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Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS

Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS. Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS. Lesson activity based on the ASU Ask-a-Biologist virtual aviary. Did you know?. Birds “sing” to attract mates and announce their territories. Birds “call” in alarm, or to announce food.

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Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS

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  1. Science Takes Wing - Lesson II -BIRD SOUNDS

  2. Science Takes Wing - Lesson II -BIRD SOUNDS Lesson activity based on the ASU Ask-a-Biologist virtual aviary

  3. Did you know? Birds “sing” to attract mates and announce their territories. Birds “call” in alarm, or to announce food. Each Bird species has its own song and call.

  4. Most birdwatchers find birds by hearing them first. You can learn to identify birds by sound, too!

  5. Here are 10 common birds found in Arizona’s riparian areas.

  6. Learning Bird Sounds Listen to each bird’s sound and make notes about what you hear. Is the sound sweet, raspy, fast, slow? Use your notes to answer quiz questions.

  7. Example: Bell’s Vireo Write on your paper something like: “Fast and Squeaky”

  8. Example Quiz: Which Bird Do you Hear? • Yellow-beak Bluebird • Bell’s Vireo C. Roadrunner

  9. We will learn all 10 birds and their songs then have the quiz.

  10. Canyon Wren

  11. Brown-Crested Flycatcher

  12. Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

  13. Lucy’s Warbler

  14. Abert’s Towhee

  15. Song Sparrow

  16. Bewick’s Wren

  17. Yellow Warbler

  18. Summer Tanager

  19. Ready for the Quiz? Listen to the bird song and select the correct answer from the choices given. Use your notes to help!

  20. Bird Song 1 Which bird do you hear? • Abert’s Towhee B. Yellow Warbler C. Bewick’s Wren

  21. Bird Song 2 Which bird do you hear? • Lucy’s Warbler B. Summer Tanager • Song Sparrow

  22. Bird Song 3 Which bird do you hear? A. Summer Tanager C. Brown-Crested Flycatcher B. Canyon Wren

  23. Bird Song 4 Which bird do you hear? • Lucy’s Warbler • Ladder-Backed Woodpecker • Bell’s Vireo

  24. Bird Song 5 Which bird do you hear? A. Canyon Wren B. Yellow Warbler • Song Sparrow

  25. Bird Song 6 Which bird do you hear? A. Summer Tanager • Bell’s Vireo • Song Sparrow

  26. Bird Song 7 Which bird do you hear? • Ladder-Backed Woodpecker • Abert’s Towhee • Bewick’s Wren

  27. Bird Song 8 Which bird do you hear? • Abert’s Towhee • Ladder-Backed Woodpecker • Bell’s Vireo

  28. Bird Song 9 Which bird do you hear? • Lucy’s Warbler • Bewick’s Wren • Bell’s Vireo

  29. Bird Song 10 Which bird do you hear? A. Summer Tanager • Ladder-Backed Woodpecker C. Canyon Wren

  30. Correct Your Quiz B. Yellow Warbler C. Song Sparrow C. Brown-Crested Flycatcher B. Ladder-Backed Woodpecker A. Song Sparrow C. Bell’s Vireo C. Bewick’s Wren A. Abert’s Towhee A. Lucy’s Warbler A. Summer Tanager How did you do?

  31. Try Listening Outside Explore bird sounds outdoors by sitting quietly and listening for 10 minutes. How many different bird songs or calls do you hear? Try this activity at different times of day. When do you hear the most? Why?

  32. Learn More Want to hear more bird songs? Visit the virtual aviary at the Ask-a-Biologist web site to listen and learn more about birds in the southwest.. http://askabiologist.asu.edu/birdsongs/ For more classroom activities please contact: Cathy Wise (602) 468-6470, cwise@audubon.org

  33. Bird Photograph Credits: Ladder-Backed Woodpecker, Canyon Wren, Yellow Warbler, Lucy’s Warbler: Robert Shantz Bewick’s Wren: Scott Streit Brown-Crested Flycatcher, Bell’s Vireo, Summer Tanager:Herbert Clarke Abert’s Towhee, Song Sparrow:Richard Ditch Acknowledgements The Ask-a-Biologist program is supported by the ASU School of Life Sciences. All the bird recordings and photographs for this activity used with permission of Ask-a-Biologist and Birding PDA. Sharing this activity is encouraged. Please be sure to submit the permission request form so that we can track the use of materials and keep this program running. http://askabiologist.asu.edu/pages/permissions.php Bird Cartoons by: Sabine Deviche

  34. Science Takes Wing - Lesson II -BIRD SOUNDS AZ Science Standards Alignment, Grades 5-8 Strand 1: Inquiry Process, Concept 1-3 * Strand 4: Life Science, Concept 4* * Performance objectives vary by grade

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