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34 Cards in this Set
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Birds benefit from urban habitats
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Rock Pigeon
Robin American Crow |
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Ornamental trees
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Mountain ash
Crab-apple Apple tree |
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have massive communal roosts
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american crow
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benefit from ornamental/fruit/flowering trees
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hummingbird
bohemian waxwings |
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like being fed seeds
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sparrow
finch cardinal |
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suet
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beef fat - attract birds looking for fat
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birds that like suet
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black-capped chickadee
downy woodpecker |
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bird-feeders attract
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non-migratory seed eating birds
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bird-feeders allow spread of
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red-bellied woodpeckers
house finch northern cardinal |
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negative aspects of bird feeders
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1. birds fly into windows
2. spread of disease like salmonellosis 3. increased predation |
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accipiters
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birds of prey
prey on other birds |
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2 types of accipiters
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1. cooper's hawk
2. sharp-shinned hawk |
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urban nest sites attract cavity adopters like
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house wren
eastern bluebird purple martin house sparrow -> all non-native |
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3 most common introduced birds
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rock pigeon
finch cardinal |
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mammal benefit from ornamental trees
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gray squirrel
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mammal benefit from bird feeders
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red squirrel
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mammals benefit from urban environment
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raccoon
striped skunk eastern cottontail groundhog |
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urban red foxes feed on
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groundhogs
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3 ways urban setting affects nature
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1. eutrophication
2. invasive species 3. disease |
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eutrophication is good for
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algae
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invasive fish
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Asian Carp
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invasive insects
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Japanese beetle
scarlet lily beetle wood boring beetle emerald ash borer |
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invasive plants
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purple loose-strife
dog-strangling vine glossy buckthorn crown vetch |
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insect that eats crown vetch
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wild indigo duskywing
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fungus that is fatal to bats
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white nose syndrome
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Geomyces destructans
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white nose syndrome
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summer bat habitat
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buildings
tree cavity foliage |
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number of bat species
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8 species in ontario
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winter bat habitat
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cave
mine rock crevice tree cavity |
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reasons for spread of bat disease
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cool temperature
moist conditions close contact grooming low immunity |
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no bats =
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more insects
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more insects =
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plant damage = no food
more disease transmission = less humans |
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hibernating bats
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little brown bat
big brown bat eastern small-footed bat northern long-eared bat eastern popostrelle |
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migrating bats
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hairy bat
silver-haired bat eastern red bat |
