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Red-winged black birds-

Facts:
 * Migrate in the daytime
 * Double their fat before they migrate
 * adults molt before they migrate
 * Leaving their wintering grounds:Start moving towards the north in mid-February; reach northern states by March
 * Mostly eat grain and eat as much as they can before they start migrating
 * Most lay up to 3 or 4 eggs
 * Their eggs are pale blue-green with either spotted or zigzag black lines
 * Communicate by singing
 * the cooper's hawk and sharp-shinned hawk are there main predators
 * eat weed seeds and insects
 * Predators: Hawks;large birds;great horned owls;cooper's hawk; sharp-shinned hawk

Question and answer: 1. The Red-winged blackbird starts it's migration in the winter by moving towards the north in mid-February and reaches the northern states by March. 2. They usually travel to North America as their spring destination. 3. On their preparation for their migration they mostly eat grains. 4. They fear Hawks;large birds;Great Horned Owls; Cooper's Hawk;Sharp-Shinned Hawk on their migration north.

Here is their migration pattern: This is what a //Red- winged black bird// looks like:









What i know about Monarch Butterflies...


 * migrate to Mexico and/or California
 * Orange and black
 * 2 wings
 * get nectar from flowers
 * symmetrical
 * have antennae
 * can be poisonous

What i don't know about Monarch Butterflies...
 * 1) Monarch's eggs are hard to find in the wild
 * 2) Takes 3-5 days for the egg to hatch
 * 3) Monarch butterflies begin life as eggs and hatch as larvae[[image:http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRS3ekuDhlueyITE3RpOb2GcKmBgtGJfD3G1D7t5aGNrrn6w1Hc]]
 * 4) They eat their eggshells when they hatch
 * 5) monarchs are born in late summer or early fall make their migration
 * 6) They make one round tripmedia type="custom" key="12399842"