FINAL of My natural history project for bio 130

1. Natural History Project
By Andrea Noel

2. Natural History Of A Back Yard
• Many insects can carry diseases to plants and
flowers in your backyard.
• Bees and wasp are good for your back yard.
• Leaf hoppers and glassy winged sharpshooters
are bad for the back yard.
• Nematodes are round worms in the soil and
on roots that are herbivores.

3. Pollinators Of A Back Yard
• Humming birds- more than 150 species of
plants are pollenated by humming birds.
• Birds- most birds eat insects, seeds and suet
but some birds pollenate the flowers of the
back yard. They are also a great pest control.

4. More Pollinators
• Bees
• Butterflies
• Beetles

5. Humming Birds
• Came in the early summer
• Left mid to late October
• Scared of wasp and bees at the feeder
• Migrate to warm weather places
• There are 16 species in North America
• They have High Metabolisms
• Most of their energy is spent on flying

6. Road Kill
• Road kill is very important in a natural history
project. Road kill affects the population of the
species.
• Raccoons
• Skunks
• Possums
• Cats

7. Flowers In the Back Yard
• Ferns
• Lilac bushes
• Hydrgangea
• Petunias
• Holly bushes
• Tiger Lilies
• Mums
• Azaelia bushes

8. Data Collected
Insects Road Kill
• Stink bugs >50 • 2 skunks
• Lady bugs >10 • 3 squirrels
• Box beetles >50 • 1 bird
• Spiders >10 • 1 raccoon
• Moths >30 • 2 groundhogs
• Butterflies >5 • 1 possum
• 1 cat
• 1 rabbit

9. Stray Cat influence on Data
Since the stray cats there have been very few
numbers of:
• Mice
• Birds
• Rabbits
• Squirrels
• Chipmunks
Before the cats (at least 10 strays), there was an
abundance if these animals.

10. Community Forest Area
• Raccoons, possums and ground hogs reside
here.
• A few birds present.
• Field/ open land beside the forest area creates
great diversity for all kinds of animals

11. Noel 1
Work Cited
Altshuler, Douglas L. and Robert Dudley. "The Ecological and Evolutionary Interface of
Hummingbird Flight Physiology." The Journal of Experimental Biology 205.2325
(2002): 16. . Web. 3 Oct. 2012
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12. Pictures Cited
Billcoo. Blue & Green Hummingbird-colibri. 2009. Flickriver. Web. 2 Oct 2012.
<http://www.flickriver.com/photos/billcoo/3634425836/>.
Camp Glission. 2011. EcoEtenityForest. Web. 2 Oct 2012. <http://www.ecoeternity.com/footer
-pages/latest-news/detail/article/ecoeternity-forest-in-north-georgia//2.html>.
Carter, Tom. Another Reason to Avoid Cars: Road Kill. 2011. Adventure Journal. Web. 2 Oct 2012.
<http://www.adventure-journal.com/2011/08/another-reason-to-avoid-cars-road-kill/>.
Noel, Andrea. Pray Mantis. 2012. 2 Oct 2012
Noel, Andrea. Stray Black Cat. 2012. 12 Nov 2012
PhoGARDENtog. A bumblebee on aster. 2011. phoGARDENtog, A gardening and garden photography
blog. Web. 2 Oct 2012. <http://phogardentog.blogspot.com/2011/09/backyard-
pollinators.html>.
PhoGARDENtog. Butterfly. 2011. phoGARDENtog, A gardening and garden photography blog. Web. 2 Oct
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Schneider, Ed. Northern Cardinal. 2008. All About Birds. The Cornelllab of Ornithology. Web. 2 Oct 2012.
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Spider. Google Images. Web. 2 Oct 2012. < http://gallery.photo.net/photo/6537009-lg.jpg>.