To be a Bird
The Orders
Who are you?
Bills and Feet
I am where I live.
100
This unique characteristic of a bird skeleton makes it much lighter than others
What is hollow?
100
Emus and ostriches are examples of this group of birds.
What are ratites or flightless birds?
100
What is a Great Horned Owl
100
A bird's beak is a good indicator of this.
What is the bird's diet?
100
Low tide on the Pacific Ocean.
What is a shorebird?
200
The term describe a bird's ability to regulate its own body temperature.
What is endothermic or warm blooded?
200
A cardinal, robin, and scrub jay are all examples of this group of birds.
What are passerines or perching birds?
200
The distinctive field marks also gives the bird it's common name.
What is the white crown?
200
A bird's foot is a good indicator of this.
What is the type of habitat the bird lives in?
200
Upper portion of conifer trees next to a large waterbody to hunt for fish.
What is an Osprey or Bald Eagle?
300
Birds have these, which are actually highly modified scales, no other type of animal does.
What are feathers?
300
A mallard, wood duck, and snow goose are all examples of this group of birds.
What is waterfowl?
300
This falcon is 9-12 inches in length with a wingspan of 21 inches. It has a rusty tail and back and two vertical black stripes on its face. It has a short, hooked bill; white cheeks; a long tail and long, pointed wings.
What is an American Kestrel?
300
Long, spread out toes with small claws are used for balance in birds. This is a characteristic of this type of water bird.
What is wading birds?
300
In areas with a lot of flowering plants with high nectar content.
What is a hummingbird?
400
A bird's heart is able to beat extremely rapidly and pump large amounts of blood due to the fact that it has this many chambers.
What is four?
400
A hawk, turkey vulture, and osprey are all examples of this group of birds.
What are birds of prey or raptors?
400
This bird is compact (3-5 inches length), strongly muscled bodies and rather long, bladelike wings and long, narrow beaks.
What is a hummingbird?
400
Birds to not have teeth but some waterfowl have these small, comb-like structure to help with filtering food from the water.
What are lamellae?
400
A deep waterbody with plants submerged in the water and above the water line.
What is waterfowl?
500
The eggs that birds lay are hard-shelled eggs due to the fact that each shell contains this chemical compound.
What is calcium?
500
Birds with slender legs and long slender bill and belong to the Order Charadriiformes are also called this.
What is wading birds?
500
This bird in Piciformes has zygodactyl feet, black and white field marks, bill smaller than head length, and are sexually dimorphic with the males possessing a red patch on the back of the head.
What is a Downy Woodpecker?
500
Perching birds possess this type of foot with three toes pointed forwards and one toe pointed backwards.
What is anisodactyl?
500
Found in all habitat types where seeds and invertebrates are plentiful.
What are songbirds?