- Eats spiders, mites, insects, earthworms, and snails

- Light-colored longitudinal stripes

- Feeds on small fish, amphibians, and water insects

- Three main color morphs: red, silver/black, and cross

- Binocular vision (can see far away), and have exceptional hearing (can hear a squeaking mouse 330 feet away)

- They breathe through their skin

- Species variation in food sources but most eat fallen leaves or soil

- Live in moist soil

- Uses agile flight and sensitive sight to catch prey, eat, mate, and lay eggs while flying

- Pollution sensitivity varies from tolerant to intolerant

- Nocturnal (active at night)

- Finds homes in hollows of trees

- Eats berries, acorns, crayfish, clams, insects

- Hibernates in winter in calm freshwater

- Feeds on aquatic insects, fish, worms, plants, and carrion

- Adults: 10-12 inches long

- Digs for insects, leaves shallow holes in the ground

- Black with white stripes makes them visible during the day and night

- Stripes and big tail warn possible attackers to stay away 

- Eats nuts (walnuts, acorns, pecans)

- Has webbed feet that act as paddles for swimming

- Feet have no nerves or blood vessels - feet won’t chill from swimming in icy water

- Males have an iconic green head

- Feeds on mice, rats, voles, ground squirrels

- Makes a nest (redd) in gravel for eggs

- Sensitive to habitat degradation

- Pollution sensitive

- Feeds primarily on insects, crustaceans, mollusks, and other fish

- Pollution sensitive (require cold, well-oxygenated water)

- Uses bill to capture fish, frogs and aquatic insects

- Stalks shrews, mice, and lizards on land

- Active at night, hides during the day

- Pollution tolerant

- Eats mostly fish, also crayfish and insects in slow-moving, shallow water

- Lives in oak trees

- Does not have a crest on its head

- “kwest...kwest” and “check...check” call

- Feeds primarily on insects snatched from the air, occasionally eats small fish

- Rarely found far from water, drinks and bathes regularly

- Can run up to 45 miles/hour

- Predators include bobcats, coyotes, and wolves

- Usually eats small game such as rabbits, birds, mice, and squirrels

- Predators include snakes, raccoons, herons, egrets, and other small mammals and reptiles

- Its feet bend and trap air bubbles between them and the water’s surface, allowing it to skate across the surface

- Eats small insects that fall onto the water

- Eats small mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, and insects

- Builds nests in tall trees

- Long slender leaves

- Has cinnamon-brown flower clusters

- Evergreen

- Leaves are in groups of three

- Causes a painful, itchy rash to humans

- Birds eat its berries, and deer and mice eat the leaves and stems

- Deciduous (loses its leaves in winter)

- Produces acorns in the fall

- Large and deciduous (loses its leaves in winter)

- Large tree or shrub

- Can grow on sandy, rocky, wet or dry soil, in direct sunlight or partial shade

- Produces orange or yellow tubular flowers

- Pollinated by hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies

- Prickly leaves and stems

- Produces edible fruit

- Can live for at least 2,000 years

- Resistant to insects, fire, and rot

- Grows best in cool, wet climates

- Cannot swim

- Can survive a year or more without access to water

- Hibernates in the winter

- Eats grasses, wildflowers, and cacti

- Produces one flower in its life and then dies

- Pollinated by bats and insects

- Thick leaves store water and protect the plant from the sun

- Grows best in a hot, sunny climate with dry soil

- Can run up to 20 miles/hour

- Enjoys hot, dry conditions with few trees or bushes

- Eats insects, small mammals, eggs, fruit, seeds, and even rattlesnakes

- Stores water for long periods of time in dry weather
- Woodpeckers and other birds build their homes here

- Eats jackrabbits, rodents, insects, reptiles, and more

- Can survive off of moisture from prey, when there is no drinking water available

- Grows in salty, sandy soil

- Grows low to the ground

- Has fleshy leaves and stems

- Acts as a predator and scavenger, using its claws to feed on shelled animals such as snails and clams

- Predators include sea otters, octopus, and fish

- Found on shallow rocks in bodies of saltwater

- Predators include birds, rays, and rock crabs

- Sensitive to changes in water temperature and salinity

- Attaches to hard surfaces in bodies of saltwater

- Can fly for very long distances with little effort

- Diet is mainly squid and fish

- Can drink saltwater

- Found in shallow water and spend most of their time buried in sand

- Swims by flapping its sides like wings or moving its body in a wave-like motion

- Eats small fish, snails, clams, and shrimp

- Provides structure for creek and plants

- Travels from high elevation (mountains) to low elevation (sea)