What is a book called that helps us to identify birds?
a field guide
What is migrating?
It is when birds travel to different places or habitats during different seasons
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
What are field marks?
They are the little differences on a bird that help us to identify one bird from another.
What is a wingbar?
It is a strip of color that crosses across a birds wing horizontally
What is a crest?
It is a tuft of feathers on a birds crown
What is the birds crown?
It is the top of a bird's head
What is a passerine?
It is a perching bird. Passerines are also songbirds.
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.
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
If you want to find a particular bird what is the first thing you should find out about that bird?
It's habitat
What is a syrinx?
It is the bird's voice box
If a bird has more muscles on it's syrinx will it be able to make more or less songs?
more songs
How do ornithologists classify birds?
by their song
What is a bird's song?
a series of notes that have a pattern
What is a bird's call?
A short sound that a bird makes. not a series of sounds like a song.
How do birds mark their territory?
They will sing loudly
Why do birds use their song?
To mark their territory
To find a mate
What bird copies the songs of other birds?
The mocking bird
Mimus polyglottos
When will a bird use it's call?
To gather other birds together for feeding or migrating
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
What is bird banding?
When ornithologist place stainless tags on birds
What is bird banding for?
To track migration and populations
Who was the first person to band a bird?
King Henry IV of France banded his Peregrine Falcons
Who was the first person we know of that used banding to study migration?