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NAME: _____________________________________________

SCHOOL: ___________________________________________

CLASS: ___________ DATE: ______________

FIELDS AND FIELDS AND FIELDS AND FIELDS AND

PLAYGROUNPLAYGROUNPLAYGROUNPLAYGROUNDDDD

Material didàctic del Camp d’Aprenentatge de la Noguera per al

Projecte “Fields and playground birds”

Autora: Eva Mondéjar Verdú

Imatge de portada: http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/kidscorner/classification/kc_classification_b

irds.htm

St. Llorenç de Montgai. Octubre 2010.

Camp d’Aprenentatge la Noguera

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CONTENTS

Introduction..................................................................2

1.WHAT IS A BIRD? ..............................................................3

2.WHICH KIND OF SCIENTIST DOES STUDY BIRDS?........................5

3. WHAT IS BIRDING OR BIRDWATCHING? ..................................5

4. WHAT DO WE NEED TO STUDY BIRDS? ....................................6

5. BIRDWATCHING: GETTING STARTED.......................................6

6. IN WHAT ENVIRONMENTS DO BIRDS LIVE AND NEST? …….............7

7. LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS: WHERE DO BIRDS NEST?.....................8

8.HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY A BIRD?...........................................11

9. BIRDS’ BEAKS AND BIRDS’ FOOD...........................................13

10. BIRD’S FEET...................................................................15

11. FLYING SCHOOL.............................................................16

12. CHIRRUPS AND SONGS......................................................18

13.BEING A BIRD DETECTIVE. MAKING NOTES.............................19

14. THE BINOCULARS’ PARTS.................................................. 21

15. INTERESTING THINGS THAT YOU MUST KNOW ABOUT

BIRDS..............................................................................22

15.1 Birding guide..........................................................23

OTHER ACTIVTIES THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT BIRDS

1.Make a speedy bird cake................................................25

2.Make a food chain mobile...............................................25

3.Make a recycled bird feeder............................................28

4. Make a bird mask.......................................................29


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If you look out of a window and

look for long enough, you can be sure

that you will see a bird, even if you

are in the middle of a busy city, or

just looking out onto your school’s

playground.

There are over 10.000 types ―or

species― of birds in the world, and

you can find over 1000 of them in

Europe.

Are you ready???

The first and the more

important question is……


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1.WHAT IS A BIRD?

1.1 Do you know what makes a bird different from other

animals?

Blue Jay - bird

1.Is it their pretty

colours?_________

Karner Blue Butterfly -

insect

toucan - bird

2. Is it their

beak?__________

platypus - mammal

penguin egg

3. Is it their eggs?

______________

crocodile egg

bald eagle - bird

4. Is it their

wings?

_______________

dragonfly - insect

Then what is it!?_____________________


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All birds have __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ and only

birds have them!

_______________ perform different tasks in birds. Soft

down keeps them warm, wing ____________ allow flight and

tail ___________ are used for steering.

A bird can use the colour of the ____________ with

camouflage purposes (to escape from predators) or with

attraction purposes (to find a boyfriend or a girlfriend!)

More about birds…

• A bird is an animal with feathers.

• Birds have two legs and two wings.

• Birds have a beak or a bill.

• They lay eggs. Chicks hatch from the eggs.

• They are warm-blooded.

• Birds breathe faster than mammals and their bodies are

warmer. Only mammals and birds are warm-blooded.

GROUPING BIRDS

• Birds can be grouped according to the place where they

live: land birds, water birds, Arctic birds, tropical birds.

• Birds can be grouped according to what they eat - birds

that eat insects, birds that eat fruits and seeds, birds

that eat meat and fish.

• Birds can also be grouped according to the shape of their

feet, beaks or wings.


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2.WHICH KIND OF SCIENTIST DOES STUDY

BIRDS?

The person who studies birds is called an ________

The study of birds is called ____________

3. WHAT IS BIRDING OR BIRDWATCHING?

_________________________________

_________________________________

_________________________________

Different people enjoy birds in different ways.

Some travel the world to see as many species as

possible. Some watch birds on their own, some with

friends and some in bigger groups.

You can watch birds, study birds, draw birds, and

photograph birds…. But the fact is there are many, many

ways to enjoy birds.


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4. WHAT DO WE NEED TO STUDY BIRDS?

5. BIRDWATCHING: GETTING STARTED

One of the great things about birds is that there are so

many different species. Being able to tell apart the most basic

bird species is a good start. You probably know many more birds

than you think. Try to write down all the birds you recognize and

see how many you can get.

________________________________ __________________________________

________________________________ __________________________________

________________________________ __________________________________

________________________________ __________________________________

________________________________ __________________________________

________________________________ __________________________________

1.

2.

3.


