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FOURTH GRADE BIRD RESEARCH

Here are some questions asked by fourth graders.  Websites that provide some answers follow the questions.

1.  What do birds eat?

2.   What kind of food do birds eat in winter?

3.   How much does a bird eat in one day?

4.   How do birds find food in the snow?

5.   What is the rarest bird?

6.   What is your favorite kind of bird and why?

7.   What is your least favorite kind of bird and why?

8.   How many birds have you spotted?

9.   How many types of birds are there in the world?

10.   How many different species of birds have you found?

11.   How many species of birds are in New York State?

12.   What are the mouth parts of a bird?

13.   How do birds get their sound?

14.   Where do birds go in snow storms, do any of them hibernate?

15.   What is the biggest bird you have ever found?

16.   How do birds fly?

17.   Why do birds attack people?

18.   Why does the hawk circle?

19.   Do birds have gas?

20.   How long does it take to build a bird nest?

21.   What bird weighs the most?

22.   What bird has the longest life span in the world?

23.   How many eggs can a bird lay?

 

Bird sounds

http://www.mangoverde.com/wbg/

http://www.earthlife.net/birds/song.html

http://www.pbs.org/lifeofbirds/songs/index.html

 

Diet

http://www.lincstrust.org.uk/factsheets/feeding-wild-birds.php

http://www.trails.com/list_3437_wild-bird-foods.html

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/natbltn/600-699/nb659.htm

http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=74&SubSectionID=102&ArticleID=75538&TM=47151

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/NetCommunity/page.aspx?pid=1098#q-bird-eating

 

Habitat

http://www.eastbaynature.com/habitat.htm

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/netcommunity/Page.aspx?pid=1057

http://people.eku.edu/ritchisong/birdnests.html

http://www.backyardnature.net/birdnest.htm

 

Parts of a bird

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/articles/wildnb0701/birddiagram.pdf

www.paulnoll.com/Oregon/Birds/ID-body.html (blocked)

http://www.exoticpetvet.net/avian/anatomy.html

www.falconry-questions.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=976 (blocked, bird flatulence)

 

Hawks

http://birds-of-prey.org/cm/hawk-facts/

http://www.birdsamore.com/birds101/flightpatterns.htm

 

Hibernation

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/H/hibernation.html

http://www.wisegeek.com/which-animals-hibernate.htm

 

Bird behavior

http://www.dse.vic.gov.au/dse/nrenpa.nsf/LinkView/838467C25F04F89BCA256C2100166A833882F6D25A5CBF6CCA256C290005F61B

 

Rare birds

http://www.camacdonald.com/birding/rarestbirds.html

worlds-rarest-bird-goes-extinct.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg18424773.400-

 

Bird species

http://www.birdlist.org/birds/bird.htm

http://www.birding.com/species.asp

 

Birds

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds/

 


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