These organisms all fall under different kingdoms; protists, fungi, eubacteria, plants, and animals.
Kingdom Protista: This image below is of Green Fleece (Codium fragile) found in Chatham, MA, which is characterized as a protist. (41 degrees N, 69 degrees W) URL: http://www.massnature.com/Protoctists/Codium_fragile.htm
Kingdom Fungi: This image is of Orange Peel (Aleuria aurantia), a fungus located in Andover, MA (42 degrees N, 71 degrees W). URL: http://www.massnature.com/Fungi/Aleuria_aurantia.htm
Kingdom Eubacteria: The image below was taken by a scanning electron microscope in Rocky Mountain Laboratories (903 South 4th Street Hamilton, MT). This shows the eubacteria, Borrelia burgdorferi, the eubacteria found in Lyme disease, which is indigenous to Massachusetts. URL: http://www.lyme.org/gallery/bb.html
Kingdom Plantae: This is a photo of an Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus), which is characterized as a plant. This photo was taken in my backyard, 8 Sawmill Drive, Westborough, MA.
Kingdom Animalia: In this photo, two white-breasted nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) are seen. One is very blurry as it was beginning to fly away and the other is located on the tree. White-breasted nuthatches are classified as belonging to the animal kingdom. These were seen in my neighbors yard, at 5 Sawmill Drive, Westborough, MA.
Do me a favor and look up white-breasted nuthatch and tell me if it looks familiar.
ReplyDeleteYou are right! After comparing the blue jay and the white-breasted nuthatch, I believe it is a white breasted nuthatch because of the way they attach themselves to the tree.
ReplyDelete;) It was an animal either way but its the correct animal this way. I can easily see why you thought blue jay though...
ReplyDeleteYeah, they look very similar in the pictures! The way they attach themselves on trees was the major difference though that I noticed. I had never heard of a white breasted nuthatch until you mentioned it, but I feel that I have seen them around a lot! This makes me realize how many different organisms there truly are, even just in our little town of Westborough!
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