Natural History Project

By Andrea Noel

Natural History Of A Back Yard

• Many insects can carry diseases to plants and flowers in your backyard.

• Bees and wasp are good for your back yard.• Leaf hoppers and glassy winged sharpshooters

are bad for the back yard.• Nematodes are round worms in the soil and

on roots that are herbivores.

Pollinators Of A Back Yard

• Humming birds- more than 150 species of plants are pollenated by humming birds.

• Birds- most birds eat insects, seeds and suet but some birds pollenate the flowers of the back yard. They are also a great pest control.

More Pollinators

• Bees• Butterflies• Beetles

Humming Birds

• Came in the early summer• Left mid to late October• Scared of wasp and bees at the feeder• Migrate to warm weather places• There are 16 species in North America• They have High Metabolisms• Most of their energy is spent on flying

Road Kill

• Road kill is very important in a natural history project. Road kill affects the population of the species.

• Raccoons• Skunks • Possums• Cats

Flowers In the Back Yard

• Ferns• Lilac bushes• Hydrgangea• Petunias• Holly bushes• Tiger Lilies• Mums• Azaelia bushes

Data Collected

Insects • Stink bugs >50• Lady bugs >10• Box beetles >50• Spiders >10• Moths >30• Butterflies >5

Road Kill• 2 skunks• 3 squirrels• 1 bird• 1 raccoon• 2 groundhogs• 1 possum• 1 cat• 1 rabbit

Stray Cat influence on Data

Since the stray cats there have been very few numbers of:• Mice• Birds• Rabbits• Squirrels• ChipmunksBefore the cats (at least 10 strays), there was an abundance if these animals.

Community Forest Area

• Raccoons, possums and ground hogs reside here.

• A few birds present.• Field/ open land beside the forest area creates

great diversity for all kinds of animals

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