Great Horned Owls are found mostly in all of the forested and semi-forested regions of North America, Central America, and South America. They aren’t found in the Caribbean Islands. The Great Horned Owl lives in Europe, North America, and Central Asia. This owl is large and has prominent ear tufts, or horns. It has a curled beak, claws, and long fluffy feathers. The female is considerably larger than the male owl.
Did you know that a Bald Eagle’s wingspan could be up to six feet long? Bald Eagles lay about two eggs a year. The Bald Eagle’s eggs take 35-40 days to hatch. The baby Bald Eagles leave the nest when they are twelve weeks old. They can weigh up to eight to nine pounds.
Blue
JayIn the autumn, the Blue Jay shouts so loud that their
Singing fills the outdoors with sound. Their call is very
familiar. They have a wide variety of calls, particularly
A mellow whistle “kloo-loo-loo,”a very soft song.
The Blue Jay belongs to the crow family. It is a bird that breeds much further North of the tree line. The Blue Jay is related to about 100 different kinds of birds, some of which are the Ravens, Rooks, Jackdaws, Crows, Magpies, and Jays.
Robins are the best-known bird in America. The male has a black head, white eye-rings, yellow bill, black and white streaked throat, gray back, orange or red breast. The female is more dull and pale. They eat earthworms, beetles, caterpillars, chokeberries, and small snakes. The male does all of the singing. They mostly sing in the morning, but sometimes they sing when their young is in the nest. The male has three songs, the carol song, the mating song, and the territory song. Breeding season is from early April to late as September. Both birds choose the nesting area. They make their nest out of straw, trigs, and leaves. Sometimes they build over their old nest and make a new one. After they make a new nest they lay their eggs in the nest. Their eggs are blue and sometimes are spotted. It takes 12 to 20 days for the eggs to hatch. The mother bird feeds their young an average of 100 times a day. The robin’s enemy’s are, cats, bobcats, owls, raccoons, gray and red squirrels, chipmunks, hawks, crows, jays, and snakes.
Swallowtail Butterflies
Swallowtail butterflies (papilio glaucas) can fly for a long time. They
have yellow and black marks on their wings. The females are black and
brown. The butterfly has a wing spanned of 3.5 to 6.5 inches. This butterfly
is called the swallowtail because the hind wing has a tail like thing
that grows on it is so predators think it's a swallow (type of bird).
