Created by Raina Kahanu for Edu300 at Pacific University in May of 2010.
Instructions for using this book:
This works best if an internet browser is available for use as many items
are linked to the internet for further research. If you click the links, be
sure to close them as you go along so that your computer runs faster.
You can always go back to pages you found really interesting.
To “turn” your page, click the arrow buttons
takes you back a page.
takes you to the next page.
A * next to a word will take you to a website. Any other link will
you to a picture.
take
Click the name of the bird at the top to go to the Wikipedia page for
that bird.
Try clicking on the various pictures to go to other Wikipedia pages as
well.
Enjoy!
Begin!
ALBATROSS
An Albatross is a large seabird.
They live in the Southern Ocean*
and North Pacific*.
19 of the 21 species of Albatross
are becoming extinct*.
They eat mostly cephalopods*,
fish, and crustaceans.
Albatrosses usually nest on
islands.
BLUEBIRD
Bluebirds love open grasslands*
and trees.
They live in the Americas.
There are three different types of
bluebirds.
They can live for up to ten years.
Want to know more about bluebirds or hear the song they sing?
Click here:
*
NORTH AMERICA
SOUTH AMERICA
CRANE
There are 15 kinds of cranes.
Cranes feed on berries, insects,
rodents, and fish.
They live on every continent
except Antarctica and South
America.
Some cranes migrate* while
other species of cranes do not,
The Seven Continents
DOVE
Doves are similar to pigeons*, and there
are over 300 species of the two.
Doves live all over the world except
where it is too hot or too cold, like the
Sahara Desert or Antarctica.
Most doves live in tropical forests and
woodlands because there is a lot to eat
and many trees to build nests in.
They eat mostly fruits and seeds that they
find.
Sahara Desert in Africa
Click the picture for more information on the Sahara Desert.
EAGLE
The Bald Eagle and the Golden
Eagle are the two found in the
United States.
Eagles have really good eyesight
that helps them find their food from
far away.
Eagles are large and are birds of
prey.
The Great Seal of the United States
has the image of a Bald Eagle.
The 2 species of Eagles that live in North America are the:
Bald Eagle
Golden Eagle
The Great Seal of the United States
Do you know what the eagle is holding in each of its talons?
Click the talons in the picture to find out the answer.
In the Eagles left (dexter)
talon is an olive branch
.
In the Eagles right (sinister)
talon are 13 arrows.
The number 13 signifies the
original 13 colonies.
(Georgia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South
Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York,
North Carolina, and Rhode Island.
FROGMOUTH
Frogmouths are nocturnal
birds.
They live in Asia and
Australia.
They are called Frogmouths
because they sit with their
mouths open, like frogs.
NOCTURNAL:
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the night (opposed to diurnal).
2. done, occurring, or coming at night: nocturnal visit.
3. active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal
animals.
4. opening by night and closing by day, as certain
flowers (opposed to diurnal).
GROUND-ROLLER
There are 5 species, and they
all live in Madagascar. Four
species live in the rainforest,
and one lives in the desert.
They eat reptiles and large
insects.
Madagascar
HUMMINGBIRD
Hummingbirds are the only
birds that can fly backwards.
They beat their wings 12-90
times per second.
They drink nectar out of
flowers because it provides
them with nutrients.
They are some of the smallest
birds around the world.
NECTAR:
–noun
1. the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or
birds that pollinate the flower.
2. the juice of a fruit, esp. when not diluted, or a blend of fruit juices:
pear nectar; tropical nectar.
3. Classical Mythology. the life-giving drink of the gods.Compare
ambrosia (def. 1).
4. any delicious drink.
IBIS
Ibises dig in mud for
crustaceans* to eat.
They have long legs and
long beaks.
JUNCO
They prefer to live on dry soil.
They live in North America.
Junco eat seeds and tiny
insects.
They build their nests in hidden
areas.
NORTH AMERICA
KOOKABURRA
Kookaburra are large birds.
