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     The illustrations in this book are examples of the fourth 

grade lesson on the art and life of Georgia O’Keeffe.   She is 

revered as one of America’s greatest painters, and a very 

important female artist.   Her work became famous for its bright 

and beautiful colors. Her subjects came from the natural 

environment around her.   This included animal bones, flowers, 

shells, and desert landscapes.   She presented her subjects with 

a cropped and enlarged view, which resulted in her unique 

abstract style of painting.

     The fourth grade students have been researching Indiana 

animals in the computer lab, library, and classroom. Each 

student created an original artwork inspired by their animal.  

Then using chalk pastels and analogous colors, (colors that are 

next to each other on the color wheel), they created a work of 

art inspired by O’Keeffe’s style.

     Each example shows a view of what the student chose as 

the most unique part of their animal.   Can you guess what 

their animal is?

Cotton Tail Rabbit

By: Adeline 

     There are many ways you can describe what a cotton tail 

rabbit looks like.   Cotton tail rabbits are red, gray, brown, and 

white.   Their tail looks like a cotton ball!   The ears on the rabbit 

are long and floppy.   The back legs on the cotton tail rabbit are 

very strong.   Their paws are very fluffy.   Oh and when you see a 

cotton tail rabbit run their tail is as white as snow!!   That is what a 

cotton tail rabbit looks like.

     The cotton tail rabbit will basically eat anything.    They eat 

apples, willow, corn, soy beans and much more.   They will eat 

anything tender.   They also eat plants, like leaves, roses, and 

clover.  

     Cotton tail rabbits live in many places; you may even find 

them in your back yard!   They also live in deep forests with lots of 

trees.   They also live in farther places like MEXICO!!   They also 

live in holes.   That is where cotton tail rabbits like to live!  

The Bald Eagle

By Aric

     There are many ways to describe a Bald Eagle. They are 14-

16 pounds. They are 7 ½ feet long in wing span. The Bald Eagle 

can live up to 48 years of age. The Bald Eagles travel in small 

groups. The Bald Eagle is very, very very large. That’s my way of 

describing a Bald Eagle. 

     Do you know what a Bald Eagle eats? They mostly eat fish. 

The Bald Eagle swoops down as fast as a jet and sinks its talons 

into its prey. That’s how a bald eagle gets its food.

     Do you know where a bald eagle lives? A bald eagle mostly 

lives by water and in trees. The bald eagle also lives on islands in 

the Pacific.

Barn Owl

By Blake

     Have you ever seen a Barn Owl?   A Barn Owl has a 

heart shaped face and it is brown and black.   The eyes 

on the Barn Owl are dark.   It has long scaly legs with 3 

long claws.   The beak on the Barn owl is very sharp and 

the color of the beak is yellow.   The Barn Owl has no ear 

tufts on the side of its head.   That is what the Barn Owl 

looks like.

    A Barn Owl eats many things and not a lot eats a Barn 

Owls.   Barn Owls eat other birds.   A meadow vole is 

another thing Barn Owls eat.   A Barn Owl eats a variety 

of mice.

Ruffed Grouse

By Caleb

     Have you ever seen a ruffed grouse?   It is small but 

its tail is 5 7/8 inches long.   It has many feathers on its 

head, wings and tail.   It is brown and tan.   A male is 

bigger and heavier. It’s three times the size of a quail. 

That’s what a ruffed grouse looks like.

     A ruffed grouse may be interesting to you.   A male 

weighs 21 ounces.   Females can lay 11 eggs at a time.  

It blends into trees.   It flies at the age of 3 weeks and 

leaves home at the age of 12 weeks.   Now do you think 

it is interesting?

The Bobwhite Quail

By Dane 

     Have you ever seen a Bobwhite Quail? They are 

usually 6 to 8 ounces and are 10 inches   long. Quails are 

plump and have crops and gizzards. The upper parts are 

a mixture of warm brown, deep yellow, and black. The 

quail is quite ordinary and drab. That is what a Bobwhite 

Quail looks like.

     Do you know what a Bobwhite Quail eats and what 

eats it?   They are quite the seed scavengers. Quail 

hunters can only hunt 50 quails now.   Skunks, snakes, 

raccoons, and roaming dogs like to destroy the quail’s 

nests. The good part is that dogs don’t like to hunt on 

stormy weather.   Those are the things Bobwhite Quails 

eat and what eats it.

