Wildlife at Maclay Gardens

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	Ants View of ants crawling beneath the ground. Ants build their nests in the ground, under rocks and logs, inside logs, and in hollow stems. However, the places they choose are chosen carefully. For example, ants will not nest where there are dead ants. A...
	Bee on an Azalea Flower A bee collecting pollen from a white azalea flower. Bees are able to gather nectar and pollen from flowers because they have a long tongue called a "proboscis" that help them reach into the center of the flower. They are very important in t...
	Bee Pollinating Azalea A bee collecting pollen from a pink azalea flower. Bees are very important in the pollination of flowers and plants. In fact, it is said that 1/3 of human food supply relies on pollination done by insects such as bees.
	Canadian Geese View of two Canadian geese foraging in a field in Maclay Gardens. Geese are medium to large birds that are native to North America.
	Canadian Geese View of two Canadian geese in a field of flowers within Maclay Gardens. Canadian Geese are migratory birds. They usually breed and nest in the north and migrate to the south in the winter. During winter migration these geese can be found anywhere in ...
	Canadian Geese View of two Canadian geese in a field of flowers within Maclay Gardens. Canadian Geese usually have one mate during their whole lifetime. While they usually lay only about 4-6 eggs, both male and female geese help guard the nest, making the survival ...
	Canadian Geese Two Canadian geese in a field in Maclay Gardens. Canadian geese are characterized by a black head and neck along with a white chin. They usually have brown plummage on their wings. A male goose is called a "gander," and a female is called a...
	Canadian Geese Canadian geese foraging in front of a building at Maclay Gardens.
	Canadian Geese Two Canadian geese.
	Canadian Goose in a Field View of a Canadian goose standing in a field in Maclay Gardens. The wingspan of a Canadian goose is 127-180cm. In the early 1900s the geese population was in great decline due to hunting, yet today preservation laws have allowed the population to ret...
	Canadian Goose in a Field A Candian goose foraging for food in a field. Canadian geese are vegetarians and eat grains and grasses such as pictured here. They also occasionally eat water plants or silt from the bottom of lakes and rivers.
	Dragonfly on Algerian Ivy A dragonfly resting on some algerian ivy.
	Small Bird Bird perched on a sprinkler.
	Tiny Red Spider Tiny red spider on red berry.