Exploring Birds Internet Activity

Directions: Bookmark this web page. Click the links to go to a site with the question's answer. If you get a "File not found" message, use your Internet research skills to find the answer on another web site. Use the Bookmark to return to this page for the next question. answer sheet info

Food for thought: Write a question you have had about birds or a specific bird.

1. How many different Orders of birds are there?

Select three Orders from the list. Write the scientific name and a unique characteristic of the birds in that Order that live in your region. (Research required)

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2. Explain the difference between a bird call and a bird song.

3. You may know that hummingbirds sip nectar. What else do they eat?

4 . Bluebirds have two challenges. One is nesting site loss. What is the other? Second resource | Bluebird Project

5. Many ducks nest on the ground. Where does a wood duck nest?

6. Select any two birds listed in the etext version of Life Histories of North American Birds.
Compare them. (Compare means to find their similarities.)

Techie question: Suppose your library has one print copy of this book.
How is an etext version a better resource for a class researching birds?

7. Name the three parts of a bird's wing and the role each plays.

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8. Most owls nest in trees. Where does the Burrowing Owl nest?

Why do you think they adopted this nesting place?

9. What plant fuzz does the American Goldfinch use to line its nest?

10. Cedar waxwings can eat so much that sometimes something happens. What happens?

11. Examine this chart of fruits that North American birds eat.

Name three trees/plants that are liked by many different birds.

Name a couple of birds who are picky eaters.

Which bird is the most flexible eater?

Which bird has the better chance to survive? Explain your choice.

12. Biology is the study of living things. A scientist who focuses on biology is called a biologist.

Ornithology is

What do you call a scientist who focuses on ornithology?

13. Classification is a way to order our study of living things. Write the classification of eagles beginning with Kingdom.

14. Go find the answer. Which has a higher body temperature: Birds or humans?
( Harness a search engine to obtain the data necessary to arrive at an answer.)

15. If the ability to make and use tools sets humans apart from other animals, what do you make of this discovery?

16. The chickadee is one of the most important pest exterminators of the forest or orchard. Explain

Challenge: Your class has decided to erect a nest box at your school. Great!

First things first. Consider the habitat, your locality, the nesting needs of the bird, and
the potential challenges created by a nesting bird family. For which bird would you choose to provide a box?
Support your answer.

Observation: The First Step in the Scientific Method | Mystery Bird identification

Variation - grouping things

Do this Dichotomous Key activity for two of the species.
Make a Dichotomous Key for a species of bird that lives in your region.

Nest Building watch science project

Study Reveals Real Reason Birds Migrate

Watch the bird song video | Listen to - A Restaurant for the Birds Welcomes All

Done already?

How can your class help the vanishing quail?	Explore the Class Aves at the Animal Diversity Web
Trace the taxonomy of a bird of your choice.	Check out a bird cam. Name the birds you see.
Work with your PTO or Student Council to create a school yard habitat	The Ivory-billed Woodpecker is not gone!
Join Cornell Lab's Citizen Scientists in observing birds	Do wind turbines have an affect on wild birds?
Egg Hunt primary | Egg Facts Hunt int	Electronic Naturalist - nature study with materials
Egg math	Cheep, Chirp, Twitter, and Whistle
Nest Hunt	Bald Eagle Soars Off Endangered Species List
Birds of Meadows, Fencerows and Fields	Birds of the Wetlands
Learn about Nests hunt	Hawk Mountain Sanctuary
Learn Bird Songs	Read this bird book with young friend or make one of your own!

Locate your State's Bird checklist. Start looking and listening for birds. Consider making a bird list for your community.

2004 Cindy O'Hora / FAQ Posted 8/2004 utd 4/2008.

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. 8/2007

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