The Bobcat

By Devin 

     Have you ever seen a Bobcat?   Bobcats have a 

stubby tail and grow to be 2 feet long.   They can weigh 

from 15 to 30 pounds.   They look very much like plain 

old house cats.   That is what the Bobcat looks like.

     This is the diet and the place in the food chain of the 

Bobcat.   Bobcats are carnivores and they eat rabbits, 

mice, moles, and squirrels, deer, and porcupines.

Badger

By: Estella

     The badger has many features.   The grown adult weighs about 40 

pounds.   Their colors are silver and gray.   They also have spiky looking fur. 

But their fur is short.   They grow up to be 35 inches long.   That’s what a 

badger looks like.  

     Badgers love love love to eat.   They like to eat a few animals, such as 

skunks, rabbits, snails, and insects. Sometimes an occasional carcass.   

They also like eggs of ground nesting birds.   After all that the leftovers are 

buried underground.   Those are some animals badgers like to eat.  

     There are many different places a badger can live.   Some live in 

protected tunnels.   They also live in well drained soil.   Most live 

underground.   The dens that some live in are not very well protected.  

Those are some places a badger lives.

     There are many interesting facts about a badger.   They are nocturnal 

which means they sleep in the day and are awake at night.   Young ones 

are weaned.   They need to know how to hunt.   Also during winter they 

spend long periods underground.   All of them are born in spring.   Those 

are some interesting facts about badgers. 

Cardinal 

By Ethan

     Have you ever seen a Cardinal before? They are red and 

the color of their beak is yellow.   The cardinal has a black beak 

outlining and their feet are orange and scaly.   Their eye color 

is black. And that is what a Cardinal looks like.

     A cardinal eats many things. It eats insects, seeds and, 

grains. Vultures eat Cardinals and many other birds.   The 

cardinals favorite meal is pokeberries and sunflower seeds or 

fruit.

     A cardinal lives in different places. It lives in your back 

yard and woodlands. And in winter it prefers dense thickets or 

shrubs. 

The Loggerhead Shrike

By: Grey

     The loggerhead shrike is an interesting bird.   It is 6 inches in length 

and 3 inches in width.   The Loggerhead Shrike is gray and blue with white 

spots on its back and black wings.   Also the Shrike has an oddly small 

head and body for a bird like itself. If you liked what you just heard, try to 

learn about it on the Internet or books.

     The Loggerhead Shrike is actually pretty high in the food chain for a 

bird its size.   It has an interesting diet because it eats literally anything it 

can overpower but mostly it eats small insects like grasshoppers and 

gnats but the thing it eats most is mosquitos.   Bigger snakes eat it.

     Loggerhead shrikes live in nests that don’t look normal and they have 

a really weird living habitat.   They live in nests that are a reddish color.  

Also they live right by roads that have fences for some reason.   They 

sometimes live in trees that have a good view of grassy fields.   Their 

nests are made of hair and twigs. Also they live in Southern Indiana.

Coyote

By Isabelle

     There are many ways to describe a coyote.   They have a 

reddish brownish muzzle.   They are large members of the dog 

family.   The coyote weighs 30 pounds and the lower body can 

be white or tan.  

     The coyote’s main food that it eats is small mammals.  

They prey upon live stock and rodents are very important to 

their food supply.   The coyote eats sheep from the herd.  

The coyote lives in many different places.   Coyotes can live in 

a rabbit burrow or a hillside or bank.   The coyote can be found 

throughout   Indiana.

      A long time ago coyotes were rare.   The mom will move to 

a safer place if disturbed.   The babies go off and never return 

when they are old enough.   The coyotes will pair up for life.  

The Canada Goose

By Jack

     The Canada goose is very easy to identify. It has black and white fur. 

It can be up to 20 pounds. It has white chest patch. It also has a white 

flecked head. It has a long neck for a bird, a long bill, and long legs. 

That’s what a Canada goose looks like.

     The Canada goose is a strict vegetarian. Its place in the food chain is 

pretty high but still gets eaten by bobcats, coyotes, and humans. It eats 

corn, fruit, and veggies. That’s the Canada goose diet.

     The Canada goose is all over North America. It likes lakes and dry 

ground. There are 15,000 to 20,000 in Indiana. They nest around thick 

leaves and rivers. They use sticks and leaves to build their nest. They're 

all over Indiana. The Canada goose lives all over the Midwest. That’s the 

Canada goose’s habitat.    

