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What makes a bird a bird?
Feathers
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Since birds have backbones what phylum are they in?
Chordata
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Birds are in what class?
Aves
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Are birds warm-blooded or cold-blooded?
Warm-blooded
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What does cold-blooded mean?
The animal's body temperature changes depending on the temperature outside.
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What is warm-blooded?
An animal maintains a steady body temperature even if the air around them is freezing
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What is an ornithologist?
a person who studies birds
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What are people who enjoy watching and studying birds called?
birders
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What are the benefits of birds?
They keep the insect populations from getting out of control and possibly prevent famines on earth.
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What are some things that birds eat?
seeds, berries, fruit, insects, rodents, fish, worms
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What is a book called that helps us to identify birds?
a field guide
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What is migrating?
It is when birds travel to different places or habitats during different seasons
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Birds that may just travel through your city and stay only a day or two before heading north or south are called what?
migrant or transient birds
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What are field marks?
They are the little differences on a bird that help us to identify one bird from another.
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What is a wingbar?
It is a strip of color that crosses across a birds wing horizontally
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What is a crest?
It is a tuft of feathers on a birds crown
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What is the birds crown?
It is the top of a bird's head
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What is a passerine?
It is a perching bird. Passerines are also songbirds.
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What special features do passerines have?
They have feet that allow them to perch on branches, with three toes pointing forward and one toe pointing backwards. They can make songs.
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What are the names in order for the sizes of birds?
- very small
- sparrow-sized
- robin-sized
- pigeon-sizes
- crow-sized
- goose-sized
- very large
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If you want to find a particular bird what is the first thing you should find out about that bird?
It's habitat
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What is a syrinx?
It is the bird's voice box
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If a bird has more muscles on it's syrinx will it be able to make more or less songs?
more songs
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How do ornithologists classify birds?
by their song
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What is a bird's song?
a series of notes that have a pattern
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What is a bird's call?
A short sound that a bird makes. not a series of sounds like a song.
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How do birds mark their territory?
They will sing loudly
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Why do birds use their song?
- To mark their territory
- To find a mate
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What bird copies the songs of other birds?
- The mocking bird
- Mimus polyglottos
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When will a bird use it's call?
To gather other birds together for feeding or migrating
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What is drumming?
It is the continual rat-tat-tat-tat-tat that woodpeckers make tapping on trees, drainpipes, poles, tin roofs, or anything else that makes a loud noice to tell other birds this is his territory
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What is bird banding?
When ornithologist place stainless tags on birds
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What is bird banding for?
To track migration and populations
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Who was the first person to band a bird?
King Henry IV of France banded his Peregrine Falcons
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Who was the first person we know of that used banding to study migration?
John James Audubon
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How do banders catch birds for banding?
they use nets.
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