Vocab
A series of notes, made by a bird that have a pattern is called a
song
if a strip of color crosses the bird's wing horizontally is called a
wing bar
An animal that has a backbone is a
vertebrate
The thing that makes a bird a bird is its
feathers
True/false if you know the parts of the bird you know how to identify the bird
True
Since the bird has a backbone, they are a part of phylum
chordata
The practice of putting tiny bracelets on the legs of birds
bird banding
The Natural home of an animal/bird
habitat
people who enjoy watching and studying birds are called
birders
What do squirrels eat
acorns, pecans, bark
This occurs when there is almost no food available, causing people to starve this is called
Famine
Birds are divided into how many basic sizes
7
All birds are able to keep a steady body temperature even if the air temperature around them is freeing, this means they are
warmblooded
scientists who study birds for a living
ornithologists
True/False Birds talk to each other by songs, calls, and other noises like tapping and drumming.
True
Most birds in your backyard are called
passerines
A tuft of feathers that stand up on the crown are called a
crest
Often birds carry important field marks on their
wings
All birds make a special group of vertebrates that belong to this class
Aves
What do birds eat
fruit, insects, berries, seeds
Birds use this to communicate to other birds that is his territory is called
Drumming
Birds that travel through a place, staying only a day or two are called
migration transcient
You can use this to help you identify birds
field guides
Some birds travel from one habitat to another for different reasons
migration
All Passerine chicks are born
blind, featherless, parent dependent