Characteristics
Bird Calls
Feet and Beaks
Bird Identification (easy)
Bird Identification (harder)
100
List three different characteristics that can help you identify birds
color, size, beak, feet, calls, location
100
Using your Merlin app or your common knowledge, what call is this?
Barred Owl
100
A bird's beak is good indicator of this
What is the bird's diet?
100
Using your Merlin app, or your field guide, what bird is this?
Goldfinch
100
For the next 45 seconds, using your Merlin app or the field guides identify this bird
Great Blue Heron
200
If a bird has a short beak that has a small curve at the end of it, what kind of bird could this be?
Raptor or Owl
200
Using your merlin app or your common knowledge, what bird is this?
Turkey
200
What type of environment would you find this kind of foot? Why?
Wetlands
200
Using your Merlin app or your field guides, what bird is this?
Great Horned Owl
200
For 45 seconds, using your Merlin app or the field guides, try to identify this bird
Killdeer
300
Birds have these, which are acutally highly modified scales, no other type of animal does
What are feathers?
300
Using your Merlin app or your common knowledge, what bird is this?
White Breasted Nuthatch
300
What kind of food would this type of beak eat? Why?
Nuts, Seeds
300
Using your Merlin app or your field guides, what bird is this? Male or female?
Norther Shoveler (Male)
300
For 30 seconds using the Merlin app or field guides, what bird is this? Female or male?
Cardinal. Female.
400
List two different examples of characteristics that birds have and WHY they can help us identify what bird it is
Webbed feet for swimming
Long legs to walk on the shore
Curved beak to help rip food
Color for location
400
Using your Merlin app, or your common knowledge, what bird is this?
Cardinal
400
Where would you find these kinds of birds? (be specific here)
Shorebirds (along water)
400
Using your Merlin app or the field guides, what bird is this?
Red Bellied Woodpecker
400
For 30 seconds using the Merlin app or the field guides, what bird is this?
Baltimore Oriole
500
Why do males tend to be a different color in the bird world? Explain your answer in detail.
Females are often darker in color because they need to camouflage more to sit on the nest while males are often brighter to attract females.
500
Without using Merlin, what bird is this?
Chickadee
500
What is a function of this type of bird feet?
Catching food, ripping food apart
500
Using your Merlin app or the field guides, what kind of bird is this?
Sharp Shinned Hawk
500
for 30 seconds using the Merlin app or the field guides, what bird is this?
Indigo Bunting