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

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• Nature Poetry Contest

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• 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