Ground squirrel

steep ridge is filled with oaks, maples and elms. That have changed color already and their leaves are starting to fall. As they fall they hit other leaves going crunch. Then as acorn fall they go crashing down making a thud like a marble hitting the ground. From atop the ridge a slimy deer trail comes down, breaking into two trails that go opposite ways. There are fresh deer tracks from the mud that oozed in between the deer's hooves. Behind an old trail climbing as the ridge gets steeper.…

Fota Wildlife Park John Lawlor T00172305 Why is conservation important: Conservation is the protection and maintenance of populations of plants and animals. It requires the protection of ecosystems and the biodiversity in these ecosystems. 'Biological diversity – or biodiversity – is the term given to the variety of life on Earth. It is the variety within and between all species of plants, animals and micro-organisms and the ecosystems within which they live and interact.'(Wwf.org.au, n.d.)…

The Squirrel It was my first year hunting, it was also my last chance to go hunting before early bow season ended for shotgun season. I was getting anxious because I had not yet gotten a deer and I had bought my tags myself and did not want to not use them after spending fifty plus dollars on them. I pulled into my uncles drive way to pack my stuff in his charcoal grey f250 ford pickup so we could go to Pisgah, Iowa to the louse hills for our final hunting trip. “Are you ready to go”, he asked.…

SUMMARY: In October of 2017 Agents from the Merced Area Gang and Narcotic Enforcement Team (M.A.G.N.E.T) began an investigation into several Westside Norteno Gang members who operate in the Dos Palos and Los Banos area. While talking to a confidential informant (CI) it was determined that Pete GAONA is an active Norteno gang member operating a tattoo shop in Los Banos. As part of my investigation in this case I looked at GAONA’s Facebook account and saw that he had posted several photographs of…

drastically as one moves farther from the yellow breaches where deciduous sycamore trees and conifers such as tamaracks are common to a more mature oak forest. The weather leading up to this observation had been relatively wet and rainy, the leaves on the ground were very heavy and much more abundant than our last observation in October. The canopy near the water tower was mostly mature Oaks with a few ash, and maple. There was a variety of smaller woody shrubs that were about nine feet in…

It is liked by birds such as chickadees, titmice and downy woodpeckers. However, squirrels do not like safflower seeds. The seed is known for its bitterness and that is why birds such as blue jays, grackles or starlings do not like it. 5. Suet This seed is loved by birds. It provides the birds with concentrated energy which helps birds…

The Hatfield’s and McCoy’s The age old question to the feud is how it started. Just about everyone has heard of the infamous family verses family feud in the late eighteen hundreds. Was it a pig? Or was it something more? An in-depth, down deep, analysis will bring out many rarely known facts. Before we get into the nitty gritty keep in mind that the family names also include friends of that family. Asa Harmon McCoy was enlisted in the union army and was involved in combat near Lexington…

it can also be hunters (The Cornell lab of Ornithology, 2015). The profession of foraging or scavenging is a very important profession in regards to the ecosystem, because they dispose of carrion or dead animals that would otherwise be a breeding ground for disease. In essence, black vultures help to keep the world a cleaner place. Black vultures generally travel, scavenge and live in flocks (The Cornell lab of Ornithology, 2015). They live in trees and high structures (The Cornell lab of…

It is November 18, 2016 at 1:00 pm and the sun is shining when me and my group enter the Birmingham zoo. My group consisted of Jasmine Williamson, Daniel Munger, and James Lowery. When entering the Primate house we started looking around and finding all the primates in the primate house and then choosing which ones each of us were doing. My hypothesis is whether there is specific behavior of non-human primates due to their size. The scientific name for the Angolan Black and White Colobus monkey…

My family and I have visited Brackenridge Park for many years now, beginning from a time where my line of vision extended only a few feet off the ground to the beginning of my time at university. Granted, my height might not have changed much, but time certainly has. Brackenridge Park easily surpassed the dreaded McAllister Park (dreaded because as a child, I hated nothing more than spending hours walking through the never-ending park in the middle of the burning heat that Satan himself would…