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  United States FLORA AND FAUNA
At least 7,000 species and subspecies of indigenous US flora have been categorized.
The eastern forests contain a mixture of softwoods and hardwoods that includes pine, oak, maple, spruce, beech, birch, hemlock, walnut, gum, and hickory.
Loons, wild ducks, and wild geese are found in lake country; terns, gulls, sandpipers, herons, and other seabirds live along the coasts.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Americas/United-States-FLORA-AND-FAUNA.html   (1134 words)

  
 Tern at exZOOberance!
The smallest is the least tern, which is 20 cm (8 in) long and has a wingspan of 51 cm (20 in).
The arctic tern is classified as Sterna paradisaea, the Caspian tern as Sterna caspia, the least tern as Sterna antillarum, and Forster's tern as Sterna forsteri.
The white, or fairy, tern is classified as Cygis alba, the common tern as Sterna hirundo, the roseate tern as Sterna dougallii, and the sooty tern as Sterna fuscata.
www.exzooberance.com /virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/tern/tern.htm   (514 words)

  
 Least Tern - Resources for Teaching about Technology
Least Tern reminds you that an encyclopedic knowledge of terms is not as powerful a tool for the teacher as is understanding what you are looking at when you launch an application and what you are look for when you plan a technology activity or project.
Growing Your Macintosh Know-How is chock full of internet hunts and.pdf worksheets to teach specific skills (many for AW) and general computer knowledge.
Quizzes from Least Tern - keyboard shortcuts, basic computer operation, Mac desktop
www.leasttern.com /Tech/teachingabout.html   (3998 words)

  
 MidCurrent - Fly Fishing News, Techniques and Advice: November 2005 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-21)
A handful of folks are aware that the roof of the Sears building on Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West is a key nesting ground for the least tern, which prefers a flat, pebbly surface for egg laying.
But scientists might add it to their list of examples of "biotic homogenization." "'On average, pairs of states have 15.4 more species in common now than before European settlement of North America,' said the University of Wyoming's Frank Rahel, in a study published in the journal Science."
Meanwhile, at least 60,000 miles of unauthorized routes zigzag through public forests." Matthew Daly in the Corvalis (Oregon) Gazette-Times.
www.midcurrent.com /news/archives/2005_11.html   (5686 words)

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