They live in Australia and New
Guinea.
Their call sounds like humans
laughing. (Can you laugh like a
kookaburra?)
They are meat eaters, and eat
things like lizards, mice, small
birds, and snakes.
Click here for lyrics to a fun kookaburra song.
Kookaburra Song:
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Merry merry king of the bush is he
Laugh! Kookaburra laugh!
Kookaburra gay your life must be.
Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree
Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop! Kookaburra stop!
Kookaburra leave some there for me.
LARK
These birds mostly live in the
Old World and northern and
eastern Australia.
They eat seeds and insects.
Their color easily
camouflages them into the
ground.
Old World
MOCKINGBIRD
Mockingbirds are known for
mimicking other sounds made
by other birds or insects.
Mockingbirds also have the
ability to detect a threatening
person from a crowd.
There are 17 species of
mockingbirds.
NIGHT HERON
Night herons are nocturnal* birds.
They stand by the waters edge and
attack prey.
They eat fish, insects, small
mammals, frogs, and crustaceans.
They live in tree tops or on islands.
O
OSTRICH
An ostrich can weigh up to
290 pounds.
O
They live in Africa.
They eat mostly seeds,
grass, flowers, and insects.
The ostrich egg is the
largest egg.
O
O
O
O
O
Ostrich egg
Chicken egg
PEAFOWL
Males are called peacocks
and females are peahens.
The males have the colorful
feathers.
There are two different
species.
Indian peafowl
This is the national bird of India!
Green peafowl 
India
India’s Flag 
QUAIL
This bird lives in Europe, Asia,
and Africa.
It eats seeds and insects that
it finds on the ground.
These birds like to walk more
than they like to fly.
ROBIN (American)
R
This is the state bird in
Connecticut, Michigan,
and Wisconsin.
They eat berries, fruits,
and invertebrates* such
as beetles and
caterpillars.
They live far north is
Canada and Alaska,
and migrate south to
Mexico and Florida.
SPARROW
These birds eat mostly seeds,
but sometimes they eat small
insects too.
There are many different
species of sparrows.
They are found all over the
world.
Click the Sparrow to find out what species it is.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Yellow Throated
Sparrow
Italian Sparrow
Desert Sparrow
TOUCAN
They have short wings and
large, colorful beaks.
Toucans live in forests in the
neotropics.
They use their becks to eat
fruits, which makes up most of
their diet. Sometimes they
eat small insects too.
Neotropic Ecozone
Includes South and Central America, parts of Mexico, the
Caribbean Islands, and lower Florida.
VEERY
The Veery is also called Willow
Thrush or Wilson’s Thrush.
They live in southern Canada
and the United States.
When it is cold, they migrate to
South America.
They walk on forest floors looking
for insects to eat. They also eat
berries.
WOOKPECKER
Woodpeckers live in forests and
woodlands.
They live all around the world, except
in Australia, New Zealand, and
Madagascar or where it is too cold.
They use their beaks to drill holes into
trees. Then they use their tongues to
eat insects from inside the tree.
Since forests are disappearing, some
species are going extinct*.
Woodlands
Forests
YELLOWHEAD
Yellowheads are endemic to
the South Island of New
Zealand
Yellowheads are on New
Zealand’s $100 note
New Zealand
Did you notice there was no bird for the
letters X, V, and Z?
That’s because there are no birds that start with
those letter.
Can you use your imagination to create a
new species of bird that starts with either an
X, V, or Z.
What does it eat?
What color is it?
Where does it live?
The End!
I hope you enjoyed this book and
learned a lot about various bird!
To view the resources used in this book, click here
Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peafowl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_peafowl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_%28bird%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_peafowl
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continental_models.gif
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_Desert
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Eagle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogmouth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Tree_Sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-throated_Sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toucan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-roller
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neotropic_ecozone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veery
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodpecker
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowhead_%28bird%29
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_zealand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lark
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Eurasia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_heron