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Bobcats
Bobcats eat rabbits birds
squirrels and other small game. They get to 11 to 30 pounds
Box Turtles
Male Eastern box turtles have red eyes. Eastern box turtles have spots. Eastern box turtles have bumps. Mom eastern box turtles lay eggs.
Fox Squirrels
Fox squirrels are the largest tree squirrels in oklahoma. Their body is 20-24 inches their tail is 8-10 inches. They weigh 5-4 lbs.
White tailed deer
White tailed deer weigh 90-200 pounds. They eat fruits and vegetation that are available to them each season.
Armadillos
Armadillos eat insects, fruit and small animals they weigh 8 to 17 pounds and curl into a ball to hide from predators.
Blue Jays
Blue jays are found in all forests. Size 10-12 inches What do blue jays like to eat? Corn and peanuts.
Beavers
Beavers are 3 to 4 feet long. Beavers like to eat the bark and twigs of poplar, aspen, birch, willow, and maple trees.
Scissor-tailed Flycatchers
Scissor-tailed flycatchers are the Oklahoma state birds. scissor-tailed flycatchers eat mostly on including mini grasshoppers, beetles, wasps, bees, files, caterpillars, moths, some spiders and a small number of berries and other fruit. At maturity the male may be up to 15 inches and females may be up to 30% shorter.
Bats
Bats are nocturnal. If you throw an acorn in the air, they might think it’s an insect and come down so you can see them!
Garden Snakes
Garden snakes can lay more than 200 eggs! they are not Venomous! they are cold Blooded!
Red Foxes
Red foxes eat small fruit, fish, reptiles, birds and even garbage. Adult male foxes can weigh up to 15 pounds. While the adult female will usually weigh about 10 pounds.
Coyotes
Coyotes eat rabbits, rodents, garbage, ficus, grapes, palm tree fruit, and cats. A coyote is 3.4-5.2 feet long!
Opossums
Opossums usually eat at night. They eat insects, snakes, and a lot of stuff. They live in the woods and are mostly nocturnal.
Cottontail Rabbits
In spring and summer Eastern cottontails feed almost only on tender grasses, leaves and herbs. Cottontails weigh between 1.6 and 2.9 pounds and 14 to 18 inches.
Wild Turkeys
Adult males weigh anywhere between 15 and 25 pounds, and measure 48 inches adult females
Are smaller weighing between 8 to 12 pounds and measuring 36 inches. Wild turkeys are foragers and can eat a wide variety of
leaves, grass, seeds, berries, insects, worms, snails, frogs, and reptiles.
Cardinals
Cardinals eat seeds, berries, and bugs. Cardinals are 8.75 inches long. Their habitat is trees. Males are red and females are gray. They puff up in winter.
Raccoons
Raccoons can weigh between 10 and 20 pounds. Raccoons are nocturnal. Raccoons eat fruit, berries, nuts, fish, frogs, muscles, crayfish, insects, turtles, mice, rabbits, muskrats, bird eggs, and even trash. They are not picky eaters!