Amazing Adaptations
This special feature of birds is shared with no other living animal.
What are feathers?
Seen singing on TV by millions of children, this large yellow bird is of an undetermined species.
Who is Big Bird?
Bird watchers use these to bring birds into closer view.
This is another word for the mouth of a bird.
What is a beak or bill?
This pole is home to penguins but not polar bears.
What is the South Pole (or Antarctica)?
Baby birds develop in these.
What are eggs?
The smallest bird in the world.
What is a hummingbird?
The seasonal movement of birds from one place to another is called this.
What is migration?
The claws of a bird of prey are called this.
What are talons?
This continent is home to the Ostrich, the largest bird in the world.
What is Africa?
Birds do this to find food, escape from predators, and travel from one place to another.
What is flying?
The largest egg in the world comes from this bird.
What is an Ostrich?
These books are often used to help identify birds.
What are field guides?
When birds lose old feathers and grow new ones, it is called this.
What is molting?
The largest species of this nectar-sipping bird is found in the Andes.
What is a Giant Hummingbird?
This is why some male birds are brightly colored.
What is attracting females?
This part of a bird is made up of the same material as our hair and fingernails.
What are beak and feathers?
What is to find food?
The name of this type of nest, made by wood-peckers, is also what a hole in your tooth is called.
What is a cavity?
This is where most of Colorado's migratory birds fly for winter.
What is Mexico?
Vultures rely on this sense, but for most birds is not well developed.
What is smell?
Associated with the quote "Nevermore", these black birds may be among the most intelligent.
What are Ravens?
This is made up of food, water, shelter, and space.
What is a habitat?
This is another word for the feathers of a bird.
What is plumage?
This country is home to Kiwi fruit and Kiwi birds.
What is New Zealand?