1. Can you identify these Illinois critters?
Who am I?
Can you identify these Illinois critters? ? ? ?
T. Trimpe

2. I like to eat crayfish, insects, snails, small clams, worms, fish, and the seeds of elm and silver maple trees.
The world record for me is 59 pounds.
I can be caught by a technique called “noodling.”
My whiskers are called barbels.
I am a “cat”, but I don’t “meow”.
Do you know who I am?
Who am I?
Channel Catfish

3. I am sometimes called a "Federation Squirrel" because of the pattern on my back and sides which looks like stars and stripes.
My heartbeat changes when I’m hibernating from 350 beats per minute to 5.
I make three types of burrows – hiding, nesting, and hibernating.
I am often mistaken for a chipmunk, which has white stripes bordered with black on its back and face.
Do you know who I am?
Who am I?
Thirteen-lined Ground Squirrel
Chipmunk

4. Who am I? I can be found on every continent except for Antarctica.
My name means wanderer and I have one of the longest migrations of any North American bird.
I have a black cap, sideburns, a blue beak, and yellow feet.
I am the fastest animal on Earth traveling as fast as 200 mph.
Do you know who I am?
Who am I?
Peregrine Falcon