Wildlife

Wildlife - Transcript

Wildlife

Wildlife Best viewing is early morning late evening at large open areas and balds such as cades cove cataloochee

Review Biology 6 Kingdoms Diversity 1 Eubacteria Archaebacteria 3 Fungi 4 Protista 5 Plantae 6 Animalia Invertebrates and Vertebrates

fish amphibians mammals birds rep tiles 5 types of vertebrates A 65 Mammals most common are deer squirrel chipmunk woodchuck raccoon opossum fox skunk bat cottontail mouse rat shrew mole Reclusive ones are coyote bobcat Black bear beaver weasel mink cougar

Mammals

Extirpated no longer hereBison gray wolf elk red wolf fisher otter reintroduced Exotic European Wild Boar

Elk Deer Black Bear Coyote Bobcat

Cougar Bison Gray wolf Red fox Gray fox

Beaver Opossum cottontail skunk otter

Boar bat raccoon woodchuck gray squirrel

Chipmunk rat mouse mole

39 species of reptiles Snakes 2 venomous northern Copperhead common below 3 000ft Timber Rattler up to 6 000ft Pit vipers hemotoxin

Copperhead

Timber rattler

Common snakes Black rat garter common water snake

Turtles Most common eastern box turtle common snapping turtle Lizards skinks especially 5 lined

Box turtle skink horned green anole

Amphibians 27 species of newt salamander Jordan s salamander only found in GSMNP Hellbender over 5ft

Jordan s eastern spotted

Hellbender

Toads and frogs 13 species ex Eastern spadefoot American bullfrog S leopard frog

Leopard bullfrog

Birds Vireo acnatsci org 230 species 110 breed in the park others seasonal Viewing times early morning places sugarlands cades cove oconaluftee

Common birds
Red eye vireo juncos Y throated vireo blue headed vireo blue jay crow barn swallow Carolina chickadee tufted titmouse nuthatch Carolina wren winter wren kinglet dove chimney swift cardinal

Red eye and Y throated vireo

Common birds Flycatcher phoebe gnatcatcher thrushes starling exotic warbler tanager towhee sparrow exotic indigo buntings E bluebird larks red w blackbirds wild turkeys

Titmouse chickadee warbler tanager bunting pewee flycatcher

B Throated vireo gnatcatcher

Bird Classification
By feet 1 Perching grasping holding songbirds woodpeckers 2 Predators Killing Talon Eagle hawk kestrel 3 Scratching runningturkey chicken 4 Wading heron egret stork 5 Swimming paddle webbed duck goose

Classification Bills and beaks can also be used to classify birds

Seasonal and specialty birds Summer e kingbirds barn swallows Y warblers indigo buntings Autumn golden eagles pileated woodpecker Night barred owl

W turkey barred owl P woodpecker kestrel catbird B heron