Louisiana Seaside Sparrow

*Can be locally migrant (less than 200 km)

*Non-migratory during nesting (April-June)

*Only resides in salt marshes

(Post & Greenlaw, 1994)

(Rising, 2005) Ammodramus maritimus fisheri

Marsh Vegetation *nesting *hiding

Creeks or pools of H2O *feeding -insects -arthropods -amphipods -mollusks -worms -seeds (Rising, 2005)

Large Amounts of Birds in Marsh

Smaller Amounts of Birds in Marsh

Indicator

Species

*ecological diversity*tidal flushing*lush, salt tolerant grasses*natural*not affected by human influences

*dominant species*limited tidal flow*sparse vegetation*man-made*near construction or development

Threatening*DDT (mosquito pesticide)*Rice rats (eat eggs)*Controlled fires*Invasive species

Is it a possibility that oil remnants may be transported?

E X A M P L E

What happens to the altered food webs?

E X A M P L E

ANIMATION (?)= Microsoft 2007 or 2010

Select any object

*Entrance/Exit*Emphasis*Motion Paths

Fine tune

*Start time*Duration*Frequency

The Perfect Vector: Keeping Up with Marsh BirdsCreate a custom movement of the ‘threatening’ factors,

where the sparrows will relocate, and show what will happen to the regional food web as a result.

1. Click on image & then click on the Animations tab at the top.

2. Scroll through the different choices of animations & choose Custom Path.

3. Draw your custom path using the ‘pencil’.

4. Click on the Animation Pane button (next to the different choices of animation).

5. Within the pane, you can alter the duration & start time of each animation.

6. When you are finished, view the slide show.

1. Click on either image & then click on the Animations tab at the top.

2. Click on the Custom Animation tab to the left.

3. The Animation Pane pops up on the right; click on Freeform.

4. A drop-down box appears; click on Scribble.

5. Draw your custom path using the ‘pencil’.

5. Within the pane, you can alter the duration & start time of each animation.

6. When you are finished, view the slide show.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2010

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007

Copy & paste images (animals, threatening factors) from previous slides. All of the images were found at http://ian.umces.edu/imagelibrary/

Sparrow chemicals (DDT) hurricane controlled fire