Bird Brains!

Bird Bodies

100

This category of birds includes the smallest birds in the world.

Hummingbirds

200

The specialized bill of this bird can hold up to three gallons of water.

Pelican

300

This bird has a beard and a snood.

Turkey

400

This bird from "down-under" has a horn on its head and an exceptionally powerful kick.

Cassowary

500

The stomach acid of this bird is stronger than the acid found in automobile batteries.

Turkey Vulture

Arts & Crafts

100

This is the name for the ancient art of paper folding.

Origami

200

This is the name of the fabric commonly used for cross stitch.

Aida

300

This expensive fiber comes from the cocoon of an aptly named worm.

Silk

400

This photographer was made famous by his landscape photographs, particularly of the American West and its national parks.

Ansel Adams

500

This word refers to the ease with which you can pull pigment from a natural substance.

Accessibility

Bizarre Birds

100

These birds hold funerals, gathering in large numbers, when one of their species dies.

Crows

200

This bird can recreate the sounds of many modern objects - cellphones, lawnmowers, and chainsaws.

Mockingbirds

300

This bird is a parasitic nester - ousting the eggs of the original occupants and leaving its own in their place to be cared for by the original parents.

Brown-Headed Cow Bird

400

This category of birds have exceptionally long tongues - their tongues start behind their nostrils, go over the eyes, and coil around the back of their skulls before entering their mouths.

Woodpeckers

500

This bird has a grip strength of nearly 700 psi - 10x more than that of an average human.

The Bald Eagle

Colors!

100

This color was formerly associated with royalty.

Purple

200

These are the three "secondary" colors.

Green, orange, and purple.

300

This color is most commonly cited as being a person's favorite color.

Blue

400

This fruit-loving scientist made a major contribution to the arts world by compiling and organizing what we now know as "The Color Wheel."

Sir Isaac Newton

500

This neurological condition can often manifest as the ability to "see" music as colors.

Sound-Color Synesthesia

Backyard Bird ID

100

Dark head
Grey-brown back and wings
Orange-red belly

American Robin

200

Blue, white, and black plumage
A prominent crest
Black necklace

Blue Jay

300

Bright red cap
Black and white barred wings
White Belly

Red Bellied Woodpecker

400

Breeding males are identified by bright red bodies with black wings and tail.

Scarlet Tanager

500

Small, stocky body
Grayish above and white below
Peach under the wings
Grayish crest and dark eyes

Tufted Titmouse