Birds Birds Birds!
With Kaila,Carlisle,Jariah
Mute Swan
Species: Cygunus olor
Family: Anatidae
Fact: Found on the 2004 commemorative Irish Euro.
Zebra Finch
Species: Taeniopygia guttata
Family: Estrildidae
Fact: Found in Australia
Ruddy Duck
Species: Oxyura jamaicensis
Family: Anatidae
Fact: Can swim and dive underwater and eats seeds and roots of aquatic plants and insects and crustaceans.
Great Blue Heron
Speces: Ardea herodias
Family: Ardeidae
Fact: Average life span 15 years
White Pekin Duck/Domestic Duck
Species: Anas platyrhynchos/Cairina Moschata
Family: Anatidae
Fact: Farmed for food.
American Coot
Species: Fulica americana
Family: Rallidae
Fact: In Louisiana, the cajun word for coot is pouldeau, from the french word for coot.
American Black Duck
Species: Anas rubripes
Family: Anatidae
Fact: American Black Ducks are similar to Mallards they resemble the female Mallard in color, nut the Black Duck's bill is black.
Greater scaup
Species: Aythya marila
Family: Anatidae
Fun Fact: The average amount of eggs is 9.
Ring-Billed Gull
Species: Larus delawarensis
family: Laridea
Fun Fact: The Ring-billed Gull is probably the most numerous gull in North America.
American Crow
Species: Corvus Branchyrhynchos
Family: Corvidae
Fun Fact: The current American crow population is estimated to be around 31 million.
American Wigeon (female)
Species: Anas americana
Family: dabbling duck
Fun Fact: Female American wigeons lay an average of 9 eggs.
Mallard
Species: Anas platyrthynchos
Family: Anatidae
Fun Fact: Mallards are considered to be one of the largest ducks.
Society Finch
Species: Lonchura striata domestica
Family: Estrildid Finch
Fun Fact: These birds were initially bred in Japan!
Green Parakeet
Species: Aratinga holochlora
Family: Psittacidae
Fun Fact: Parakeets build their nests in holes found in trees rather than building nests
Pigeon
Species: Columba domestica
Family: Columbidae
Fun Fact: There are such things as pigeon races!!
Carlisle H. -5
Kaila B. - 5
Jariah D. - 5