Bird Brained
The smallest bird in the world one from this family.
What is a humming bird?
This word is what birds become when there aren't any more of them left.
What is extinct?
These domestic predators kill hundreds of millions of birds each year.
What are cats?
This is another word for the mouth of a bird.
What is a beak or bill?
Bird watchers use these to bring birds into closer view.
What are binoculars?
The largest egg in the world comes from this bird.
What is an ostrich?
This bird, the National bird of the U.S., was almost driven to extinction by the use of a pesticide called DDT.
What is the Bald Eagle?
This Act, established in 1973, is a law that the U.S. enacted to protect species that are in peril.
What is the Endangered Species Act?
The claws of a bird of prey are called this.
What are talons?
Modern birds are believed to have evolved from these.
What dinosaurs?
One of the fastest birds in the world is this species.
What is a Peregrine falcon?
This is one of the major causes of extinction in the world.
What is habitat loss?
Birds often fly into these "invisible" structures, found everywhere from skyscrapers to houses.
What are windows?
When birds lose old feathers and grow new ones it's called this.
What is molting?
One reason birds migrate is to avoid competition of this.
What is finding food?
These parts of a bird are made up of the same material as our fingernails and hair (keratin).
What are beak and feathers?
Considered a Florida icon, this bright colored bird species was almost hunted to extinction.
What is the American Flamingo?
Snail kites are endangered due to habitat loss and the decline of this main food source.
What are Apple snails?
This type of nest made by woodpeckers is also what a hole in your tooth is called.
What is a cavity?
Eagle nests can measure 6-9 feet wide and weigh up to this much.
What is 2 tons or 4,000 pounds?
This bird is the State bird of Florida.
What is the Mockingbird?
This protected species of blue bird is the only one endemic to Florida.
What is the Florida Scrub Jay?
This Volusia County facility accepts and treats injured sea birds, as well as sea turtles, before releasing them back into the wild.
What is the Marine Science Center?
The seasonal movement of birds from one place to another is called this.
What is migration?
This skeletal adaption helps birds fly.
What are hollow bones?