Wetlands Ecosystem Study Unit Birds   Patuxent Bird Identification pages Aquatic birds photos - non ducks Meadowlark and Redwinged Black bird info All About Birds Ducks facts Field Guides - 5,500 species Electronic Naturalist - nature study with materials Learn Bird Songs Housing shortage Eagles - How are they doing in your state? NGS wood duck video Classification of Living Things Watch Spring comes to the pond on TeacherTube Wildlife Notes One man, a marsh and birds Vocabulary: flyway, migrate, bill, feather, competition, heron, diving, puddle ducks, prey, predator, wading. Be able to recognize these birds and tell some facts about their habits. Are these birds vertebrates or invertebrates? Are they Autotrophs or heterotrophs? Do the male and female birds appear the same or different? (species listed below) Complete the Birds of Wetlands Facts Table Activity Does each species live year round in the same place or migrate? Are the numbers of migrating ducks increasing or decreasing? Why? How are they each adapted to their habitat? Identify one bird that could be found in the wetlands in your area. Competition Conundrums - Two wetland birds are presenting challenges. Investigate one of the issues. What are some solutions? Double-crested Cormorants - OR - Canada Goose - A Vicious Cycle Study these wetlands birds. Wood Duck - facts Bufflehead - facts Red winged blackbird Belted Kingfisher Blue-Winged Teal - facts, more facts Dabble vs Dive Double-crested cormorants Northern Pintail - facts Ruddy Duck - facts American Bittern Great Blue Heron Canada Goose Common Loon Osprey American Bald Eagle Just Ducky - crossword puzzle / Name that Duck practice / Wetlands Birds - nests and rearing Select one of the wetland birds. What actions could be taken to support the bird's success in your region? Strange Dead Bird Mystery Diving deeper into Ducks: Puddle ducks versus Diving ducks / PGC Puddle Ducks Wetlands: Habitat / Mammals / Birds / Macrovertebrates - Aquatic Insects / Plants & trees / Amphibians / Conclusions Food Web Relationships / Wetland Ecology Vocabulary Exercise / Life Cycles / Mammal Morphology: compare - contrast Bats are our Buddies / Amphibians Internet Activity / Riparian Buffers - investigate / Photos: page 1 - page 2 - page 3 Eagles Evaluation / Lentic or Lotic ecosystem? / Collecting data pdf. - doc. / Citizen Science Projects - collect some data Wetlands Trees of Pennsylvania Puzzle / Digital Science Journal / Wetland Ecology Dilemmas Wetland Poem Project / Wetland or Frog Song activity / Environmental/Energy Issue Video Project Water & Watershed Studies / Water Wars / Environmental Careers PA. Envirothon / Firefly Watch - fun project / Monitor Wetland / Great Outdoors Celebration - pbl   Internet Hunts / Computers / Plants and People / Puzzles & Projects / Pennsylvania Projects / Site map / Home Nature / Milkweed Mania / Bluebirds at School / Best Treat of All / Habitat: Fields & Meadows / Habitat Garden at School - pbl posted 12/2001 Updated 4/2009 Released to be freely used by non profit organizations Cindy O'Hora Save a tree use a digital answer format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the wp document in an easily read, contrasting color or font. (No yellow, no Symbols, , or other artistic font) . Save frequently as you work. Submit your edocument via an email attachment or a class electronic drop box. Make Your Own Printed answer sheet how to