Black-Capped Chickadee

Poecile atricapillus
Scale 5 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3

4 POINTS

• The oldest wild Chickadee lived to be twelve and a half years old! The “chicka-dee-dee” is one of the most complex vocalizations in all of the animal kingdom.

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus
Scale 5 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 4 POINTS

Norther Flickers use a drumming technique to attract their mates. • A group of Flickers is called a “guttering,” a “Peterson,” or a “menorah.”

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Grey Wolf

Canis lupus
Scale 7 Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 4

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 6 POINTS

Wolves feed on medium to large sized ungulates, marmots, hares, badgers, foxes, polecats, ground squirrels, mice, hamsters, voles, and other rodents. Sometimes they will even eat lizards and toads.

Cold, Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Buttercup

Ranunculaceae
Scale 5 Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 2 POINTS

Buttercups are native to the Northern Hemisphere.

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

Wilson’s Warbler

Wilsonia pusilla
Scale 5 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 3 POINTS

• The Wilson’s Warbler was named after the American ornithologist Alexander Wilson. Ornithologists study birds.

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan

European Starling

Sturnus vulgaris
Scale 5 Diat: omnivore , Hierachy 3

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 3 POINTS

• All the European Starlings in North America are descendants of 100 birds set loose in New York’s Central Park in the early 1890s.

Cool, Warm

Graphic by Sara Shayan