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, found only on a bird, helps them fly.
What is feathers?
This is the smallest bird in the world.
What is a hummingbird?
When you are hiking and come upon a birds nest, this is something you should not do.
What is collecting/touching/ or disturbing birds nest?
This bird is the United States Symbol, and was almost driven to extinction by a pesticide called DDT.
What is the Bald Eagle?
The claws of a bird of prey.
What are talons?
Baby birds develop in these.
What are eggs?
The largest egg in the world comes from this bird.
What is an ostrich?
Birds often fly into these "invisible" structures, found everywhere from skyscrapers to your house.
What are windows?
This is an obstacle that can obstruct a bird's flight pattern.
What is a radio cell tower, an antenna, a building, an electrical wire, or a windmill?
Name of a bird just born, 0-4 days of age, which has some down feathers.
What is a hatchling?
Most owls expel this ball of fur and bones which they cannot digest.
What is an owl pellet?
This is one of the fastest birds in the world.
What is a peregrine falcon?
These are domestic predators (household pets) that kill hundreds of thousands of birds each year.
What are cats?
This is one of the major causes of extinction in the world.
What is habitat loss?
When birds lose old feathers and grow new ones, it is called this.
What is molting?
The type of feathers that keep birds warm from the winter.
What are downy feathers?
This structure is made of the same material as our fingernails.
What is the beak?
These farm chemicals have led to decline in the populations of many bird species.
What are pesticides?
Only 100 years ago, flocks of these birds were commonly seen in the skies. Over-hunting drove them to extinction.
What is Passenger Pigeon?
Another word for the feathers of a bird
What is plumage?
This makes a bird skeleton different from other animal skeletons.
What are hollow bones?
The one sense that vultures rely on that is NOT well developed in other birds.
What is Sense of Smell?
The act (Federal Law) created by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect birds and other wildlife populations.
What is the Endangered Species Act?