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6. IN WHAT ENVIRONMENTS DO BIRDS LIVE

AND NEST?

Do you know other places?_____________

_________________________________

_________________________________

1.

2.

8.

4.

5.

3.

7. 6.

9.


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7. LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS: WHERE DO

BIRDS NEST?

a.___________________________ b._____________________________

c.___________________________ d._____________________________

e.____________________________ f.______________________________

g.____________________________ h.______________________________


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i._______________________________ j.________________________________

K._______________________ l._________________________________________

m.________________________ n.________________________________

7.1 When birdwatching we need to camuflage ourselves;

how can we do it?

_________________________________

_________________________________

_________________________________


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7.2 Name these different birdwatching places:

a.______________________ b.______________________

c.______________________ d._______________________

e._______________________ f._______________________

g._______________________ h._______________________


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8.HOW CAN WE IDENTIFY A BIRD?

Using your field guidebook

In order to discover the names of new birds you’ll need a field

guidebook. Once you know a bird’s name, you can find out

everything else about it- where it lives, what its chirrup sounds

like, where it nests and what it likes for breakfast.


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8.1Do you know how a bird’s anatomy is? Name the

different parts of this bird’s body

This bird is a male chaffinch, you can find out its colours and paint it.

8.2 Have you ever seen a bird’s skeleton?

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

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11.

A and B are…

____________________

C. It’s

______________________

D. It’s

____________________


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9. BIRDS’ BEAKS AND BIRDS’ FOOD

Did you ever wonder why there are so many types of bird

beaks?

The most important function of a bird beak is feeding, and

its shape depends on what the bird eats. The bill is one of the

characteristics used to identify birds.

You can learn about a bird behavior by looking at its bill and

trying to imagine what it eats. Then you may guess where it lives,

and so on.

9.1 What can it eat with this beak?

Feeding chart

Bird Food Insects Fruits Worms Seeds Meat Carrion Fish Grass

Sparrow

Blackbird

Pied Wagtail

Golden eagle


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Bird Food Insects Fruits Worms Seeds Meat Carrion Fish Grass

Mallard

Griffon vulture

Great Heron

Swallow

Magpie

White stork

Hoopoe


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10. BIRD’S FEET

10.1 Each bird species has a different type of feet. Do

you know why?

________________________________________________

________________________________________________

________________________________________________

____________________________________________

10.2 Try to guess what is the use of each kind of feet.

Swimming Running Wading Climbing Perching Grasping

______________________ _____________________ _____________________

_____________________ _____________________ ______________________


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11. FLYING SCHOOL

Most summer migrants arrive in Europe in April or May.

This makes spring an exciting time for birdwatching. They have

come from far away. They have flown thousands of miles to

reach Europe.

Birds make this amazing journey twice every year, to find

food or breeding sites, where they can nest and bring up their

young. This is called MIGRATION and the birds are known as

MIGRANTS

No one is sure how birds find their way on long migrations;

it is thought that they use the position of the sun and the stars

and the Earth’s magnetic field to guide them.

Do you know the common swift ?

Or the swallow ?Or the house martin ?

These birds live in towns and croplands and they

are always flying around the sky. Since they are very

common we don’t pay attention to them: we are

accostumed to see them.

You can observe the sky in May and write down

“What is the first day that you can see them in your

town”


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Common swift

House Martin

Swallow

Arrival’s date

Arrival’s date Arrival’s date

Departure’s date

Departure’s date Departure’s date

Go around your town and observe how their nests are. After

that, draw them with their differences.

Common Swift nest

House Martin nest

Swallow nest


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12. CHIRRUPS AND SONGS

Name the following equipment needed to record bird songs

HEAR DIFFERENT SOUNDS IN THE INTERNET...........

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_white_wagtail.html

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_blackbird.html

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_barn_swallow.html

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_common_swift.html

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_greenfinch.html

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_european_goldfinch.html

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_great_tit.html

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_house_martin.html

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_house_sparrow.html

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie/birdschool/the_magpie.htm

1.

2.

3.

4.


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13.BEING A BIRD DETECTIVE. MAKING

NOTES

1. 2.

4.

3.

5.


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13.1.How to draw birds? Steps!

1 2 3

1. Draw a circular shape for the head. It doesn't have to be perfect.

2. Near the centre of it, draw a small circle for the eye.

3.Across from the eye, draw a diamond shape for the beak. Let it

extend farther outside the circle. Then strike through half (horizontally)

of the diamond.

4 5

4.Under the head, draw a large, slanted oval for the body

5.Add a long cone continuing from the end of the body. This will form

into the tail.

6 7 8

6.Draw a long rectangle from a section of the cone. This is where the

tail feathers go.

7. Against the back of the body, draw a slim oval as a section of the

wing.

