Ohio Animals

Medill Elementary School2nd Grade 2011

• A bald eagle eats fish and small mammals.

• A bald eagle is a predator because he eats animals.

• A bald eagle is a threatened species in Ohio.

Bald Eagle

By: Benjamin

• It eats seeds, nuts, eggs, and fungi.

• Red squirrels are a prey.• Young red squirrels

breed from April to May.

Red Squirrel

By: Briana

• A bull frog lives in Ohio ponds.

• A bull frog eats crayfish.• A bull frog gets up to 3.5

inches long.

Bull Frog

By: Carington

• It lives in a pond.• It eats small invertebrates.• The length can be 1.5 to

2.75 inches long.

Wood Frog

By: Cody

It is a predator. It can reach 21

inches in length. Spotted bass have a

fairly large mouth that extends to their eyes.

Spotted Bass

By: Colin

• The red spotted newt is a prey.

• The red spotted newt is 3 to 4 inches long.

• The aquatic adult red spotted newt is yellowish brown.

Red Spotted Newt

By; Colton

• When the spotted salamander is young it has yellow dots and when it gets old it has orange dots.

• The spotted salamander can by found in Ohio woodlands.

• The spotted salamander grows up to 6 to7 inches long.

Spotted Salamander

By: Dalton

• Muskrats live in a lodge.• Muskrats are 16 to 20

inches long including their tail.

• Muskrats are sometimes called mud cats.

Muskrat

By: Dylan

• These insects can live pretty much anywhere.

• Female ladybugs lay batches of 20 to 50 tiny yellow eggs.

• Ladybugs have a dome-shaped body and white spots on either side of its head.

Ladybug

By: Emily

• It eats earthworms and amphibians.

• It gets to be 18-26 inches long.

• The eastern garter snake eats its prey alive and whole.

Garter Snake

By: Faith

• The raccoon prefers to live in wooded areas with big trees and lots of water.

• It eats berries, acorns, baby birds, frogs, and fish.

• It can get up to 15 pounds.

Raccoons

By: Gabriella

• A barn owl lives in old fields and grasslands.

• It can grow to be 13 to 15 inches tall.

• It eats small birds.

Barn Owl

By: Gannon

• It can be found in the oak woods.

• The blue jay has a blue head and a white stomach.

• They can lay 3-6 eggs!

Blue Jay

By: Isaac

• Coyotes find a home almost anywhere.

• Coyotes eat shrews, rabbits, mice, vegetables, nuts, and carrion.

• Coyotes are two feet tall and are between 41 to 53 inches long.

Coyote

By: Julie

• It lives in thickets or brush areas.

• They eat raspberries and blackberries

• Young are born in early March.

Rabbit

By: Kate

• It eats mice, rats, rabbits, groundhogs, and other small mammals.

• It gets up to be 16 inches long.

• It is a predator.

Red Fox

By: Keaton

• A monarch butterfly lives in Mexico and Ohio.

• A monarch butterfly eats milkweed.

• A monarch butterfly can be found in all 88 Ohio counties.

Monarch Butterfly

By: Kerri

• It eats fruits, vegetables, and nuts.

• It can weigh between 125 and 300 pounds.

• The antlers are real bone.

White-Tailed Deer

By: QuShaunda

• It eats fruits, grasses, and meat.

• It can weigh between 150 and 700 pounds.

• They are born sightless.

Black Bear

By: Ryan

• A house mouse lives in buildings.

• A house mouse eats insects and meat.

• The house mouse is a small, gray-brown mouse.

House Mouse

By: Styles

• It eats rabbits and rodents.• It can be found in wooded

eastern south Ohio.• It looks like a regular cat.

Bobcat

By: Jadon

• It eat crops.• It lays 16 eggs.• The turkey lives in

woodlands.

Wild Turkey

By. Adam

• The bobcat litters are from 1 to 6 kittens.

• The bobcat eats insects, reptiles, fish, birds, and other mammals.

Bobcat

By: Aidan

• The cardinal is Ohio’s state bird.

• The can be hunted and they can hunt.

• The cardinal eats seeds and some insects.

Cardinal

By: Blake

• The wood frog can grow to be 1.5-75 inches.

• The wood frog can hibernate on land.

