Bye-Bye- Birdie
This is a word used to describe birds when they can no longer be found on earth.
What is extinct?
This is another word for the mouth of a bird.
What is bill/beak?
This feature on birds helps them fly and is not shared by any other living animal.
What are feathers?
This is the smallest bird in the world.
What is the hummingbird?
When hiking and you come upon a bird's nest, this is something you should not do.
What is collecting or disturbing the birds or the nests.
This bird is teh United States' symbol and was almost driven to extinction by a pesticide called DDT.
What is the Bald Eagle?
The claws on a bird of prey are called...
What are talons?
Baby birds develop in these.
What are eggs?
This is called the seasonal movement of birds from one geographical location to another.
What is migration?
Birds often fly into these "invisible" objects found in everything from your house to skyscrapers.
What are windows?
This is an obstacle which can obstruct a bird's flight pattern.
What is a radio/cell tower; antenna; building; electrical wire; or a windmill?
This is called the natural process of replacing feathers with new ones.
What is molting?
Most owls use this to find food.
What is echolocation?
Male birds are brightly colored for this reason.
What is to attract a spouse/mate and or to protect young?
These household pets are domestic predators and kill thousand of birds annually.
What are cats?
This is one of the major causes of extinction in the world.
What is habitat loss?
Bird feathers and beaks are made out of this material.
What is keratin?
This type of feathers which keeps birds warm in the winter.
What are downy feathers?
This bird of prey is one of the fastest birds in the world.
What is the Peregrine Falcon?
These are chemicals which have led to declines in the population of many bird species.
What are pesticides?
Only 100 years ago, flocks of thousands of these birds were common. Over-hunting drove them to extinction.
What is the passenger pigeon?
This is the name of a colony of herons
What is a rookery?
This makes a bird skeleton different from any other animal skeletons.
What are hollow bones?
This is one sense that vultures rely upon, that is not well developed in other birds.
What is the sense of smell?
This 1971 federal law was created by the US Fish & Wildlife Service to protect birds and other wildlife populations.
What is the Endangered Species Act?