Giant Water Bug Facts
Totally Buggin!
Learn all about the giant water bug here! It dines on tadpoles, snails, insects, and other invertebrate. There are several great photos; check it out.
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Clark's Grabe
BBC Wildlife Finder
They build floating nests of vegetation in freshwater wetlands and marshy areas and use a dagger-like bill for catching fish while diving underwater.
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Darwin's Frog
BBc Wildlife Finder
Darwin's frogs have a highly unusual method of brooding and rearing their young. The males have an enlarged vocal sac in which they brood their newly hatched ta READ MORE http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/species/Darwin%27s_Frog
Pyrrhuloxia
NatureWorks
New Hampshire Public Television
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Habitat
The pyrrhuloxia lives in thorny thickets, usually along streambeds.
Di READ MORE http://www.nhptv.org/NATUREWORKS/pyrrhuloxia.htm
Little Blue Heron
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New Hampshire Public Television
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Habitat
The little blue heron makes its home in freshwater swamps, lagoons, READ MORE http://www.nhptv.org/NATUREWORKS/littleblueheron.htm
Limpkin - Aramus guarauna
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New Hampshire Public Television
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Habitat
The limpkin lives in woody swamps and marshes.
Diet
The READ MORE http://www.nhptv.org/NATUREWORKS/limpkin.htm
Hooded Merganser - Lophodytes cucullatus
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Habitat
The hooded merganser breeds on wooded ponds READ MORE http://www.nhptv.org/NATUREWORKS/hoodedmerganser.htm
Common Snipe
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New Hampshire Public Television
Habitat
Common snipe can be found in wet grassy areas of freshwater marshes, ponds READ MORE http://www.nhptv.org/NATUREWORKS/commonsnipe.htm
Black-crowned Night Heron
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New Hampshire Public Television
Habitat
The black-crowned night heron lives in fresh and saltwater marshes, swamps, lakes and wooded streams.
Diet
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Anhinga, Life History
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Cornell University
A bird of southern swamps, the Anhinga is known as the Water-Turkey for its swimming habits and broad tail, and also as the READ MORE http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Anhinga/lifehistory
Food chains and food webs illustrate how different specie get energy. Find out how the energy flows in the freshwater ecosystem.
