Educational Resources for Teachers and Homeschool Families
Photo by Lynda Ackert (All Rights Reserved) This tall gray owl, patterned with brown and white mottling, streaks, and barring, sports a large facial disk and yellow eyes. As with all owls, its eyes are immobile, aimed instead by extremely flexible head movements. It lacks ear tufts, and its chin and the space between its… Continue reading Let’s Study the Great Gray Owl!
Scientific classificationKingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:ChordataClass:AvesOrder:GruiformesFamily:GruidaeGenus:AntigoneBinomial NameAntigone canadensis Whether stepping singly across a wet meadow or filling the sky by the hundreds and thousands, Sandhill Cranes have an elegance that draws attention. These tall, gray-bodied, crimson-capped birds breed in open wetlands, fields, and prairies across North America. They group together in great numbers, filling the air with distinctive rolling… Continue reading The Sandhill Crane
