American Crows

•  Habitat: Thrive in suburban

neighborhoods and urban
parks
•  Nesting: Nests built in sturdy
pine or hardwood tree
•  Diet: Will eat almost anything:
insects, worms, fruits, grains,
nuts, frogs, mice, young
rabbits, eggs and nestlings of
smaller songbirds. They also
eat food discarded by people.
•  Predators: red-tailed hawks,
great horned owls, raccoons,
humans, snakes, domestic
cats.
 Song Sparrow
•  Habitat: open brush, usually
along borders of ponds or
streams, abandoned pastures,
thickets or woodland edge .
•  Nesting: Ground nester
•  Diet: seeds, grains, grass,
berries and, on some
occasions, insects
•  Predators: birds of prey. As
nestlings they may be eaten by
snakes, raccoons, skunks,
cats, and weasels.
•  Ecosystem role: may help to
disperse seeds
 Dark-Eyed Junco
•  Habitat: woodland areas with
dense, herbaceous
groundcover
•  Nesting: Ground nester
•  Diet: forage on ground, seeds
and insects.
•  Predators:
sharp-shinned hawks, shrikes,
owls,feral and domestic cats.
Red squirrels, weasels,
chipmunks, American martens
and other mammals as small
as jumping mice take eggs and
young from nests.
•  Ecosystem role: aid in the
dispersal of seeds and help to
control insect populations.
 American Robin
•  Habitat: woodlands, gardens,
orchards, lawns, and fields.
•  Nesting: in a dense bush, in
the crotch of trees, or on
window ledges or other human
structures.
•  Diet: a mixture of both wild
and cultivated fruits, berries,
earthworms, and insects
•  Predators: Eggs and young
are often eaten by different
types of squirrels, snakes, and
birds such as blue jays,
common grackles,
American crows, and
common ravens. Adult
American robins are preyed
upon by hawks, cats, and
larger snakes.
 Black-capped Chickadee
•  Habitat: deciduous
woodlands, open woods and
parks
•  Nesting: In holes, typically in
dead trees or rotten branches.
Will use nest boxes.
•  Diet: Insects, spiders, deer or
skunk fat, fish, berries and
seeds
•  Predators: bird-hunting
hawks, Northern Shrike,
snakes, weasels, chipmunks,
mice, and squirrels
 Summersweet Clethra,
Clethra alnifolia
•  an upright deciduous
shrub
•  5' to 8' tall and 4' to 6'
wide
•  native along the entire
eastern United States
•  most commonly
founded in moist
woodlands, especially
near water
 Winterberry,
Ilex verticillata
•  native to the eastern
and central United
States; parts of
Canada
•  bright red and glossy
berries, held well into
winter
•  birds will eat fruit
 Black Chokeberry,
Aronia melanocarpa
•  native to the eastern
United States and
adjacent southern
Canada
•  fruit is eaten by birds, but
left until after more
desirable species have
been consumed
•  adaptable to many
conditions
•  tolerant of both dry and
wet soils
•  tolerant of poor soils
 Green Ash
•  native to Eastern
United States
•  borers can be a
serious pest when
plant is young
•  seeds are eaten by
birds
•  35-65 feet tall
Eastern White Pine

•  tallest tree in eastern

North America, often
over 100 feet tall
•  the tree is seldom
killed by nature
unless it is very small
•  black-capped
chickadee eat its
seeds