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bird behavior
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broken wing
building nest
building pots
caching
calls
calling
camouflage
carcass
carrion
catching fish
catfish
caterpillar
chicks
clacking
communal roosting
communal winter roost
conflict at nest
confrontations
convergent evolution
cooing
cooperative foraging
copulations
copying behavior
courtship display
courtship displays
courtship feeding
dancing
dead
deception
defensive maneuvers
dialects, song
digging
dichromatic vision
displaying
displays
distraction displays
diving
dorsal nectary organ
dueling
duetting
drumming
eating
eating nectar
eggs
extracting
extracting wood-grub
eye-flashing
false head
feeding
female-female conflict
filling the sky
fighting
foot-stirring
foraging
foraging adaptations
gossamer wings
Green Flash
grieving
hairstreaks
handling food
harem defense polygyny
heartrot
heartwood
hind wings move
hind wing movement
hive
hole-nesting
larvae
lek
lekking (brotherhood)
loop-dance
looper
mantling prey
migration
mimicry
mixed-species
mixed-species flocks
mud collecting
myrmecophily
nectar
nest
nest building
nest conflict
nest defense
nesting
nestlings
object manipulation
pair displaying
parental care
phenomenon
pheromones
play
plumage
Plumbago
polygyny
poison food
poison glands
prebreeding flocks
predation
pre-roosting
protection
pupate
riparian habitat
rattle calls
road kill
roosting
sand bathing
scent marking
scissor-grinding call
sensory hairs
singing
sleeping
snorkeling
social interactions
song dialects
songbird
spider silk
stand-off
storing caterpillar
sunbathing
sunset
swirling shorebirds
synchronized calling
tail
teaching
tending
tentacular
territoriality
tongue
turtle release
UV light
UV vision
ultraviolet vision
visual all
vision signaling with dewlap
vocal display
vocal mimicry
vocalizations
warning calls
wing-flashing
wing patch
winter swarms
young chicks

TAXONOMIC GROUPS
amphibians
anoles
bats
bees
beetles
birds
blackbirds
blues
butterflies
butterfly
earthworms
egrets
fish
flycatchers
fungus
grackles
grebe
gossamer wings
grouse
grubs
hairstreaks
hawks
hawk moths
hummingbirds
hymenoptera
insects
invertebrates
javelina
juniper cedar trees
Lepidoptera
lilacs
lizards
Lycaenidae
mammals
moths
parrots
raptor
reptiles
snakes
sphinx moths
woodpeckers
wasps
wild pigs

