The Hummingbird
Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds have 1-2 of these per year, with each containing 1-3 tiny white eggs
What is a brood?
Striped Skunks can spray their oily, foul-smelling liquid this many feet when threatened.
What is 15 feet?
Soil contains this much water
What is 20-30%?
This component makes up 45-50% of soil composition.
What are minerals?
Besides nectar from flowers like Trumpet Creeper and Cardinal Flower, Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds also eat these small creatures.
What are insects (mosquitoes, gnats, fruit flies, small bees, spiders)?
Striped Skunk mating season occurs during these two months.
What is February and March?
One teaspoon of soil contains more of these than there are people on Earth.
What are microorganisms (or bacteria/fungi/insects)?
This is the characteristic tree of southern Wisconsin
What is the Bur Oak?
Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds are this type of bird, meaning they hatch naked, blind, and clumsy.
What are altricial birds?
The Striped Skunk belongs to this order of mammals that primarily eat meat.
What is Carnivora?
This type of soil formation, deposited by glaciers 20-30,000 years ago during the Ice Age, created deep, fertile soil in the Ohio River valley region.
What is loess?
This bird travels from Argentina to Wisconsin to breed
What is the upland plover?
This is the scientific Class name for the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird.
What is Aves?
Striped Skunks have this surprising immunity that protects them from certain predators.
What is immunity to snake venom?
Organic matter makes up this percentage range of soil composition
What is 2-10%?
This bird does a "sky dance" to attract a mate
What is the woodcock?