Wetlands Ecosystem Study Unit Birds   Patuxent Bird Identification pages Wildlife Notes Meadowlark and Red-winged Blackbird info All About Birds Ducks facts   Eagles - How are they doing in your state? SI - wood duck video Classification of Living Things 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 - Ducks, Geese and Swans Study these wetlands birds. Wood Duck - facts Bufflehead - facts Red-winged blackbird - facts Belted Kingfisher - facts Blue-Winged Teal - more facts Dabble vs Dive Double-crested cormorants - facts Great Blue Heron -facts Northern Pintail - facts Ruddy Duck - facts American Bittern - facts American Bald Eagle Canada Goose - facts Common Loon Osprey 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? 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 Digital Science Journal / Wetland Ecology Dilemmas / Wetland Poem Project / Wetland or Frog Song activity Environmental/Energy Issue Video Project / Water & Watershed Studies / Water Wars PA. Envirothon / Monitor Wetland / Great Outdoors Celebration - pbl / Where the green jobs grow - USDOL   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, 5/2024 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