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Normal No Spacing EET AaBbcode AaBbccdde AaBbCD AaBbCcDde E a Making room for Nesting Brown-headed Nuthatches and Eastern Bluebirds in Georgia - BIOL 2108 Lab Answer the Background Information Questions for both species: 1. What habitat do they prefer? What type of breeding habitat do they need? 2. Where do they nest? (location, height from ground, hole size, etc.) 3. What type of nest do they make? 4. When do they begin nesting? (what time of year?) 5. How many eggs do they lay? How many broods do they have? 6. What are the roles of the male and the female in nesting and caring for the young? 7. What do they eat? What are their food sources? 8. Do they like to come close to people? Do they use bird feeders? Birdhouses? 4. Do they have any unusual or unique behaviors? 10. Describe three characteristics of long-leaf pine forests. 11. Besides the brown-headed nuthatch, what other species depend on the long-leaf pine forests? 12. Why have the nuthatches and bluebirds shown declines in their numbers?

Answer 1

1. The Nesting brown headed nuthatches are mainly forest dwellers. They are mostly found in pine forests where they make their nests.

The eastern bluebirds are mainly adapted to open habitats.

They can be found nesting and breeding in the open woods, pastures, near agricultural land and forest openings