Monthly Archives: November 2010
American Goldfinch
Scientific Name: Caruelis tristis Diet: The American Goldfinch eats almost entirely seeds. They eat seeds from grass and weeds and trees. The seeds they eat from grass and weeds include sunflower, thistle, dandelion, and ragweed, and some trees they eat … Continue reading
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White-Crowned Sparrow
Scientific Name: Zonotrichia leucophrys Diet: White-Crowned Sparrow eats seeds, bugs, fruit, and grains. They eat a variety of bugs including spiders, wasps, bees, beetles, and caterpillars. They also eat elderberries and blackberries for fruit, and barley and corn for grains. … Continue reading
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Hooded Merganser
Scientific Name: Lophodytes cucullatus Diet: The Hooded Merganser eats small fish, aquatic insects, some aquatic plants, frogs, insect larvae, and crustaceans,particularly crayfish. Habitat: Hooded Mergansers live in wetlands. In the winter they can be found in coastal bays, marshes, and … Continue reading
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Northern Mockingbird
Scientific Name: Mimus polyglottos Habitat: The Northern Mockingbird lives in farmland, forest edges, suburban areas, city parks, and anywhere there is open county with some thickets. Diet: Northern Mockingbirds are omnivores. They eat mainly insects during the summer, and they … Continue reading
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