Diet:
It is an omnivore and feeds on small birds, rodents, insects, seeds, carrion, and garbage.

Interesting fact:
If trees are planted near sagebrush, magpies will prey upon native shrub steppe birds in t hose patches of sagebrush, further reducing the sagebrush obligates (species that only live and breed in sagebrush).

Diet:
It is an opportunistic scavenger feeding on fish, crustaceans, bivalves and other invertebrates, as well as carrion and scavenging items from dumps and other areas of human habitation.

Interesting fact:
This gull is often found nesting together with the Ring- billed gull. It is Utah's state bird because it saved settlers from starvation when flocks of California gulls ate the locusts ruining their crops.

Diet:
It feeds on whatever it can find, mostly mammals and carrion, although it also eats birds, fruit, and insects.

Interesting fact:
Efforts to exterminate coyotes have taken place during the 20th century. Their numbers are still increasing.

Coyote Fact Sheet »

Diet:
Dragonflies are predators and eat any terrestrial or aquatic insect they can catch. They are alos known to eat small fish during their larval stage.

Interesting fact:
Their larvae climb out of the water and harden up like the cocoon of a moth. The adult dragonfly will pull out of a small opening in its back, expand its wings and then fly away.

Diet:
It is a herbivore and feeds on a variety of plant life.

Interesting fact:
It is believed that all strains of the domesticated rabbit are derived from the European cottontail.

Diet:
It is an omnivore, feeding upon ants, beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, flies and plant material.

Interesting fact:
This toad breeds following heavy rains. It burrows during dry weather and droughts and may not be seen until heavy rains come--which could be up to 10 years apart.

Great Basin Spadefoot Toad Fact Sheet »

Diet:
If feeds largely on small mammals including squirrels, rabbits, gophers, prairie dogs, chipmunks, mice, rats and other small rodents, as well as domesticated poultry, other small birds, grasshoppers, beetles, crayfish and fish.

Interesting fact:
The great horned owl is large (the length of an adult's arm from the hand to the elbow). Screech owls have "horns" and are misidentified as baby great horned owls. Baby owls are the size of their parents when they leave the nest.

Great Horned Owl Fact Sheet »

Diet:
It feeds largely on fish. Frogs and other small animals are also occasionally taken.

Interesting fact:
It is a good climber, adept at moving among the tangles of trees and bushes near the water while in search of food. This species is also known as the green-backed heron.

Green Heron Fact Sheet »

Diet:
It is an omnivore and feeds upon aquatic plants, seeds, nuts, fruits, wild rice, earthworms, small fish, snails, leeches, small frogs, toads, tadpoles, insects, including dragonfly nymphs, mice, lizards and newts.

Interesting fact:
The mallard nests on the ground, laying between 6 and 10 eggs. A female will kill a duckling that is not hers.

Mallard Fact Sheet »

Diet:
It feeds upon salamanders, frogs, lizards and other small snakes.

Interesting fact:
The night snake breeds between April and August, during which time 2-9 eggs are laid. Although they are not considered poisonous, people may suffer from a reaction to the bite.

Night Snake Fact Sheet »

Diet:
It feeds on a variety of insects.

Interesting fact:
Scientists speculate that native populations of frogs and other groups of amphibians may be rapidly declining due to the destructive power of increased levels of UV radiation caused by the decreased filtering ability of the ozone layer.

Northern Leopard Frog Fact Sheet »

Diet:
It feeds on a variety of small insects.

Interesting fact:
The Pacific tree frog and the bullfrog are the only 2 frogs you can easily hear croaking in Washington State. The Pacific tree frog is smaller in size than a chicken egg and may be shades or green or brown.

Pacific Treefrog Fact Sheet »

Diet:
In the wild, this turtle feeds below the surface of the water on aquatic insects, fish, tadpoles, worms, carrion and certain types of water plants. In captivity, the painted turtle will accept raw hamburger meat, steak or lettuce.

Interesting fact:
The painted turtle populations need monitoring. Although painted turtles are common, young turtles are not as common as they once were.

Painted Turtle Fact Sheet »

Diet:
It is an omnivore and feeds on seeds and a variety of insects, including caterpillars, grasshoppers, and beetles.

Interesting fact:
The red-winged blackbird always nests in swampy places, usually in reeds. The most dominant males set up their territory in the middle of the marsh, which is more protected from predators.

Red-winged Blackbird Fact Sheet »

Diet:
It is an omnivore that feeds upon aquatic plants, insects, fish, worms, and carrion.

Interesting fact:
Bullfrogs prey on young turtles and are believed to be one of the causes of the turtle's decline.

Western Pond Turtle Fact Sheet »

Diet:
It is known to feed upon seeds and nuts.

Interesting fact:
Once marmots build their den, they do not venture far from it.

Yellow-bellied Marmot Fact Sheet »