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| List the 6 categories of birds used by bird watchers? |
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| Perching, birds of prey, water, game, flightless, tropical |
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| List the 6 characteristics common to all Aves, living and extinct? |
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| Bipedal, warm-blooded, vertebrates, feathers, scaly legs, wings |
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| Feathers and bills are both made of what substance? |
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| What is a hummingbird doing when he is stationary in the air? |
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| What is the nutrient-rich fluid that feeds an unhatched chick? |
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| The region of an egg where the embryo develops? |
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| Organ used to grind food? |
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| Soft, fluffy feathers found close to a bird’s body |
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| Food storage sac in a bird’s esophagus? |
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| Wing bone that the major flight muscles connect? |
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| Color patterns and markings of specific birds? |
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| Which type of chicks are featherless and helpless when they hatch? |
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| Which group of birds does not provide and parental care for their young? |
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| What is the fastest flying bird? |
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| Birds that sit on their eggs lose feathers from where, to help warm eggs? |
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| Which type of vision allows each of a bird’s eyes to see a different portion of the world around them? |
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| Migration routes followed year after year? |
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| Bird feet with three forward toes and one hind toe? |
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| Type of flight that allows birds to coast downhill? |
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| How are eggs kept warm to allow the chicks to develop? |
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| Birds that catch insects while in flight have which kind of bill? |
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| The outer most shell of an egg is made of what? |
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| Using thermals to gain altitude without using energy is called? |
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| Produces oil that birds spread over their feathers? |
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| Strong feathers found on a bird’s body, wings, and tail? |
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| Retractable group of feathers supported by a bird’s thumb bone? |
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| Produces sound without vocal cords? |
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| Feathers extending from a bird’s hand to the tip of its wing? |
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| What is it called when birds use ants to clean their plumage? |
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| What is it called when birds bathe without using water? |
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| What is it called when smaller birds harass a larger bird? |
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| What is it called when birds migrate up and down a mountain? |
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| List and label the 4 main parts of a feather? |
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| Compare and contrast a bird and mammal respiratory system? |
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