     There are many interesting facts about the Canada goose. The Canada 

goose was brought from England even though it’s called the Canada 

goose. In mating season they are very aggressive. When close to its nest 

it will attack you. It can ruin lawns! 

Green Salamander

By Jacob

         A green salamander is a weird animal. It is five inches 

long and lives from southwestern Pennsylvania through 

Alabama and Mississippi.

         The green salamander is a night animal. It is nocturnal.  

It has sharp claws. It is green and slimy and it breaks off its 

tall when it’s scared. It has a long tail, green markings, and it 

has sticky toes.

     Have you ever seen a green salamander eat? It eats 

beetles and spiders and ants.   It may eat other salamanders 

and it eats at night.

     A green salamander lives all over the place. It lives in 

trees, cliffs, and rocks and forests. Its eggs go under rocks. 

They live in damp but not wet places.

Grey Fox

By Jeff

     Grey foxes are really cool animals.   A grey fox’s head is 

mostly grey with a bit of red that goes down its neck from its 

ears.   A grey fox’s body is grey but at its stomach it is mostly 

red.   A Grey Fox has red legs and red feet. This animal’s tail is 

grey and red and it even has a black stripe down the middle of 

its tail that goes straight down to the bottom which is all black.

     Grey Foxes have a wide variety of foods that they like to 

eat.   Grey Foxes chase animals a lot just to have something 

for dinner.   They eat rabbits, mice, and songbirds.   When a 

grey fox can’t catch anything plan b is to eat vegetables like 

leaves.   Grey Foxes also eat nuts, grass, and the rest is mostly 

meat. 

Peregrine Falcon

By Josh

     Have you ever seen a Peregrine Falcon?   Some of the colors are 

yellow, brown and a dark shade of white.   When it flies it looks like a kite 

in the air.   It is about 15 to 20 inches long.   That is what I know about 

what a Peregrine Falcon looks like.

     The Peregrine Falcon eats very small birds and worms.   It also 

surprises its prey.   It is at the top of the food chain for other birds.   Most 

of the time this bird gets food fast.   That is what the Peregrine Falcon 

eats.

     The Peregrine Falcon has a habitat.   Once the bird has a habitat, it 

looks around to make sure it is safe.   If it is not safe it camouflages.  

Then it attacks to make it safe.   That is the Peregrine Falcon’s habitat.

     Do you know some interesting facts about the Peregrine Falcon?   One 

is that this bird hides to surprise its prey.   And it also kills every other 

day. Those are some interesting facts about the Peregrine Falcon. 

Copes   Gray   Tree frog

By Joshua

     Do you know what Copes gray tree frog looks like?   The 

Copes gray tree frog is gray with dark gray spots on its body 

and its size is 1 ¼ - 2 inches.  

     Do you know where the Copes gray tree frog lives in.   It 

lives in edges of cities, farmland, and swamp forest. And that 

is where the Copes gray tree frog lives.

     Do you know what the Copes Gray tree frog eats?   The 

Copes gray tree frog eats flying insects, insect larvae, spiders, 

ants, small insects.   And that’s what the Copes gray tree frog 

eats.

      Here are some interesting facts about the Copes gray tree 

frog.   The Copes gray tree frog eats spiders.   It lives in the 

edges of cities.   Those are some interesting facts about the 

Copes gray tree frog.

Osprey

By: Katie

     There are many ways to describe the osprey.   Ospreys are very scary 

looking!   They have long claws and they are so sharp! The osprey is black 

and white.   They have scary looking yellow and orange eyes.   They have a 

sharp beak.   Females are larger than males.   They both can weigh around 

4.5 pounds.  

     Would you like to know about the osprey's place in the food chain or 

diet?    Ospreys eat many animals. They eat rodents.   They also eat fish.  

And the weirdest or scariest of all… ospreys eat BIRDS!   That’s like 

humans eating themselves!  

     Here are some sentences about the osprey's habitat. Pretty much like 

all birds the osprey lives near water such as rivers and lakes.   The osprey 

builds its nest near the water and up in tree tops.   Ospreys live all over 

Indiana especially during migration time. 

     Here are some interesting facts about the osprey.   The osprey    is 

found in every continent but Antarctica.   It’s one of the most aggressive 

birds.   And guess what, the osprey is endangered!   And those are some 

facts about the osprey.

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