Bluegills, BlueBY,Birds,

and
THE FMS GREEN
TEAM
Diamondback Terrapins

Gill the Bluegill

Squirtle the Turtle

BLUEGILLS

Bluegills
Lepomis macrochirus

Blue gills live in so many places but yet theyre so

rare! How come? Theyre a primary food source for
many animals but we cant let them all die.
This program will be raising bluegills and releasing
them into the wild to help flourish their population.
They have a variety of food they eat and theyre
fun to learn about. We hope you enjoy to! They are
6-11 inches long.

What do bluegills
Blue
gills
eat
many
things
eat? including the following:
Crickets
Grasshoppers
Bread
Corn
Crayfish
Zooplankton
And More!

bluegills?

Bluegills are the prey or food of many animals as

well as we stated before. The following are some of
the predators that find a tasty meal out of bluegills.
Humans
Turtles
Large Mouth Bass
Great Blue Heron
Kingfishers
Other birds
And More

Where do bluegills live?

Blue gills live in many
places as we said so here's
a map of where they live
in the United States of
America.
Many of these places
involve rivers, lakes,
streams, and pounds.

Blue Birds

Blue Birds
Sialia sialis

Blue Birds are not endangered but still need help! These are
little blue birds as the name says who are classified as
songbirds. These are the birds you may find out driving on
the road or in your back yard. Bigger birds including the
European starling and the house sparrow are taking their
houses. What were doing is making houses and hanging
them up around the school to learn about them and study
them. There's over 10 million blue birds in North American
and they need homes. We wont be making 10 million bird
houses but every bit counts! Maybe you can make a bird
house and hang it up yourself.

What do blue birds eat?

Blue birds a variety of food including the

following:
Meal worms
Suet
Cornmeal
Softened fruits
Maybe you can make your own bluebird
feeder!

Who eats bluebirds?

Not too many animals eat bluebirds but enough do. The
following eat bluebirds:
Hawks
Owls
Snakes
Raccoons

Where do bluebirds live?

Bluebirds live
in many places
in North
America.
Instead of
explaining Ill
show you a
map.

Diamondback
Terrapin

Diamondback Terrapin
Malaclemys terrapin

Terrapins use to be endangered but thanks to the help that they

received from humans, they are just above being endangered. This
is a program called Head Start Program sponsored by the National
Aquarium in Baltimore. We are raising baby terrapins and then
releasing them into the wild when they get to be two years old.
This gives them a better chance of survival. Terrapins are reptiles
under the class of turtles.

What do Diamondback Terrapins

eat? These terrapins
have a relatively
small diet but here
are the examples:
Fish
Shellfish
Crickets
Snails
Mealworms
Crabs

Who eats Diamondback terrapins?

It depends on how old the
terrapins are for these
predators to eat it. Here
are some examples:
Gulls
Crows
Herons
Skunks
Raccoons
Foxes

Where do Diamondback terrapins

live?
These turtles live in the
east coast shore. Here,
well show you a map!