BIRDS Birds fly. They have two wings. The body of the bird is covered with feathers.

Birds have no mouth. They have beak. They have different kinds of beak for different purposes.

Birds Food Birds mostly use their keen eyesight to find food. worms small mammals fish fruit grain, or nectar. They use their beak and their claws to get bugs

To tear and eat meat

To make holes in wood and tree trunks

To find insects and worms from mud and shallow water

BEAK To tear and eat meat

NESTS BIRDS LIVE IN NESTS. BIRDS MAKE DIFFERENT KINDS OF NESTS.

Birds eat different kinds of food. Some birds eat fruits. E.g. parrot Some birds eat insects and worms. E.g. wood pecker Some birds eat dead animals. E.g. vulture

♦Birds have two feet ♦They have different kinds of feet for different purposes

Feet Webbed feet to swim in water

FEET To hold the tree branches

SPARROW The sparrow can be found in and around our own house. It makes its nest anywhere – on top of a cupboard, behind a mirror, on a ledge.

ROBIN The nest is made of grass. On top there were soft twigs, roots, wool, hair and cotton wool

CROW A crow’s nest is made of all kinds of things – even pieces of wire and wood. The crow builds its nest high up on a tree.

DOVE The dove makes its nest among the thorns of a cactus plant or a mehendi hedge.

WEAVER BIRD The male weaver bird makes beautifully woven nests. The female looks at all the nests and chooses the one that she likes the best and decides in which to lay her eggs.

EGGS  Birds lay eggs  The egg of ostrich is the largest egg.

♣The egg of an ostrich is the largest egg of the animal kingdom

SOUNDS OF BIRDS Ducks quack Hen clucks Owls hoot Crow caws

FLIGHTLESS BIRDS SOME BIRDS CANNOT FLY. Eg. OSTRICH EMU CASSOWARY

OSTRICH

EMU

HUMMING BIRD

HUMMING BIRD IS THE ONLY BIRD WHICH CAN FLY BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS.