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Bird Words
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100

This is a word used to describe birds when they can no longer be found living on Earth.

What is extinct?
100

This is another word for the mouth of a bird.

What is a beak?

100

This feature found on a bird helps them fly, and it is not shared with any other living animal.

What are feathers?

100

This is the smallest bird in the world.

What is a hummingbird?

100

The act of leaving pieces of trash outside, which can harm wildlife.

What is littering?

200

This bird is a symbol of the United States.

What is the Bald Eagle?

200

The claws found on a bird of prey, like an eagle.

What are talons?

200

Baby birds develop in these.

What are eggs?

200

The seasonal movement of birds from one place to another.

What is migration?

200

Birds often fly into these "invisible" structures.

What are windows?

300

This is an obstacle that can obstruct a bird's flight pattern.

What is a building, cell tower, power line, or windmill?

300

The natural process of replacing old feathers with new ones.

What is molting?

300

Most owls use this to find food.

What are ears/ what is hearing?

300

Male birds are brightly colored for this reason.

What is to attract a mate?

300

These are household pets that kill many birds each year.

What are cats?

400

This is one of the major causes of extinction in the world.

What is habitat loss?

400

This is the word for a group of ravens.

What is an unkindness?

400

This type of feather keeps birds warm during the winter.

What is down?

400

This is the fastest bird in the world.

What is a Peregrine Falcon?

400

This is the kind of ammunition you should not use to hunt birds, as it can poison them.

What is lead shot?

500

Only 100 years ago, flocks of thousands of these birds were common. Overhunting and habitat destruction drove them to extinction.

What are Passenger Pigeons?

500

Bird feathers and beaks made out of this material.

What is keratin?

500

This feature makes bird skeletons different from other animal skeletons.

What are hollow bones?

500

The one sense that vultures rely on that is not well developed in other birds.

What is smell?

500

The Act (federal law) created by the US Fish & Wildlife Service to protect birds and other wildlife populations.

What is the Endangered Species Act?

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