Ruby Humming Bird

Most of the penguins form new pair bonds each year, which means that they mate with another penguin each breeding season. There is a study that says only about 14.6% pair of penguins stay with the same mate each year. The male penguin arrives to their nest before the female penguin does. Since there are more female penguins than male penguins, there will be major competitions to get a female. To attract females, the male penguin will stand still, put their head on their chest, inhales, and give out a courtship call. They keep this position for a few seconds before moving to another position. To nest, both penguins travel to a colonial nesting area at around March or early April and lay a single egg in May or early June. The single egg weighs about 460 or 467g. Once they lay an egg, the male penguin is in charge of incubating the egg while the female penguins go back to an area to obtain food. The job of the male penguin is to keep the egg protected from any danger and they also have to keep the egg between their legs so that it can be warm. If the egg is exposed to the cold, the egg and baby penguin will die rapidly due to the severe temperature of the Antarctic. It takes about 64 days for the egg to hatch and the age of the fledging is about 150 days. Once the egg hatches, the female penguin comes back from bringing food to the nesting area. The male penguin has been fasting for

breeding in North American and spending the winter south of the border in Mexico. The burrowing owl

The purpose of this paper is to explore available research on the overpopulation of the Snow Goose on the North American continent. The snow goose has been rising in population since the middle of the century and has been escalating so much it is destroying their natural habitat. Wildlife managers have just recently begun to implement strategies to combat this problem. Mainly through the use of hunters the managers are trying to curb the population growth.

This animal regions in the Asian region, Americas region. The harrier migrate from Canada to the Caribbean and southern America in the winter. They are found in the northern hemisphere and rarely breed in the Atlantic coastal states.

They nest on the ground. They are the largest game birds found in this part of the world. They spend most of their time finding food such as acorns, seeds, small insects and berries. Male turkeys weigh about 18 pounds. Females are smaller. They weigh between 8 to 10 pounds. A male bird can stand 5 feet tall. Both male and female turkeys have a long neck, featherless blue head, spurred legs, and a fan-shaped tail. Males have what is called red wattles on the throat. They also have a dark tuft suspended from the breast, this is often called a "beard." Males can have a variety of colors on their feathers such as red, green, copper, bronze and gold. Females usually have brown or gray feathers. Turkeys usually eat fruits, nuts, and insects. Turkeys reproduce by sexual reproduction and lay eggs. Turkeys may seem insignificant but they are apart of our food chain and without them our food chain would go down hill. Apple trees are small trees that can reach 25 feet in height. The leaves are oval. White five petaled blossoms are found on the tree in spring. The apples mature through the summer and are ready to eat in the fall. Ripe apples range in color from green to yellow to a red or a mixture of these

In the online website article “Study Indicates Big Loss of North American Birds,” Matt Markey explains that nearly 1.5 billion birds have been lost since 1970 in North America alone. Markey states that this decrease is the result of multiple factors affecting the environment, including the use of pesticides, pollution, and the destruction of habitats for human civilization and development (Markey 1). The author clarifies how many species of birds have had their population

Mother Robin laid four beautiful, blue eggs. She sat on the eggs day and night to keep them warm.

The male swims over the freshly lain eggs, fertilizing them externally in the water, and stays in the nest to protect the eggs. He will eat those that fail to be fertilized successfully or become useless for any other reason. The eggs are attached to the nesting site, but it is not a strong hold, thus the need for the male to stay for protection from predators. The eggs will remain in the site for an incubation period that averages about one week. The actual number of days is dependent upon how hot or cold the water surrounding the eggs becomes and how rich in nutrients the chosen nest area is. In general, colder water will produce a lengthier nesting time. Using his “pectoral fins,” the male will “fan” the eggs and “aerate with his mouth” in order to provide an optimal environment for the eggs to survive incubation. After this period, the eggs will hatch and spend about 10 days as larvae. Then, the reproduction stage has

Because they’ve made such a comeback they have grown larger in their size. They can get to be 36-48 inches long the, have a wingspan of 57 inches and weigh up to 25 pounds. They can fly as fast as 55mph and run up to 25mph. Their "gobble" can be heard from as far as 1 mile away. The NWTF declared "this intriguing species has truly made an awesome comeback." Theirs plenty of items that can be done to continue the wild turkeys remarkable comeback.

In this article the nesting of the Ross goose are observed and their reproductive, post- breeding and interspecific relations. The study looks at the courtship, egg- laying periods, and mortality as well as an array of different subtopics to understand the population and its nesting patterns. It also looks at the locations of breeding, the climate and its effects. Giving a detailed description of the Ross’ goose patterns in migration depicting their movements, as well as the population’s habitats and breeding; an overall

Hummingbirds live only in the Americas and three species occur in Florida. The ruby-throated hummingbird is by far the most common hummer in our state. This feathered jewel is about 3 inches long and weighs as little as a penny (¼ ounce). Its name describes the most brilliant part of the mature male’s plumage. The throat feathers contain air bubbles that give off an iridescent red tone in full light. Their backs are metallic green, and they have green and black tail feathers. As a Neotropical migrant, the ruby-throat’s range extends from Canada to central Florida, with most wintering in Mexico and South America. They are arriving this month in northeast Florida.

Parrots are a type of bird that is well known for its color on its wings. The way that they came up was by ancestor that laid eggs and then the bird will hatch from the egg. When it hatches into a little bird it will start to grow into an adult bird. Depending on the climate of the Parrot which is a dry and warm climate mainly from South America,Australia, and Central America. So it needed to adapt to this climate by adapting to its environment in order for it to survive in the hot climate.

Also, the next bird being recognized is the Lesser White-fronted Goose, also pictured to the right. It has been classified as critically endangered in Europe. And it is the most endangered water bird in the world. They spend the winters in Northern Greece and it has been recently recorded that there is as little as 30 pairs left. The HOS has been working to save this species for the last 20 years, but they still have a long way to go.

into a nest. In a nest are between 6-10 eggs. After three months the eggs

to different nesting sites and collected the eggs to place them in incubators that can mimic hot