. Description
The raccoon has a thick fuzzy gray fur coat but where the body connects to the head the fur gets a tiny bit darker. The ring tail is what confuses people with ringtails and raccoons.

119. Habitat
A Raccoon lives by lakes, ponds, rivers, streams, creeks, swamps/watery places.
A raccoon wont only live in watery places because it is a city animal like mice and rats.

120. Unusual A Raccoon washes its food before it eats it!
A Raccoon LOVES shiny things, if you leave a fork outside by a forest you might not get it back!
If you let a raccoon into your house it will come back and may be demanding
The raccoons Latin name is Proycon Lotor

121. Bibliography Information: eNature, North Carolina Wildlife Profiles
Pictures:
Slideshow: Microsoft PowerPoint

122. THE END
I hope you enjoyed my report on the raccoon

123. Turkey Vultures
By: Ryan Donley

124. Description 6ft.wingspan. Red scaly head. Dark brown feathers.
Round tail feathers.

125. Adaptations At the top of the food chain (has no predators).
Eats carrion (rotted meat).
Circles food to signal others.

126. History and Status Status: Least Concern. First discovered in 1711.
It was a little harmed by DDT.
Population decreases slowly due to logging.

127. Cool Facts/Habitat One of the only birds in the U.S. that can smell.
Waits up to 3 days for food to rot.
Lives in secret nests by roads, silos and trash.
Lives statewide in NC

128. Bibliography
Allaboutbirds.org
Wildlife fact sheet

129. Virginia Big-eared Bat
By Izzy Spencer

130. Appearance The Virginia Big-eared Bat weighs 0.4 oz
The Virginia Big-eared Bats wing span is 11in. To 12in.
The total length of a Virginia Big-eared Bat is 3in. To 4 in.
The Virginia Big-eared Bat has 1 in. long ribbed ears and a glandular lumps on its nose.

131. Appearances

132. Habitat
Much of the population hibernates in a small cave on Grandfather Mountain each year.

133. What It Eats
The Virginia Big-eared bat eats mostly moths.

134. History and Status
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service listed the Virginia Big-eared Bat endangered in 1979.

135. Disturbance
Virginia Big-eared bats are very sensitive to human disturbance even the slightest disturbance will make the adult bats abandon the cave.

136. Special Facts
The young grow quickly and can fly when about three weeks old.
Some Virginia Big-eared Bats can live to 15 to 20 years.

137. THANK YOU!!!

138. Bibliography
North Carolina Wild. Written by Allen Boynton and Phil Spivey

139. Whip-poor-will
Whippoorwill
Whippoorwill
By: Ava Yurko

140. Description Description Color: dark gray and brown.
It roots by day, becoming active as sunlight disappears in the late day.
Huge mouth, the mouth opening extends far back on the sides of the head, allowing the bird to present a gape for insects

141. Adaptations Adaptations
The whip-poor-will is 9 to 10 in length,with a large head and huge eyes used for night vision.
Its large mouth makes it easier to catch its mane food (flying insects).
The whippoorwill was never considered a game bird in North Carolina.
The whip mainly breeds from Central and Eastern Canada.

142. Habitat and Habits Habitat and Habits
The whippoorwill spends most of its days in second-growth oaks, beeches, and hickory trees.
At dusk, birds fly out of the woods and perch on dirt roads or woodland openings, from where they dart out after flying insects.
At dusk is when they mostly eat and catch food.
Habitat and Habits

143. Interesting Facts Interesting Facts
Because of its nocturnal habits, the whippoorwill is infrequently seen. Its cryptic coloring keeps it hidden during the day, too. However its loud calling at dusk makes it well known wherever it breeds.
Its call sounds owl-like.
Interesting Facts

144. Pictures

145. Bibliography
NORTH CAROLINA WILD Wayne Irvin

146. By Coby Micheal Johnson
copperhead
By Coby Micheal Johnson

147. description
A copper head is light brown and this ground color

148. habitat
The copperheads habitat is all around north Carolina and believe it or not in Weaverville and ashvill

149. Unusual facts
Copper heads live way longer then a regular snake it lives well over 20 they say that one lived over 30 years old

150. Bibliography Copperhead 03 Copperhead 03 Copperhead 03 Copperhead 03
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151. Whitetail Deer
Noah Tesner

152. The Whitetail deer

153. What it eats
Green leaves, grasses and farm crops

154. Where it lives
Creaks ,rivers ,oak ridges ,pine forests ,farm lands or any other type of habitat

155. It’s color
A whitetail deer’s color is brownish white with black eyes

156. Bibliography