COMMON NAME
Acorn Woodpeckers, Melanerpes formicivorus
American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis
American Badger, Taxidea taxus
American Bison, Bison bison
American Black Bear, Ursus americanus
American Coots, Fulica americana
American Dipper, Cinclus mexicanus
American Robin, Turdus migratorius
American Toad, Bufo americanus
American White Pelican, Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
Anhinga, darter, snake bird, Anhinga anhinga
Arizona Woodpecker, Picoides arizonae
Armadillo, Nine-banded, Dasypus novemcinctus
Bald Eagle, Haliaeetus leuccocephalus
Baltimore Oriole, Icterus galbula
Barn Swallows, Hirundo rustica
Belted Kingfisher, Ceryle alcyon
Black-billed Magpie, Pica hudsonia
Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Archilochus alexandri
Black-necked Stilts, Himantopus mexicanus
Black Skimmers, Rynchops niger
Black Vultures, Coragyps atratus
Blue-gray Gantcatcher, Polioptila caerulea
Boat-tailed Grackle, Quiscalus major
Bottle Brush Tree, Myiopsitta monachus
Brown Pelicans, Pelecanus occidentalis
Ceraunus Blue, Hemiargus ceraunus
Cactus Wrens, Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
Carrion Beetle, Nicrophorus carolinus
Cassius Blue, Leptotes cassius
Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
Chipping Sparrow, Spizalla passerina
Cliff Swallow, Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Collared Peccary OR Javelina, Pecari tajacu
Common Grackle, Quiscalus quiscula
Common Moorhens, Gallinula chloropus
Common Nighthawk, Chordeiles minor
Crested Caracara, Caracara cheriway
Cuban Brown Anole, Anolis sagrei sagrei
Double-crested Cormorants, Phalacrocorax auritus
Downy Woodpecker, Picoides pubescens
Eastern Bluebirds, Sialia sialis
Eastern Gray Squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis
Emerald Moth, Synchlora frondaria
European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
Fire Ants, Solenopsis invicta
Fish Crow, Corvus ossifragus
Florida Manatees, Trichechus manatus latirostris
Gamble's Quail, Callipepla gambelii
Gentoo, Penguins, Pygoscelis papua
Golden Tortoise Beetle, Charidotella sexpunctata,
Grass spider, Trachelas spp.
Gray Gnatcatchers, Polioptila caerulea
Gray Wolf, Canis lupus
Great Blue Heron, Ardea herodias
Great Egret, Ardea herodias
Greater Roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus
Green Heron, Butorides virescens
Green Lacewing, Chrysopa spp.
Grizzly Bear, Ursus arctos horribilis
Hairy Woodpecker, Picoides villosus
Hooded Crow, >Corvus cornix
Hognose snake, Heterodon platyrhinos
Killdeer, Charadrius vocierus
Ladder-backed Woodpeckers, Picoides scalaris
Lesser Prairie-Chicken, Tympanuchus pallidicinctus
Limpkins, Aramus guarauna
Little Blue Herons, Egretta caerulea
Loggerhead Shrike, Lanius ludovicianus
Loggerhead turtles, Caretta caretta
Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak, Strymon columella
Magpie Lark, Grallina cyanoleuca
Melonworm Moth, Diaphania hyalinata
Monk Parakeet, Myiopsitta monachus
Mourning Dove, Zenaida macroura
Northern Mockingbirds, Mimus polyglottos
Painted Redstart, Myioborus pictus
Palm Warblers, Dendroica palmarum
Peacock jumping spider, Maratus volans
Pied-billed Grebe, Podilymbus podiceps
Pileated Woodpecker, Dryocopus pileatus
Plumbeous Vireos, Vireo plumbeus
Potter Wasp, Zeta argillaceum
Raccoons, Procyon lotor
Rainbow Lorikeet, Trichoglossus haematodus
Red-bellied Woodpeckers, Melanerpes carolinus
Reddish Egret, Egretta rufescens
Red-shouldered Hawk, Buteo lineatus
Red-tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis
Restless Flycatcher, Myiagra inquieta
River otters, Lutra canadensis
Royal Terns, Sterna maxima
Ruddy Ducks, Oxyura jamaicensis
Snowberry Clearwing sphinx moth, Bumble Bee moth, Hemaris diffinus
Snowy Egret, Egretta thula
Spotted Sandpiper, Actitus macularia
Southern Yellow Jacket, Vespula squamosa
Texas Leafcutter ants, Atta texana
Tree Swallows, Tachycineta bicolor
Tricolored Heron, Egretta tricolor
Turkey Vulture, Cathartes aura
Uinta Ground Squirrel, Urocitellus armatus
Vermilion Flycatcher, Pyrocephalus rubinus
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake, Cortalus atrox
Western Scrub-Jay, Aphelocoma californica
White Ibis, Eudocimus albus
White-lined sphinx moth, Hummingbird moth, Hyles lineata
White-winged Chough, Corcorax melanorhamphos
White-winged Doves, Zenaida asiatica
Wild Turkeys, Meleagris gallopavo
Willy Wagtail, Rhipidura leucophrys
Wood Stork, Mycteria americana
Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Nyctanassa violacea
Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos, Calyptorhynchus funereus

