Suisun Marsh Project ZoologistWildlife Expert

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Suisun Marsh Project Zoologist/Wildlife Expert

• Jarom
• Fairfield-Suisun USD
• Dover Middle School
• Spring 2005

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Suisun Marsh ProjectQuestions

• Essential Question Why do we want to protect our
  environment?
• Unit Question Is Suisun Marsh Healthy? Why or
  why not?
• Content Question How can animals provide
  evidence for the health of Suisun Marsh?

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Great Blue Heron

• Common name is Great Blue Heron. Kingdom, phylum,
  subphylum, Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata
• Its class, order, family, Aves, Ciconiiformes,
  Ardeidae. Its Genus, Class, and Specie are
  Ardea, Ardea Herodias.
• Some common names are Blue, Great Blue, Blue
  Heron, Blue Crane. http//www.nature-wildlife.com/
  blueh.html

http//www.entm.purdue.edu/wildlife/great_blue_her
on_pictures.htm
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Great Blue Heron

• Height,39-52,wing span,72 inches
• Voice is deep squawk. It is the largest heron in
  North America. It is greyish-blue and has a
  yellow bill. It flies with its neck folded and
  has a lazy flap
• It is very large with a yellow bill and many
  shades of blue. It also migrates from Alaska
  south to Mexico

http//www.entm.purdue.edu/wildlife/great_blue_her
on_pictures.htm
http//www.nature-wildlife.com/blueh.html
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Red-tailed Hawk

• Scientific name is Buteo jamaicensis
• Phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species
  are Chordata, Aves, Falconiform, Accipitridae,
  Buteo jamaicensis
• It is dark brown with a white belly and a red
  tail
• It lives from Alaska in Northern America, Canada
  and by Panama

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American Bittern

• I saw the American Bittern in some reeds at the
  marsh before it flew away
• I recognized it from its medium size and from its
  brown feathers.

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American Kestrel

• I saw this bird in the Suisun Marsh
  Rehabilitation center
• I knew it was a Kestrel because of its grey,
  brown, and dark red coloring.
• I also knew it was a Kestrel because it looked
  like a small hawk.

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Content Question Review

• Content Question How can animals provide
  evidence for the health of Suisun Marsh?
• The way animals can provide evidence for the
  health of the marsh is as follows if the animals
  that we observe are still there in a few months,
  and are still healthy, we know that the marsh has
  seen little change, thus is still a healthy place
  for them to live.

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Foot prints of marsh animals


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Suisun Marsh ProjectConclusion

• I saw many healthy looking animals at the marsh
  including hawks, turkey vultures, herons, cranes,
  and pelicans, and decided that
• According to my results, I conclude that the
  Suisun Marsh is still a healthy place for animals
  and birds to live in.
• Also, if we go back to the marsh in a few months
  our observations may stay the same or they way
  change depending what happens to the environment
  while we were gone.

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Web sites

• http//ww4.fsusd.k12.ca.us/education/eettmarsh/bir
  d-guide/TRACKS.doc
• http//www.biokids.umich.edu/critters/pictures/Fal
  co_sparverius.html