Eye Spy Answers to Questions
1. The United States Capitol (forefront) is a white marbled domed building that serves as the seat of government of the United States Congress. The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and the research arm of the United States Congress. The Thomas Jefferson Building is pictured in the poster.
2. A Cardinal is leading the parade. He is carrying a book with a blue cover. You can tell that this animal is a male by its bright red plumage and its black face.
3. The Armadillo is a burrowing mammal with a hard-plated body. It is found in temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.
4. A Badger is a medium-sized burrowing animal that is related to the weasel and has short legs, strong claws, and a thick coat. It usually has black and white stripes on the sides of its head.
5. The Nene Goose is a rare wild goose with a grayish-brown body and black face that is found in the Hawaiian Islands.
6. The Gray Squirrel is a large tree squirrel that has gray fur with a reddish tinge on the legs and head. It is sitting on top of a Moose reading a book with a Ruffed Grouse.
7. The Appaloosa Horse is a saddle horse with white hair and dark patches. It was first bred in American Pacific Northwest by the Nez Perce.
8. The Meadowlark is a North American songbird that has brown speckled feathers, a yellow breast, and a black crescent-shaped mark just under the bill. The Cardinal is a North American crested finch. The Bison (often called a Buffalo) is a large hairy animal with a massive head and shoulders and a humped back. The birds are both reading books. The bison is carrying a book around its neck.
9. The Bighorn Sheep is a large wild sheep of western North America and northeastern Asia that has a long coarse brown coat and very large curving horns.
10. The Florida Panther is on the endangered species list. It is carrying five books on its head.
11. The Beaver is one of North America’s largest rodents. It has thick brown fur and a long flat tail. It is an excellent swimmer and builds dams and lodges. This beaver is reading a book.
12. A Gray Squirrel, Grizzly Bear, Cardinal and Blue Hen are riding on the back of a Nokota Horse.
13. There are nine bears pictured in the poster. They are Black Bears and Grizzly Bears.
14. The Wild Turkey is the Massachusetts State Game Bird. Benjamin Franklin wanted it to be chosen as the national bird of the United States.
15. The Coyote is a carnivorous North American canine mammal, similar to, but smaller than the wolf. The Timber Wolf is a large intelligent highly social wild dog often called wolf or gray wolf.
16. The Ring-tailed Cat is a member of the raccoon family, native to arid regions of North America. It can be spotted near the front of the parade. It is sitting on top of a pile of books that are on top of the bear’s head. Of course, it is reading a book!
17. The Pelican is a web-footed bird that has a large flat bill with a hanging pouch that can be expanded to catch and store fish.
18. The Rhode Island Red Chicken is a breed of chicken raised for meat and eggs, and also as show birds. It can be spotted near the beginning of the parade. It is marching on the ground in front of a young deer.
19. Ten animals with horns or antlers are pictured in the poster. Horns are high-protein nail-like tissue growing over bone. Horns grow throughout an animal’s lifetime. Antlers are made of bone and shed each annually.
20. The whale is a large marine mammal that breathes through a blowhole on the top of its head. It has front flippers, no hind limbs, and a flat horizontal tail. There are no whales in the poster – even though several states have selected the whale as their state animal.
Last Updated: 09/02/2008