Our Bay Critter Projects

Mr. Oedemann’s ClassMarch 2013

The Eastern Painted Turtle By:Jordan.M

.The eastern painted turtle is a cold blooded creature.

.This animal hibernates in the winter.

.The eastern painted turtle has two layers of bones.

Blue Crabs By: Jeremy S.

• The blue crab uses its front legs to pinch prey and predators

• They live in water or burrows or land.• They eat water animals or algae and people

sometimes eat crabs.

The Great Red-Winged Blackbird

By Molly M

• The Red-Winged Blackbird’s flocks sing the same song over and over again.

• Red-Winged Blackbirds live in marshes.• They lay three to six eggs.

The Dynamic Diamondback TerrapinBy: Shibani R.

• Something really cool about the diamondback terrapin is that only 1 out of 1,000 babies get to be an adult.

• Many predators eat baby turtles like bears, skunks, seabirds, sharks, fish and otters.

• The diamondback terrapin gets its name from the shape of the pattern on its back.

Shrimp by Danielle M.

• Some kinds of shrimp change from male to female.

• The biggest shrimp grows up to 1 foot.• Shrimp can camouflage.

Diamondback Terrapin by Malek S.

• The scientific name for the Diamondback Terrapin is Malaclemy’s terrapin.

• The Diamondback terrapin has lived on earth for more than 200 million years.

• There are about 250 species of turtles.

Eastern Painted Turtle by Isabel W.

• People collect turtles for food, shells, and eggs.• Turtles can be different colors to be camouflaged.• Most kinds of turtles eat both animals and plants.

Kingfisher By Caitlyn N.

• A water bird is the only species commonly found in the United States.

• Kingfishers make sharp incisive rattles, krrrrrrrrrr, varying in pitch; mechanical and wood-pecker like.

• Kingfishers dig tunnels up to 8 feet long.

Owen The Osprey by Xavier R.

• The osprey uses nesting materials including bones, driftwood, grass, seaweed, and sticks.

• One toe is opposable so they can turn the fish.• A broad black stripe runs across the ospreys yellow eyes.

Raccoon By Nick B.

• The raccoon has night vision.• This animal is nocturnal.• Raccoons can work together.

Red- Winged Black Bird By Madison O.

• The Red- Winged Black Bird lays up to 3-6 eggs.• They make nests out of mud, grass, and fiber plant.• Some people find their music very pleasant and some

people find it annoying .

Seahorse By Melissa B.

• The seahorse changes colors. • One of their eyes can see in the front of them

and the other one sees the back of them.• The seahorse’s fin flips 35 times a second.

The Dynamic Diamondback TerrapinBy: Shibani R.

• Something really cool about the diamondback terrapin is that only 1 out of 1,000 babies get to be an adult.

• Many predators eat baby turtles like bears, skunks, seabirds, sharks, fish and otters.

• The diamondback terrapin gets its name from the shape of the pattern on its back.

The White Perch by Paul V.

• White Perches can reach up to 19 in.• White Perches can be found in the brackish water in the

Chesapeake Bay.• White Perches are the colors gray and white.

The Amazing Eastern Painted Turtle By Sarah M.

• The eastern painted turtle can grow up to nine inches long.

• The top part of the eastern painted turtle’s shell is called the plastron.

• The bottom is called the carapace.

Class Works Cited• Chesapeake Bay Coastal and Bay Life. Maryland

Department of Natural Resources. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/bay/cblife/zoop/

• Creature Feature. Department of Natural Resources. http://dnr.maryland.gov/mydnr/CreatureFeature/

• Maryland Fish Facts. Maryland Department of Natural Resources. http://www.dnr.state.md.us/fisheries/fishfacts/

• Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter. US Geological Survey. http://137.227.242.23/id/framlst/.

• Study of Northern Virginia Ecology. Fairfax County Public Schools. http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/organism_menu.htm.

• World Book Student Discovery Science Encyclopedia, 2007 and World Book Encyclopedia, 2007.