University of Florida: IFAS

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Wildlife on the Forest Hike

Juniors and Intermediates will be asked to identify 20 animals from the list below on a short forest hike. Participants will be given a list of possible animals (by common name) and will need to match those names to the numbers on prepared specimens.

Note that there are 5 new species on the list for 2016.

Reptiles

Mammals

Birds

  • American alligator
  • Black racer
  • Coral snake
  • Cottonmouth
  • Cuban brown anole NEW
  • Eastern box turtle
  • Eastern diamondback rattlesnake
  • Eastern indigo snake
  • Fence lizard
  • Five-lined ground skink
  • Gopher tortoise
  • Green anole NEW
  • Pygmy rattlesnake
  • Yellow rat snake
  • Armadillo
  • Black bear
  • Bobcat
  • Cottontail rabbit
  • Florida panther
  • Gray squirrel
  • Opossum
  • Pocket gopher
  • Raccoon
  • Red fox
  • Sherman's fox squirrel
  • Striped skunk
  • White-tailed deer
  • Wild pig
  • American crow
  • Barred owl
  • Blue jay
  • Carolina chickadee
  • Chuck-will's-widow
  • Eastern towhee
  • Florida scrub jay
  • Northern bobwhite
  • Northern mockingbird
  • Pileated woodpecker
  • Red-bellied woodpecker
  • Red-cockaded woodpecker
  • Red-shouldered hawk
  • Sharp-shinned hawk
  • Tufted titmouse
  • Turkey vulture
  • Wild turkey
  • Wood duck
  • Wood stork

Amphibians

  • Green Treefrog
  • Southern Leopard Frog
  • Southern Toad
  • Cuban Tree Frog NEW
  • Eastern Narrowmouthed Toad NEW
  • Eastern Newt NEW

 

  • 4-H Forest Resources

  • Nature Poetry Contest

  • Forest Ecology Contest
  • About the Contest
    • Getting Started
    • How to Prepare
    • The Day of the Contest
    • Scoresheets (PDF)
  • Contest Stations
    • Trees of Florida
    • Plants of Florida
    • Forest Health
    • Wildlife on the Forest Hike
    • Forest Ecosystems
    • Map and Compass
    • Tree Measurement
    • Senior Quiz
    • Quiz Bowl
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Last Modified August 14, 2017