• A wood frog can be found in a pond.

Wood Frog

By: Brooklyn

• The spotted salamander lives under ground.

• They eat tiny creatures.• They can be 6-7-7.5 inches

in length.

Spotted Salamander

By: Connor

• The coyote can be found moving place to place.

• It eats small mammals, shrews, rabbits, mice, vegetables, nuts, and carrion.

• It gets forty-one to fifty-three inches long and twentyfive pounds.

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By: Damon

Coyote

• A mourning dove has green and pink on his neck.

• A mourning dove is a prey.• They live near rural and

suburban residences nesting in shrubbery and shade trees.

Mourning Dove

By: Danielle

• The cottontail rabbit eats clover and dandelions.

• The cottontail rabbit is prey.

• It has a brownish-gray body, long ears, and a small white tuft of a tail that resembles a cotton ball.

Cottontail Rabbit

By Danie

• A red fox lives in North America.

• The red fox is a predator. It eats rabbits, groundhogs, and mice.

• The red fox young are born in February or April.

Red Fox

By: David

• A barn owls depend on open grass land to hunt.

• A barn owl eats mice and other small rodents.

• A barn owl is a predator and it gets 13-15 inches tall.

Barn Owl

By Destiny

• Spotted bass live in long deep pools of medium to large streams.

• It gets to about 10-15 inches and can reach to 21 inches or 1 pound.

• It feeds on crayfish and other small fish.

Spotted Bass

By: Dylan

• A blue jay is part of the crow family.

• A blue jay eats a lot of things like nuts, seeds, insects, mice and frogs.

• A blue jay has bright blue on top and white underneath.

Blue Jay

By: Faith

• A garter snake eats earth worms and amphibans .

• A garter snake is a predator.

• Garter snakes young emerge from the mother.

Garter Snake

By Joey

• The bald eagle can be found in small concentrations throughout the U.S.

• The bald eagle mostly fish, will also feed upon water fowl, small mammals and carrion.

• The young bald eagles feathers change colors when they molt at about 4 to 5 years of age.

Bald Eagle

By: Julia

• A turkey vulture eats carrion.

• The turkey vulture is a big black bird with blue feathers, a red head and a white beak.

• Turkey vultures also have a sense of smell, rare in the bird kingdom, which helps them locate their next meal.

Turkey Vulture

By: Kaitlen

• A skunk is a predator.• The skunk can have 2-10

young which are born pink-skinned and blind.

• It lives in Ohio habitats from rural areas to the suburbs.

Skunk

By: Kaitlyn

• Raccoons can be found In places that have food and shelter.

• Raccoons are predators.• Raccoons that are just

born don’t open there eyes for 19 days.

Raccoon

By: Nathen

• The bull frog is a predator. It eats mice, crayfish, insects, and also other frogs.

• The bull frog lives in Ohio ponds.

• Female bull frogs have ear drums the size of there heads.

Bull Frog

By Mackenzie

• The red squirrel is found in evergreen and mixed forests.

• The red squirrel eats seeds, nuts, eggs, and fungi.

• The red squirrel has a yellowish-reddish coat and a white belly and also it has a very bushy tail.

Red Squirrel

By: Mekayla

• The big brown bat eats beetles moths and stink bugs.

• It is likely the second most abundant species of bat in the state.

• During the winter it lives in caves and mines.

The Big Brown Bat

By: Nehemiah

• Hundreds of thousands of monarchs migrate to Mexico in the fall.

• The monarch larvae feed on various milkweeds

• Monarch butterfly’s wings are 3-4 inches.

Monarch Butterfly

By: Skylar

• A white-tail deer lives in the united states.

• A white-tail deer is prey to other animals .

• White-tail deer are active around the clock.

White-tail deer

By: Tommy

• Black bears can be found in South Central and Southeastern Ohio.

• It can weigh between 150 and 700 pounds.

• Black bears are born sightless.

Black Bear

By: Zach

• Monarch butterflies eat milkweed.

• They are a predator.• The wings can get 3-4

inches long.

Monarch Butterfly

By: Addilyn

• Skunks get 22-32 inches long.

• It eats small fish and nuts.• It is found in old fields,

farms, and suburban areas.

