Corn Red-tailed Hawk, Study notes of Agronomy

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Corn

Red-tailed Hawk

Corn is grown across North Carolina. The most common use for corn in North Carolina is as animal feed for farm animals. There are many wild animals that also eat corn, such as deer, turkey, quail, ducks, and rodents.

Corn

Red-tailed hawks can be found along open fields or perched on telephones poles, fence posts, and trees. These hawks typically eats snakes, mice, grasshoppers, and sometimes smaller birds.

Red-tailed Hawk

Hairy woodpeckers are found in woodlots, suburbs, parks, forest edges, and open woodlands. Hairy Woodpeckers typically eat insects, berries and seeds.

Hairy Woodpecker

Fence lizards can be found in a variety of habitats, but are most commonly found in areas with trees. They eat a variety of insects, such as beetles, ants, moths, grasshoppers, spiders, and stink bugs.

Fence Lizard

Cardinal

Rat Snake

White-tailed Deer

Raccoon

White-tailed deer are very common all across North Carolina. They live in forests, croplands, pastures, and even in our towns and cities. They like to browse and eat grasses, crops, nuts, leaf buds, fruits, and mushrooms.

White Tail Deer

Raccoons are scavengers who eat almost anything including grubs, insects, eggs, seeds, nuts, mollusks and berries! Raccoons often nest in hollow trees and are found mainly in wooded areas but also in our urban areas.

Raccoon

Beetles like to live in places that they can find shelter. They might live deep in the ground, in trees, inside fruit, inside seeds, or inside leaves. Beetles like to eat plant parts, seeds, or wood.

Beetle

Red foxes can live in forests, grasslands, mountains, and deserts. Red foxes are omnivores, so they eat a variety of foods. Some things they like include: fruits, berries, seeds, birds, squirrels, rabbits and mice.

Red Fox

Tent Caterpillar

Black Bear

Grasses

Seeds

Grasses are found all over North Carolina! Deer, insects, and many other animals eat grasses. Small mammals and birds will eat grass seeds. Tall grasses can also provide shelter for many animals and insects.

Grasses

All plants produce some type of a seed that will grow a new plants. Seeds are a very valuable food source for birds and small mammals, and can be found in a variety of habitats including forests and grasslands. There are many varieties in shape and size of seeds.

Seeds

Berries are a type of fruit and can be found on bushes, trees, and vines in forests and meadows. They are eaten by birds, black bears, and other animals.

Berries

Yellow pines are found across North Carolina. Small pines are good cover for wildlife and large pines are used by woodpeckers and other birds for nesting. The seeds produced by pines (pinecones) provide food for squirrels and birds. Many insects and fungi feed on pine trees.

Yellow Pine

Cotton Mouse

Grasshopper

Toad

Coyote

Toads live near ponds, swamps, and marshes. Toads only live on the ground, starting as tadpoles in the water and metamorphosing to live on land. Toads will eat small insects such as grasshoppers, and crickets, spiders, and even other frogs and toads!

Toad

Coyotes can now be found throughout the Southeast, including our towns and cities. They eat everything from small mammals and birds, acorns, berries, and even garbage in urban areas. The main predator or threat to coyotes are humans.

Coyote