Rudy shares some words from Richard Jefferies .

By taking part in the Great Backyard Bird Count , you can add to our understanding of birds.

The Piedmont is a plateau region located in the Eastern United States. It sits between the Atlantic coastal plain and the main Appalachian Mountains, stretching from New York in the north to central Alabama in the south. The word comes from the Italian piemonte ‘mountain foot’.

The wood stork (Mycteria americana) is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the "wood ibis", though it is not an ibis. It is found in subtropical and tropical habitats in the Americas, including the Caribbean. In South America, it is resident, but in North America, it may disperse to as far as South America.

The northern redbelly snake (Storeria occipitomaculata occipitomaculata) is a nonvenomous snake, sometimes referred to as a fire snake. It is endemic to North America, from Saskatchewan to Nova Scotia in the north and south to Florida and Texas.

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The red-shouldered hawk (Buteo lineatus) is a medium-sized hawk. Its breeding range spans eastern North America and along the coast of California and northern to northeastern-central Mexico. Red-shouldered hawks are permanent residents throughout most of their range, though northern birds do migrate, mostly to central Mexico. The main conservation threat to the widespread species is deforestation.

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The ground skink ispends the majority of its time buried in leaf litter on the forest floor. Unlike other skinks, it seldom climbs trees. Its usual means of locomotion is to wriggle through the leaf litter with undulating movements. It may dive under water when pursued, although normally avoids wet areas.

The ground hog is also known as a woodchuck.