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The Art of Birdwatching
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ornithologist | A scientist who studies birds |
| Herbivores | Creatures that eat only plants and plant parts |
| Carnivores | Creatures that eat meat |
| Omnivores | Creatures that eat both plants and meat |
| Ostrich | The worlds fastest running bird |
| Field marks | Various patterns and markings characteristic of a particular species of bird |
| Molting | The process of shedding and growing new feathers |
| what to bring birdwatching | notepad, pencil, binoculars |
| blue jay | identified by crest and color |
| swallows | flies low over the water to catch insects |
| swifts & nighthawks | dart high in the air to chase clouds of mosquitoes |
| scrape | scooped out hollow in the ground where shore-nesting birds lay their eggs |
| instinct | built-in knowledge that animals possess at birth and do not have to learn |
| finches & cardinals | seed-eating songbirds with short, stout bills |
| crossbill | bill points cross like scissors, removes seeds from pinecones |
| hummingbirds | long, delicate probing bills to extract nectar from flowers |
| pelican | large pouched bill designed for scooping fish |
| herons | long spearing bill for lancing fish, frogs, crayfish and snakes |
| sandpipers and whimbrels | long, slender probing bills that retrieve crustaceans |
| woodpeckers | bill shaped like dagger used to chisel wood in search of insects |
| whippoorwill | hinged jaw that enables the bill to gape widely |
| gulls | uses bill to eat fish |
| ducks | flat bills lined with strainer that captures food particles in water |
| spoonbills | uses bill to filter small aquatic animals |
| sparrows | uses short stubby beak for eating insects and small seeds |
| perching feet | songbirds & chickadees |
| scratching feet | chickens and pheasants |
| climbing feet | woodpeckers and creepers, swifts, nuthatch |
| grasping feet | eagles, hawks, osprey |
| running feet | killdeer, plover, roadrunner, ostrich |
| swimming feet | ducks, gulls, cormorants, pelicans, grebe |
| wading feet | flamingo, herons, gallinules |
| gliding wings | long and narrow, albatross |
| hovering wings | short and tapered, hummingbird |
| soaring wings | large and broad, hawk |
| maneuvering in close quarters wings | short and broad, wren |
| high-speed diving wings | narrow wings, falcon |
| fast, agile flapping flight | tapered, swift |
| tail shapes | long & narrow, wide, scissor-tailed, short & wide, fan-like, small, rounded off, squared-off, forked |
Created by:
Jer Stephens
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