8.From the end of the first section, draw a long slim cone past the

body. Draw out the tip of the wing on the other side. Also, draw in the feet.

(www.TheCarderMethod.com/Painting)


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14. THE BINOCULARS’ PARTS

How to use the binoculars?

1._________________________________________

________________________________________

2._________________________________________

________________________________________

3._________________________________________

________________________________________

4._________________________________________

________________________________________

1. 2.

3.

4.


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15. INTERESTING THINGS THAT YOU MUST

KNOW ABOUT BIRDS

Birds’ records!!! Try to find these special birds and make

an exposition about them to your classmates.

1.The biggest bird is____________________________

2.The largest wingspanned bird’s is_________________

3.The smallest bird is___________________________

4.The fastest bird in the sky is___________________

5.The fastest bird on land is______________________

6.The bird which flies the highest is________________

7.The longest migration of a bird is that of the________

8.The shortest-legged bird is_____________________

9.The longest-beaked bird is_____________________

10.The best night vision among birds is that of the____

11.The best-hearing bird is_______________________

12.The first known bird is________________________


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15.1. Birding guide

These are some of the birds that you can see near the school, Do you Know

some of these birds? Could you recognize them on the fields?

1.House sparrow

(pardal)

2. White wagtail

(cuereta blanca)

3.Great tit (mallerenga

carbonera)

4.Goldfinch

(cadernera)

5.Greenfinch

(verderol)

6. Blackbird

(merla)

7. Magpie (garça)

8. Swallow (oreneta)

9. House martin

(oreneta cuablanca)

10. Common

swift (falciot)

11. Cuckoo

(cucut)

12. Hoopoe

(puput)

13.Rock dove, collared dove

(colom I tórtora)

14.Kestrel (xoriguer) 15. White stork

(cigonya)


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OTHER

ACTIVTIES

THAT YOU CAN

DO ABOUT

BIRDS


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1.Make a speedy bird cake

Make this quick and easy cake to keep the birds happy.

Stuff you need

Good quality bird seed; raisins; peanuts; grated cheese; suet or lard;

yoghurt pots; string; mixing bowl; scissors

2.Make a food chain mobile

Decorate your room with this smart mobile and learn about the food chain

at the same time.

Stuff you need

Paper, card, scissors, compasses, paints, crayons or felt-tips, string, pins.


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Instructions

1. Practise drawing the different elements of the chain on paper.

Make sure you give them a clear outline that you can cut around.

2. Draw the smallest food, the hazel nut, in the food chain, and use the

compasses to draw a circle around it.

3. Draw the mouse around this circle. Surround that with a circle of its

own, and draw the owl around that.

4. Colour your food chain in. It doesn’t matter if you go over the edges

because you are going to cut it out.


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5. Cut out all the circles, and then cut around the outlines of the nut, the mouse and the owl.

6. Carefully pierce a hole in the top of the hazel nut, and thread string through it.

Pierce another hole above the circle in the mouse and string the two

together.

Use a pin to make a hole in the mouse where the mouse and nut are

balanced, as in the drawing.

You might need to try more than one position with the pin.

When the hole is in the right place, thread string through it.

7. Attach the mouse to the owl in the same way as step 6 and find the

balance point with a pin.

Hang up your finished mobile and watch it move in the wind.


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3.Make a recycled bird feeder

Make a bird feeder from the bottles you would throw away.

Stuff you need

Plastic drinks bottles, yoghurt pots or milk cartons (make sure they're

clean), wire or string, bird seed, scissors.

Instructions

1. Cut a hole in the side large enough to allow a free flow of seeds, but

in such a way that it won’t all fall out on the ground in the slightest

puff of wind, and won’t get wet if it rains.

2. Make a few small holes in the bottom of your feeder to allow any

rainwater to drain away.


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3. Hang it with wire, or even strong string from a tree or your washing

line.

4. If your feeder starts to wear out or the food in it goes mouldy,

recycle it and make another one!

Remember to keep your feeders well stocked, especially in winter.

Birds come to rely on them and will go hungry if you forget.

http://www.rspb.org.uk/schoolswatch/resources/teacherstv.aspx

http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/makeanddo/activities/stringbird.asp

4. Make a bird mask

Print it in their original format and paint it with the bird’s real colours

http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/learn/birdsofprey.asp


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Information and books

http://www.rspb.org.uk/

http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/learn/birdsofprey.asp

http://www.usborne.com/

http://www.rspb.org.uk/schoolswatch/resources/teacherstv.aspx

http://www.rspb.org.uk/youth/makeanddo/activities/stringbird.asp

http://www.wildlifegarden.ie

Images http://www.ebrisa.com/

-Pocket birds of Britain and Europe. Jonathan Elphick, John woodward

RSPB

- Birdwatching. Susanna Davison. Ed. Usborne

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