| A | B |
|---|
| Birds live | in all places on earth |
| Birds hatch | from eggs |
| Baby birds | chicks |
| birds grow up | to look like their parents |
| Birds are covered with | feathers |
| Male birds have | brightly colored feather |
| Birds shed their feathers and grow new ones at least once a year | moltimg |
| Birds fly to warmer places for the winter | migrating |
| Birds migrate to | find more food to eat |
| birds migrate in | groups |
| a group of birds | flock |
| Birds move by | flying, running, walking, hopping, climbing, or swimming |
| Birds use air currents to | glide or soar |
| Loons and hummingbirds | cannot walk or hop |
| Ducks and loons swim | by moving their legs and feet |
| Bill | also called a beak |
| a bird uses its bill to | catch or pick up food |
| Birds with short legs | spend a lot of time climbing trees or flying |
| Birds with long legs | walk in water or run fast |
| Sharp curved tonails | claws or talons |
| Birds with sharp talons are called | birds of prey |
| Swimming birds use their | webbed feet |
| Swimming birds are called | water fowl |
| call | a single sound such as a peep or squawk |
| Birds call to | warn of danger or attract a male |
| Song | series of notes that has a pattern |
| curved, narrow bill | for insects |
| short, thick bill | for seeds |
| hooked bill | for meat |
| long, pointed bill | for fish |
| wide bill | plants or for small animals from the water |
| long, thin bill | for flower nectar |
| Most birds lay between | 2 and 8 eggs |
| a group of eggs | clutch |
| sitting on eggs to keep them warm | incubating |
| All songbirds have chicks | that need their parents' help |
| Owls | are carnivores |
| Carnivores | meat eaters |
| Prey | the animal a bird eats |
| Nocturnal | animals that sleep during the day and hunt at night |
| Pellet | a ball of the prey's bones, teeth, and feathers |
| Owls are helpful to farmers | because they eat rodents and other animals that damage crops |