SCIENTIFIC NAMES
Alligator mississippiensis, American Alligator
Anolis sagrei sagrei, Cuban Brown Anole
Aphelocoma californica, Western Scrub-Jay
Aramus guarauna, Limpkins
Archilochus alexandri, Black-chinned Hummingbirds
Ardea herodias, Great Blue Heron
Ardea alba, Great Egret
Atta texana, Texas Leafcutter ants
Bison bison, American Bison
Bubulcus ibis, Cattle Egret
Bufo americanus, American Toad
Buteo jamaicensis, Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo lineatus, Red-shouldered Hawk
Butorides virescens, Green Heron
Callipepla gambelii, Gamble's Quail
Calyptorhynchus funereus, Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos
Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus, Cactus Wrens
Canis lupus, Gray Wolf
Caracara cheriway, Crested Caracara
Caretta caretta, Loggerhead turtles
Cathartes aura, Turkey Vulture
Ceryle alcyon, Belted Kingfisher
Charadrius vocierus, Killdeer
Charidotella sexpunctata, Golden Tortoise Beetle
Chordeiles minor, Common Nighthawk
Coragyps atratus, Black Vultures
Corcorax melanorhamphos, White-winged Chough
Cortalus atrox, Western Diamondback Rattlesnake
Corvus cornix, Hooded Crow
Corvus ossifragus, Fish Crow
Dasypus novemcinctus, Armadillo, Nine-banded
Dendroica palmarum, Palm Warblers
Diaphania hyalinata, Melonworm Moth
Dryocopus pileatus, Pileated Woodpecker
Eudocimus albus, White Ibis
Egretta caerulea, Little Blue Herons
Egretta rufescens, Reddish Egret
Egretta thula, Snowy Egret
Egretta tricolor, Tricolored Heron
Fulica americana, American Coot
Gallinula chloropus, Common Moorhen
Geococcyx californianus, Greater Roadrunner
Grallina cyanoleuca, Magpie Lark
Habronattus dossenus, jumping spider
Haliaeetus leuccocephalus, Bald Eagle
Hemaris diffinus, Snowberry Clearwing sphinx moth -
    Bumble Bee mimic moth
Hemiargus ceraunus, Ceraunus Blue
Heterodon platyrhinos, Hognose snake
Himantopus mexicanus, Black-necked Stilts
Hirundo rustica, Barn Swallows
Hyles lineata, White-lined sphinx moth, Hummingbird moth
Icterus galbula, Baltimore Oriole
Lanius ludovicianus
, Loggerhead Shrike
Leptotes cassius, Cassius Blue
Lutra canadensis, River otters
Maratus volans, Peacock jumping spider
Melanerpes carolinus, Red-bellied Woodpeckers
Melanerpes formicivorus, Acorn Woodpeckers
Meleagris gallopavo, Wild Turkeys
Mimus polyglottos, Northern Mockingbirds
Mycteria americana, Wood Stork
Myiagra inquieta, Restless Flycatcher
Myioborus pictus, Painted Redstart
Myiopsitta monachus, Monk Parakeet
Nicrophorus carolinus, Carrion Beetle
Nyctanassa violacea, Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Oxyura jamaicensis, Ruddy Duck
Pecari tajacu, Collared Peccary OR Javelina
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, American White Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis, Brown Pelicans
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota, Cliff Swallow
Phalacrocorax auritus, Double-crested Cormorants
Pica hudsonia, Black-billed Magpie
Picoides arizonae, Arizona Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens, Downy Woodpecker
Picoides scalaris, Ladder-backed Woodpeckers
Picoides villosus, Hairy Woodpecker
Podilymbus podiceps, Pied-billed Grebe
Polioptila caerulea, Blue-gray Gnatcatchers
Procyon lotor, Raccoons
Pygoscelis papua, Gentoo Penguins
Pyrocephalus rubinus, Vermilion Flycatcher
Rhipidura leucophrys, Willy Wagtail
Rynchops niger, Black Skimmers
Quiscalus major, Boat-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus quiscula, Common Grackle
Sciurus carolinensis, Eastern Gray Squirrel
Sialia sialis, Eastern Bluebirds
Solenopsis invicta, Fire Ants
Spizalla passerina, Chipping Sparrow
Sterna maxima, Royal Terns
Sturnus vulgaris, European Starling
Strymon columella, Mallow Scrub-Hairstreak
Synchlora frondaria, Emerald Moth
Tachycineta bicolor, Tree Swallows
Taxidea taxus North American Badger
Trachelas spp., Grass spiders
Trichechus manatus latirostris, Florida Manatee
Trichoglossus haematodus, Rainbow Lorikeet
Tympanuchus pallidicinctus, Lesser Prairie-Chicken
Urocitellus armatus, Uinta Ground Squirrel
Ursus americanus, Black Bear
Ursus arctos horribilis, Grizzly Bear
Vespula squamosa, Southern Yellow Jacket
Vireo plumbeus, Plumbeous Vireos
Zenaida asiatica, White-winged Dove
Zenaida macroura, Mourning Dove
Zeta argillaceum, Potter Wasp

LOCATIONS
Apollo Beach Florida
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Australia
Sundown NP, Queensland
Babcock/Weber Wildlife Management Area
Badlands National Park, S.D.
Belleair
Belleair Bluffs
Belleview Biltmore Golf Club, Florida
Big Bend National Park
Caprock Wildlife Management Area, New Mexico
Celery Fields, Sarasota
Chiricahua Mountains
Chisos Basin
Crowley Museum and Nature Center
Davis Mountains SP
Everglades National Park
Floating Island Lake, Yellowstone N.P.
Freezout Lake, Montana
Garner State Park
Garner SP
Guadalupe National Park
Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
Hunter Creek
Indiana
Longboat Key, Florida
Madera Canyon
Maine
Mapleton, QLD
Montana
Myakka River SP
Myakka River State Park
Nebraska National Forest
New Mexico
Perdanales State Park
Portal, Arizona
Rocky Mountains
Saint Cloud, Minnesota
Siesta Key, Sarasota
South Llano River SP
Taylor Park, Largo, Florida
Tigertail Bay
Tigertail Beach, Marco Island, Florida
Texas
Wyoming
Yellowstone National Park




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