Characteristics
Bird Calls
Feet and Beaks
Bird Identification (easy)
Bird Identification (harder)
100

List three different characteristics that can help you identify birds 

color, size, beak, feet, calls, location 

100

Using your Merlin app or your common knowledge, what call is this? 

Barred Owl 

100
A bird's beak is good indicator of this
What is the bird's diet?
100

Using your Merlin app, or your field guide, what bird is this? 


Goldfinch 

100

For the next 45 seconds, using your Merlin app or the field guides identify this bird 


Great Blue Heron 

200

If a bird has a short beak that has a small curve at the end of it, what kind of bird could this be? 

Raptor or Owl 


200

Using your merlin app or your common knowledge, what bird is this? 

Turkey 

200

What type of environment would you find this kind of foot? Why? 


Wetlands 

200

Using your Merlin app or your field guides, what bird is this? 


Great Horned Owl 

200

For 45 seconds, using your Merlin app or the field guides, try to identify this bird 



Killdeer 

300
Birds have these, which are acutally highly modified scales, no other type of animal does
What are feathers?
300

Using your Merlin app or your common knowledge, what bird is this? 

White Breasted Nuthatch 

300

What kind of food would this type of beak eat? Why? 


Nuts, Seeds 

300

Using your Merlin app or your field guides, what bird is this? Male or female? 


Norther Shoveler (Male) 

300

For 30 seconds using the Merlin app or field guides, what bird is this? Female or male? 


Cardinal. Female. 

400

List two different examples of characteristics that birds have and WHY they can help us identify what bird it is 

Webbed feet for swimming 

Long legs to walk on the shore 

Curved beak to help rip food 

Color for location 

400

Using your Merlin app, or your common knowledge, what bird is this? 

Cardinal 

400

Where would you find these kinds of birds? (be specific here) 


Shorebirds (along water) 

400

Using your Merlin app or the field guides, what bird is this? 


Red Bellied Woodpecker 

400

For 30 seconds using the Merlin app or the field guides, what bird is this? 


Baltimore Oriole 

500

Why do males tend to be a different color in the bird world? Explain your answer in detail. 

Females are often darker in color because they need to camouflage more to sit on the nest while males are often brighter to attract females. 

500

Without using Merlin, what bird is this? 

Chickadee 

500

What is a function of this type of bird feet? 


Catching food, ripping food apart

500

Using your Merlin app or the field guides, what kind of bird is this? 

 

Sharp Shinned Hawk 
500

for 30 seconds using the Merlin app or the field guides, what bird is this? 


Indigo Bunting