Birds I. Bird Characteristics 1. forelimbs modified into wings 2. hindlimbs modified for swimming, walking or perching. 3. Feathers 4. Warmblooded.

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Birds

I. Bird Characteristics 1. forelimbs modified into wings 2. hindlimbs modified for swimming, walking or perching. 3. Feathers 4. Warmblooded

More 5. four chambered heart 6. legs with claws and scales 7. no teeth 8. thin, hollow bones 9. many bones fused together

More 10. air sacs for extra oxygen while flying 11. excellent sight and sense of balance 12. lay hardshelled eggs 13. large pectoral muscles 14. molt (shed) feathers

II. Bird Diversity 1. vertebrate class Aves orders families species species observed in Ks (half national total)

More species are transients are residents all or part of the year (55 perm, 127 summer, 53 winter) of the orders are found in Ks.

III. Bird Adaptations 1. different types of feathers; flight, down, contour and tail 2. Feathers;camouflage, attract mate, insulate, waterproof, streamline, acting like ears (owls)

More 3.nests –wide variety of styles, sizes and sites 4.number of eggs varies, care of young is precocial or altricial 5. most vocalize to mark territory and/or attract a mate

More 6.excellent sight, poor smell and variable hearing 7. beaks and feet modified for many different uses, see next slides Last, a vocabulary list

Vocabulary Altricial Arboreal Carnivorous Crepuscular Diurnal Gregarious Herbivorous Nocturnal Ornithology Piscivorous Precocial Solitary Terrestrial

Beaks Ducks: sieve-like bill edge strains out water plants and animals Woodpecker: hard, sharp chisel mounted on extra-thick skull.

More beaks Herons: long neck and bill are spring- loaded spear Warblers: precision tool picks small insects off trees

Finches (Cardinal):seedeaters are equipped with a nutcracker Hummingbird: long thin tube dips deep into flowers for nectar Hawks: strongly hooked bill tears prey apart.

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