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1a. Identify the species and common name 1b. What does this bird eat?

1a. Identify the species and common name 1b. What does this bird eat? 1c. How does this bird obtain its food? 1d. Describe this bird’s nest. A. B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. What is this? Label please. (A-I). 3a. Identify the species and common name. 3b. Describe this bird’s nest.

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1a. Identify the species and common name 1b. What does this bird eat?

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  1. 1a. Identify the species and common name 1b. What does this bird eat? 1c. How does this bird obtain its food? 1d. Describe this bird’s nest

  2. A B C D E F G H I What is this? Label please. (A-I)

  3. 3a. Identify the species and common name. 3b. Describe this bird’s nest. 3c. What is cool about this family’s middle toe? 3d. What is the meaning of this family’s Latin name, and why?

  4. A B What kind of food do all these birds eat? C

  5. A B 5a. Identify each species and common name. 5b. How were you able to distinguish between the two? 5c. How would their voices differ? 5d. What relationship do birds of species A have with ants? 5e. What cool thing do birds of species B do to garner the reputation of being acrobatic fliers?

  6. 6a. Identify the species and common name. 6b. What is the reason for this bird’s common name? 6c. Describe how this bird migrates (alone, pairs, groups, etc) 6d. Describe how this bird breeds (when, where)

  7. 7a. Identify the species and common name. 7b. Describe how these birds feed their young. 7c. How have humans benefited from these birds? 7d. Describe this bird’s flight and adaptations for such flight.

  8. On vacation in Arizona, you see a medium-sized bird perched upright by a nest hole about 25 feet off the ground. Being only about 5.5 feet tall, you squint up at it in awe. It has a red belly, a white breast stripe, and a squared white undertail streaked with black. What is the name of this bird?

  9. 9a. Identify the species and common name. 9b. Describe this bird’s habitat. 9c. Describe this bird’s nest. 9d. Describe this bird’s feeding habits.

  10. A B 10a. Identify the species and common name of each. 10b. If you liked birds of species B a lot, what would you put in your feeder? 10c. If you found a nest belonging to birds of species B, what would it look like? 10d. What adorable behavior do nesting parents of species A demonstrate?

  11. 1a. Passeriformes, Myiarchuscrinitus, Great Crested Flycatcher 1b. Insects or other invertebrates 1c. Perches, sallies out to catch in mid-air around top of canopy 1d. Cavities, often lined with snakeskin or other crinkly trash 2. Digestive System A – Oesophagus F - Duodenum B – Crop G - Intestines C – Liver H - Cloaca D – Pancreas I - Vent E – Ventriculus 3a. Caprimulgiformes, Caprimulguscarolinensis, Chuck-will’s-widow 3b. No nesting structure. Lays eggs on bare ground. 3c. Has a pectinate claw – serrated edges 3d. “Goatsucker” or “Goat Milker” – believed to take milk from goats (false...) 4. A – Emberizidae B – Fringillidae C – Icteriidae Primarily seeds, insects 5a. A: Corvusbrachyrhynchas, American Crow; B: Corvuscorax, Common Raven 5b. Crow feathers lie nicely against each other (rounded), Raven feathers do not (pointed) Raven beak has more prominent arch; Raven is pitch black, no lighter markings or green tint Raven on log v Crow on post – Ravens avoid populated areas as much as possible 5c. Crow – irritating, more high-pitched; Raven – much hoarser, lower, varied, less irritating 5d. A crow will stand over an anthill and allow ants to climb onto its feathers so they discharge their formic acid and are more palatable to the crow 5e. Ravens have been observed flying upside down for up to 1 km. 6a. Calcariuslapponicus, Lapland Longspur 6b. Elongated claw of the hind toe 6c. Huge flocks, up to 4 million birds 6d. High arctic with continual daylight during the summer 7a. Fraterculacirrhata, Tufted Puffin 7b. Bring back 10ish fish (up to 60) in their bill 7c. Skins used to make tough parkas worn feather-side in 7d. Steady aerobically strenuous wing-beat; short wings for diving/swimming, incapable of gliding, thick, dark, myoglobin-rich breast muscles 8. Troganelegans, Elegant Trogon 9a. Toxostomacurvirostre, Curve-billed Thrasher 9b. Thorn brush ad scrub, semi-desert (mesquite, cholla cactus), around towns 9c. Deep cup of twigs, lined with grasses, other fine materials in cactus/spiny shrub 9d. Forages on ground, probes plant litter, digs holes in soil with bill 10a. A: Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticusludovicianus; B: Evening Grosbeak, Coccothraustesvespertinus 10b. A lot a lot a lot of sunflower seeds 10c. Thin, shallow nest loosely constructed for moss, lichen, thin sticks (you can often see the eggs from below, it is that loose); light blue-green eggs with speckles on large end 10d. They sing to each other when they exchange places incubating the eggs <3

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