RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 7 POINTS

• Yellow-Rumped Warblers have a streaked breast and a black cheek patch.

• They are insectivores.

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 3 POINTS

• Blue Jays don’t get their colour from pigments; the internal structure of their feathers reflect light, making them appear blue.
• When Blue Jay feathers are crushed their blue colour disappears.

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 6 POINTS

• Harbor seals eat anchovies and flatfish. They live in the Fraser River, but the class saw them at Garypoint Park swimming after salmon and jumping out of the water.

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 2 POINTS

• Sandal leafs usually have a little bit of yellow on the end of their leaves. (?)

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 3 POINTS

• Wood bugs have trachea-like lungs and paddle-shaped hind legs.
• Wood bugs need a lot of water because they lose hydration very fast.

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 4 POINTS

• The class saw this turtle on a log, in a box, and also in the water.

• Raccoons are noted predators of painted turtles.

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 3 POINTS

• “Minnow” is a general term used to refer to small freshwater and saltwater fish.
• Minnows belong to the carp family and can be used as fishing bait.

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 4 POINTS

• Grasshoppers hear through their knees.

• They are brownish or greenish and as they age their color will darken.

RICHMOND DYKE DECK | 7 POINTS

• Dragonfly eyes have up to 30,000 lenses. Human eyes have only one lens.

• Dragonflies eat mosquitos and other small insects.