AIWC's Kid's Club Page
Have you met our educational skunk Marigold?
Besides eating and sleeping, one of her favorite passtimes is to teach kids like you about the natural world we live in. To learn about Marigold's story and her best friend Black Jack click on either picture!
Marigold needs your help!!!
1) The resident wildlife biologist has asked Marigold to look in her bird field guide to determine whether these songbirds migrate for the winter, or not. Once Marigold finds this information, the wildlife biologist can decide if these songbirds can be released in Alberta in the middle of winter or not. Which of these songbirds would need to spend the winter at AIWC until spring because its species migrates south for the winter?
c. Mountain Bluebird
a. Bohemian Waxwing
d. Downy Woodpecker
b. Western Tananger
2) Marigold is going to help our education coordinator give a talk on ungulates ( hoofed mammals) in Alberta but she is confused between the mule deer and the white tail deer. Can you help her? In the pictures below which one is the mule deer fawn? Click on the mule deer fawn to get to the answer page.
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3) While eating breakfast Marigold asks Black Jack what he would like to eat for breakfast.
Which of the following is something Black Jack (a Swainson's hawk) would probably NOT eat?
a) mouse
b) grasshopper
c) snake
d) ground squirrel
e) mushroom
4) Black Jack, like Marigold, wants to help all kids enjoy nature. Today he is feeling especially generous and wants
to share a secret recipe that will help you attract woodpeckers to your bird feeder. To get his secret recipe you need to answer his trivia question about woodpeckers. So... Black Jack asks you how many different species of woodpeckers are there in Alberta?
(Hint: there is a picture of a woodpecker on this page that is found in Calgary so the answer must be greater than zero.)
a) ten
b) zero
c) three
d) six
e) one
#5: Marigold is on a rescue assignment with one of our rescue drivers. She is headed to a scene where an unfortunate porcupine has been attacked by a dog. On their drive, Marigold and the rescue driver begin to talk about porcupines. Marigold asks the rescue driver a trivia question about porcupines to test his knowledge.
Which one of the following statements about porcupines is a false myth (a fictitous story, theroy or belief)?
a) Porcupines are attracted to the road salt because their natural diet is deficient (low) in salt.
b) Porcupines can throw their quills, which is how they defend themselves against predators.
c) Baby porcupines are called porcupettes.
d) Porcupines are rodents.
Once you have decided on which statement is false click on the porcupette (hint, hint) below to check your answer.
#6: The Unscrambler:
While Black Jack was at a local school last week, he was given an unscrambler assignment to solve with the students. Can you help Black Jack and the other children solve this puzzle? The following scrambled words are all names of rodents found in Alberta.
a) RABEEV (Hint: I've been building dams long before people have)
b) ICUREPOPN (Hint: When threatened by a potential predator, I resemble a mammalian cactus)
c) OSMUE (Hint: I am the same species as ' STUART LITTLE')
d) THIWRALEIAPHEEIRARI (Hint: I have long ears, long hind legs and a short cotton ball like tail)
e) RQUIELRRUD (Hint: Before winter I hurry to collect nuts for winter food storage)
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