Fill in the blanks below with words from this box:

geese

autumn

gravel

leader

bury

hibernate

gathering

moose

cooler

rivers

deer

fur

squirrels

lay

winter

rut

migration

forget

fatten

head

streams

mates

catch

Journeys

As the weather gets ______________, many animals ____________ south. This long journey is called _______________.  ______________ fly great distances in V formations with each goose taking a turn as the _______________.

Salmon also swim great distances to the ___________ or ____________ where they were born. They head upstream and find ______________ beds to spawn. After they __________ their eggs, the salmon usually die, providing food for many animals in and around the streams.

Preparations

In the Autumn, many animals get ready for the long _______________. Bears must _____________ up before they _______________. Luckily, they can ____________ salmon heading upstream to spawn. Bears also must grow a thick ____________ coat.

______________ are busy _____________ nuts and acorns to eat during the cold months. They _______________ the nuts and acorns underground. Sometimes, they _____________ where they buried the nut and then that nut will become a new tree.

Fights

Male _____________ and _______________, who have grown strong antlers throughout the summer, use these antlers to fight for _____________.  For many large animals, the breeding season, or ____________

begins in the ______________.

           Lanternfish ESL