Name: ______Grade: ______
Alderfly (nymph, adult)
Backswimmer
Black Fly (nymph, adult)
Caddisfly (nymph, adult)
Cranefly (nymph, adult)
Damselfly (nymph, adult)
Dobsonfly larvae
Dragonfly (nymph, adult)
Mayfly nymph
Midge nymph
Mosquito (nymph, adult)
Riffle beetle
Stonefly (nymph, adult)
Water penny nymph
Water strider
Water beetle (nymph, adult)
Waterboatman
Horsehair worm
Planaria
Gilled snail
Pouch snail
Crayfish
Leech
Pacific lamprey
Scud
Sculpin
Sucker
Belted kingfisher
California gull
Mourning dove
Acorn woodpecker
Three spine stickleback fish
Snowy Egret
Great Blue Heron
Raccoon
Opossum
Scrub jay
Pacific tree frog
Red tailed hawk
Turkey vulture
Tule Elk
Coyote
Mountain Lion
Deer Mouse
Brush rabbit
Gray fox
Spotted skunk
California quail
Bobcat
California ground squirrel
Black-tailed deer
Anna’s hummingbird
Red-sided garter snake
Banana slug
Dusky footed wood rat
California slender salamander
Red-legged frog
Bullfrog
California vole
Pocket Mouse
Pocket Gopher
Meadow mouse
Gopher snake
Rattlesnake
Fence Lizard
Western grebe
Mallard duck
Double crested cormorant
Peregrine falcon
American crow
Red-winged blackbird
Coho salmon
Steelhead trout
Northwestern pond turtle
Long eared bat
California tiger salamander
Little brown bat
Western burrowing owl
Barn owl
Name: ______Grade: ______
Field Guide
Name of your organism: ______
Provide or create a picture of your organism. Your picture needs to be detailed enough to identify actual specimens in the field.
What eats your organism? ______
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What does your organism eat? ______
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Use the information above to draw a food chain for your organism:
Describe the habitat in which your species lives (Where is it found? Where does it find food, water and shelter? Does it live in different places at different times of year?): ______
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Name 3 characteristics that can help you identify your organism in the field and differentiate it from other organisms:
1) ______
2) ______
3) ______
Describe your organism’s life cycle. For each major stage of its life, provide a picture AND a description of the organism at that stage of its life.
Is there anything currently threatening your organism’s survival (the threat may directly affect your organism or may affect your organism’s habitat)? If so, describe the cause of the threat and if any special attempts that are being made to help this organism survive. ______
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References: List the websites and books you used to create this report.
1) ______
2) ______
3) ______