Pa Envirothon Wildlife

• Great horned owl

• Barred owl

• Eastern screech owl

• Saw whet owl

• great blue heron

• green heron

• yellow crowned night heron

• sandhill crane

• Black-crowned Night Heron

• Green Heron

• Least Bittern

• Cattle Egret

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• Great Blue Heron

• Sandhill Crane

• Cattle Egret

• Green Heron

Tags

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• Green Heron

• Great Blue Heron

• Least Bittern

• Sandhill Crane

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• Least Bittern

• Green Heron

• Black-crowned Night Heron

• American Coot

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What does the American bittern eat?

• fish

• amphibians and snakes

• insects and crustaceans

• aquatic vegetation

• seeds and grain

What kind of bird is this?

• Sharp-tailed Grouse

• Hungarian/Gray Partridge

• Spruce Grouse

• Ruffed Grouse

• Rough-legged Grouse

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The ruffed grouse, a kind of pheasant, can be found in small trees and shrubs in the Appalachian Mountain region of which state that chose the ruffed grouse as its state bird?

• Pennsylvania

• Alaska

• New York

• Maryland

Ruffed grouse prefer what type of habitat?

• Open Hardwoods

• Dense, bushy shrubs

• Saplings/Seedlings

• Open fields