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Where you from?
Looks matter
Featherweight
Rock-a-bye-baby
Feed me!!!
100
an area that is occupied and defended by a bird or other animal
What is a territory?
100
a stripe on the wing of a bird
What is a wing bar?
100
the soft, fluffy feathers that insulate a bird but are not strong enough to be used for flying
What is down?
100
a bed or shelter prepared by one or both parents for its eggs and young
What is a nest?
100
a sweet liquid that is produced by plants and is especially liked by hummingbirds
What is nectar?
200
the upper layer of a forest, which is located at the tops of the trees
What is the canopy?
200
a showy tuft of feathers that sticks up on top of a bird's head
What is a crest?
200
the feathers of a bird
What is plumage?
200
a set of young birds that is hatched at about the same time from the same parents
What is a brood?
200
the word used to describe how birds get their food
What is foraging?
300
the place or type of environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
What is a habitat?
300
the stripes, spots, patterns, colors, and highlights seen on birds' bodies
What are field marks?
300
to groom feathers to keep them in good condition
What is preening?
300
the total number of eggs laid in one nesting attempt
What is a clutch?
300
an organ made of tough muscle that birds have instead of teeth to grind up their food
What is the gizzard?
400
a forest habitat in which most of the trees lose their foliage at the end of the growing season
What is a deciduous forest?
400
the areas on a bird's face between the base of the bill to the front of the eyes
What are lores?
400
the main flight feathers along the outside edge of a bird's wing
What is primary feathers?
400
a young bird that has developed the feathers needed to fly and is either preparing to leave the nest or has just left the nest
What is a fledgling?
400
the name for a bird that eats mostly or all meat
What is a carnivore?
500
a habitat along the edge of a river or stream
What is a riparian habitat?
500
the area above a bird's eye; also known as the eyebrow
What is the supercilium
500
an organ found on the back of most birds that produces an oil that birds use to groom themselves
What is the uropygial gland?
500
to sit on eggs, using body heat to keep the eggs at the right temperature for healthy development and hatching
What is to incubate?
500
a bird that eats both animals and plants
What is an omnivore?