Birds of Fields, Fencerows and Meadows

Birds are valuable members of any ecosystem or habitat. There are over 10,000 species of birds in the world. Over 2000 species have been observed on the North American continent. Look into the birds who live in fields, meadows and fencerows.

Bird facts resources:

Vocabulary to master: Prey, predator, omnivore, carnivore, herbivore, nocturnal, diurnal, crepuscular, population, endangered, distribution, feather, clutch, flock, vertebrate, nest, wing, claw, beak, bill, migrate, ornithologist, raptor.

Describe the Classification of song birds or owls to their Order.

Can you identify these birds? Do you recognize their songs?

To Do: Use a table to develop a facts sheet about these birds.
Make a table in a word processing document.
Enter the species down the left side - one in each row. Label each column with a question.
Enter the answer to the question in the appropriate column/row. Complete sentence answers are not necessary.

Some birds stay in an area year round. Some have a different winter range. Which birds winter in your area?

Birds nests in different places and use many different materials. How/where do each of these birds nest?

Do the male bird and female birds look the same or different?

What kind of bill or beak does the bird have?

What does the bird eat? seeds, flowers/leaves, insects, reptiles, birds, mammals

Are they nocturnal, diurnal or crepuscular?

Have you ever seen this bird species in the wild?

Career and work

Identify a job related to birds or their habitats.

How much does a person doing that job earn? US BLS Occupation Outlook

What kind of training do you need to get or do that job?

 

Try it - If you have a java enabled browser, try the Meadow Birds online crossword puzzle. Click the link. If the puzzle appears, your are in business. If no puzzle appears, make your own puzzle using vocabulary and facts you have learned in this project.

Mystery Bird Challenge - ID that bird

1 Science NetLinks Benchmark 1- Nature of science - How science works