Skunk

By: Austin

• Bald eagles can be found throughout the U.S.A.

• Young bald eagles don’t look like bald eagles. They are almost all brown from head to tail.

• They are predators.

Bald Eagle

By: Brian

• On all fours, a black bear gets up to 2 or 3 feet tall at the shoulder.

• They eat meat and grasses.• Black bears have been

known to travel as far as 125 miles.

Black Bear

By: Bryson

• The red fox eats rabbits and rats.

• It lives in the woods and the open field.

• It gets 22 to 30 inches and 8 to 15 pounds.

Red Fox

By: Camron

• The blue jay’s habitats are oak woods, city parks, and wooded suburban areas.

• They eat nuts, seeds, insects, mice, and frogs.

• The loud screams of the blue jay acts as an alarm system.

Blue Jay

By: Chloe

• Bobcats like to eat insects, reptiles, amphibians,fish, birds, and mammals.

• They are rare in Ohio and they prefer woodlands.

• They are listed as an endangered species.

Bobcat

By: Faith

• Northern cardinals do not migrate south.

• They eat mostly seeds and some bugs.

• Cardinals are Ohio’s state bird.

Northern Cardinal

By: Hannah

• Coyotes eat small mammals, livestock, and rabbits.

• Coyotes are one half to two feet tall and between 41 to 53 inches in length.

• Coyotes are nocturnal. They sleep in the day and hunt at night.

Coyote

By: Jadyn

• Mourning doves nest in shrubby and shade trees.

• They eat seeds.• They are a brownish color

with dark gray wings.

Mourning Dove

By: Kaity

• A woodland jumping mouse can be found in bushy areas near water.

• It can jump as high as two feet.

• It eats seeds, fruit, and fungi.

Woodland Jumping Mouse

By: Kayla

• A red spotted newt can be found by the mud by the water.

• It eats insects and fish.• It grows to 3-4 inches long.

Red Spotted Newt

By: Lauren

• Raccoon's favorite foods are berries, acorns, baby birds, frogs, and fish.

• Raccoons are normally gray or black in color with pale gray coloring.

• Their little feet resemble the handprints and foot prints of people.

Raccoon

By: Malina

• Wood frogs live on land.• It eats small invertebrates.• It grows to about 1-3

inches long.

Wood Frog

By: Moyra

• Bull frogs eat insects, mice, crayfish, and other frogs.

• It can be found in a forest.• Females have eardrums

the size of their eyes

Bull Frog

By: Skylar

• White-tailed deer eat leaves and grasses.

• Babies are born in the middle of May though July.

• Deer can be found in woods.

White-Tailed Deer

By: TREVOR

• A wide mouth bass lives in nearly every lake.

• It is green, brown and white with a big mouth.

• They grow to about 15-18 inches long.

Largemouth Bass

By: Will

• Spotted salamanders live in creeks.

• They have dots.• They make tunnels under

ground.

Spotted Salamander

By: Zach

• Cottontail rabbits can be found in fields with tall grass.

• They eat raspberries, blackberries, and corn.

• The cottontail rabbit is one of the most common wild life species in the state of Ohio.

Cottontail Rabbit

By: Zarrah

• Raccoons can be found in places that have food and shelter.

• Raccoons are predators.• Raccoons that are just

born don’t open there eyes for 19 days.

Raccoons

By: Nathen

Bibliography

• "Ohio State Parks - Nature Things Archive." Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Camping, Boating, Fishing, Hunting, Biking, Hiking in Ohio. Web. 19 May 2011. <http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/parks/kidsthings/archives/tabid/535/Default.aspx>.

• "Species Guide Index." Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Camping, Boating, Fishing, Hunting, Biking, Hiking in Ohio. Ohio Department of Natural Resources. Web. 19 May 2011. <http://dnr.state.oh.us/Home/species_a_to_z/speciesguide_default/tabid/6491/Default.aspx>.

Message from the Staff

• The second grade students started this project with internet research. They located facts and photos of their animal. Each student took notes from the internet. They worked in Language Arts and wrote the facts in sentence form. They then created their slide using a template. All of the students did their own typing, copied and pasted their photo, chose their own background color and learned to animate their slide.

• Congratulations on a job well done! You worked hard and it shows.