Mississippi State Animals

Mississippi State Bird

This beautiful nature guide on the mockingbird explains the mockingbird’s habitat, life cycle, behavior, characteristics, and diet. It’s complete with stunning large photographs (simply double click to open.)
Source: New Hampshire Public Television

Mississippi State Bird (Northern Mockingbird)
This has good information on the mockingbird. The window will appear as a pop-up source rather than a link.
Source: The National Wildlife Federation: eNature

Mississippi State Butterfly

This page has pictures of the spicebush swallowtail as a caterpillar, a cacoon, and a butterfly. It includes information on identifying the spicebush swallowtail butterfly, the butterfly’s lifestyle, and what it eats.
Source:A Collaboration Between The National Biological Information Infrastructure and Montana State University

Mississippi State Butterfly (Spicebush Swallowtail)
This has good information on the spicebush swallowtail. The window will appear as a pop-up source rather than a link.
Source: The National Wildlife Federation: eNature

Mississippi State Fish

This page has all sorts of information on the Mississippi state fish including common names, habitat, diet, and the state record for the biggest largemouth bass caught in Mississsippi
Source:State Fish Art

Mississippi State Fish (Largemouth Bass)
This has good information on the largemouth bass The window will appear as a pop-up source rather than a link.
Source: The National Wildlife Federation: eNature

Mississippi State Insect

Find out about the different kinds of bees within the hive: queen, drones, and worker bees. Also, learn about the mistake that resulted in the infamous “killer bees.”
Source:Great Plains Nature Center

Mississippi State Inect (Honey Bee)

This has good information on the honey bee. The window will appear as a pop-up source rather than a link.
Source: The National Wildlife Federation: eNature

Mississippi State Land Mammal

The Mississippi state land animal is the white-tailed deer. This beautiful nature guide has information on it’s life cycle, habitat, diet, and behavior. It also has large colorful photos (simply double-click to open).
Source:New Hampshire Public Television

Mississippi State (White-tailed Deer)
This has good information on the white-tailed deer. The window will appear as a pop-up source rather than a link.
Source: The National Wildlife Federation: eNature

Mississippi State Waterfowl

Learn all sorts of interesting information on the wood duck. For example its scientific name is Aix Sponsa which translates to “water bird in bridal dress”. Learn more in this interesting article
Source:Great Northern

Mississippi State Waterfowl (Wood Duck)
This has good information on the brown thrasher. The window will appear as a pop-up source rather than a link.
Source: The National Wildlife Federation: eNature

Mississippi State Waterfowl
Learn all sorts of interesting information on the wood duck. For example its scientific name is Aix Sponsa which translates to “water bird in bridal dress”. Learn more in this interesting article
Source:Great Northern

Mississippi State Water Mammal

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This cute story explains all about the bottlenosed dolphin. It even has a dolphin glossary!
Source: By Zan Skelton

Idaho State Water Mammal (Coloring Page)
Color-in this beautiful coloring page of a bottlenose dolphin for a wonderful addition to you report.
Source: National Geographic

Mississippi State Water Mammal (Bottle-nosed Dolphin)
This has good information on the bottle-nosed dolphin. The window will appear as a pop-up source rather than a link.
Source: The National Wildlife Federation: eNature