| A | B |
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| 5 parts of birds | 2 wings, beak, 2 feet, lay eggs and feathers. |
| vertebrate | animal with a backbone. |
| endothermic | warm-blooded. |
| bird bones | full of spaces filled with air. |
| bird senses | have good eyesight and hearing. |
| nest built in city | twigs, grass, hair, string and other items. |
| nest built by a pond | reeds and grasses |
| shaft | runs down the middle of the feather. |
| quill | tip of the feather. |
| barb | the part that comes out of the shaft. |
| hook | sticks out of the barb. |
| vane | all barbs together. |
| how penguins use wings | as flippers. |
| what keeps a penguin warm. | layer of fat under skin. |
| why penguin cannot fly | bones are solid (heavy) |
| fying birds | have hollow bones (light). |
| birds, other thanb penguin, that do not fly | kiwl, emu and ostrich. |
| 2 reasons birds have a particular type of feet. | what the bird eats and where the bird livews |
| feet of land birds | perch, climb, walk and grasp |
| feet of water birds | webs, ridges and long toes |
| perch | feet that are long and thin to help get a tight grip on branches. |
| climb | feet with claws to help grab wood. |
| walk | long toes with a hard tread on the bottom |
| grasp | toes with talons |
| birds of prey | have talons to grasp their prey |
| webs | feet to help swim and paddle |
| ridges | loops of scaly skin to swim or walk on mud |
| long toes | help birds wade and not sink into mud |
| how birds find food | color and shape of prey |
| meat eaters | have long curved beaks |
| hard thick beaks | have a point to crack seeds and nuts |
| wide flat beaks | tiny ridges along edge good for straining food |
| long straight hard beak | make holes in trees to dig out insects |
| long thin beak | use to sip nectar from flowers |
| hard hooked beak | good for cracking seeds |
| pointed beak | use to pick up large objects such as earthworms |
| food chain | transfer of energy from a producer to a consumer |
| the sun | is the start of the food chain |
| producers | green plants |
| consumers | animals |
| body feathers | have a little bit of fluffy down close to the quill |
| flight feathers | are on the wings and tail |
| down feathers | very fluffy and close to bird's body |
| reason down feathers are close to bird's body | keep warm |
| Smallest Owl | Elf Owl |
| Largest Owl | Great Gray Owl |
| Baby Owl | Chick or Owlet |
| Egg Tooth | Helps chick push out of shell |
| Nocturnal | Active at night |
| Owl diet | Rodents, insects, frogs and birds |
| Owl Pellet | Blackish clod of fur, feathers and bones |
| Amount of time to form and cast pellet | 6 to 12 hours |
| Elf Owl | 13 cm |
| Great Gray Owl | 82 cm |
| Snowy Owl | 67 cm |
| Long-Eared Owl | 40 cm |
| Barn Owl | 50 cm |
| Whiskered Owl | 17 cm |
| Carnivore | Meat eater |
| Preen | to clean feathers with beak |
