NORTH AMERICAN PRAIRIE SAIJIKI2

NORTH AMERICAN PRAIRIE SAIJIKI

BIRDS
	Canadian Geese Goldfinches Eagles Prairie Chickens Wild Turkeyfly Catcher Meadowlarks Bobolinks Burrowing Owl Common Snipe Ferruginous Hawk Golden Eagle Killdeer Long-Billed Curlew Lesser Prairie Chicken Northern Harrier Greater Prairie Chicken Red-Tailed Hawk Sandhill Crane* Short-Eared Owl Western Meadowlark ALL YEAR Northern Goshawk (raptor) Merlin (raptor) Ray Ray Partridge (grouse & allies) Ruffed Grouse (grouse & allies) Sharp-Tailed Grouse (grouse & allies) Rock Dove (doves) Eastern Screech-Owl Great Horned Owl Downy Woodpecker ALL YEAR BIRDS CONTINUED Jay Jay (jays & crows) Blue Jay (jays & crows) Black-Billed Magpie (jays & crows) Common Raven (jays & crows) Horned Lark (larks) Black-Capped Chickadee White-Breasted Nuthatch Red-Breasted Nuthatch Dark-Eyed Junco Pine Siskin (finches) American Goldfinch (finches) House Finch (finches) House Sparrow Reference Book Manitoba Birds (author?)
iINSECTS
	Bumblee Crickets Dung Beetle Monarch larvae Blister Beetle Carrion Beetle Grasshopper Monarch Butterfly Tiger Beetle Grasshoppers -- long, slender, winged insects with powerful hind legs and strong mandibles, or mouthparts, adapted for chewing. They have a front pair of rigid wings and a hind pair of larger, membranous wings, oftenHabitat/Range: Grasshoppers occur throughout the continental United States. Extensive grasshopper damage, however, is confined primarily to subhumid, semiarid areas of the country from Montana and Minnesota southward into New Mexico and Texas. Approximately 600 species of grasshoppers are found in the United States. Cabbage Butterfly Lepidoptera Length: Habitat/Range: Nationwide. Universal in gardens and roadsides in agricultural areas. This butterfly was imported from Europe to Canada in the mid-1800s and has since spread to all parts of the continent. Eating Habits: Larvae feed on the first formed outer leaves of their host plants, which often appear riddled with irregularly shaped holes. As the caterpillars become mature, they feed in the center of the plant.Fecal pellets can be found between the leaves. This pest also damages turnip, radish, mustard, and nasturtiums in addition to cole crops. The Cabbage butterfly has black-tipped forewings that span about 1-2 inches. Males have 1 black spot on top of each of their forewings and females have 2. The hindwings are all white on the surface except for a black spot on the outer front margin. There is a slight yellowish hue on the underside of the wings. This butterfly was imported from Europe to Canada in the mid-1800s and has since spread to all parts of the continent.
BUTTERFLIES
	Spring White-Flight: One flight from February-July. Spring Azure Pale Swallowtail Cabbage White Checkered Whites White Peacock Gossamer-wing Butterfly Pearl Crescent Little Glassywing Lacewing Skipper Cobweb Skipper Mourning Cloak Painted Lady Swarthy Skipper Pipevine Coral Hairstreak Mariposa Copper Tawny Crestent Viceroy Ridings Satyr Plains Skipper Summer Azure Harvester Butterfly--late summer NEXT PAGE