Creatures with Backbone (vertebrates)
Mammals
- black bear
- common brushtail possum
- cougar
- coyote
- eastern chipmunk
- eastern cottontail (rabbit)
- gray squirrel
- meadow vole
- Mexican free-tailed bat
- nine-banded armadillo
- raccoon
- red fox
- striped skunk
- Virginia opossum
- white-tailed deer
Birds
- American coot
- American goldfinch
- American robin
- barn swallow
- barred owl
- beak shapes
- black vulture
- bluebird
- blue jay
- brown-headed nuthatch
- Canada goose
- cedar waxwing
- common raven
- downy woodpecker
- Florida scrub jay
- gray catbird
- great blue heron
- grebes
- jays
- killdeer
- loons
- mergansers
- northern cardinal
- northern mockingbird
- pileated woodpecker
- pinyon jay
- red-bellied woodpecker
- red crossbill
- red-tailed hawk
- rose-breasted grosbeak
- rufous-collared sparrow
- sea ducks
- snowy owl
- Stellar’s jay
- western scrub jay
- wood duck
Reptiles
Amphibians
Fish
- nothing yet… but I’m working on it
Spineless Creatures
Insects
Spiders
Mollusks
Ecology, Physiology & Behavior
- animal-vehicle collisions
- animal avoidance technology
- beak size
- endotherm/ectotherm
- citizen science – bird counts
- garbage and trophic levels
- hibernation
- light pollution and migration
- metamorphosis
- noise pollution and birdsong
- roadside habitat
- urban habitat
- water as a wildlife attractor
- wildlife rehabilitation
- winterproofing
