1. 1a. Identify the order, family, species, common name.
1b. What is the range of these birds in the U.S.?
1c. What is unique about their reproductive habits?
1d. Describes this bird in flight.

2. 2a. Identify the order, family, species, common name.
2b. What is the range of these birds in the U.S.?
2c. Describe this bird’s feeding method.
2d. How is this bird distinct from others in its order?

3. W X Y Z
3a. Identify the species, common name of each.
3b. What is the term for this order’s young?
3c. Describe how this bird feeds its young.
3d. What distinguishing characteristic enabled you to identify bird W?

4. 4a. Identify the order, family, species, common name.
4b. What is the bird in this picture doing?
4c. What is the purpose of this behavior?
4d. What habitat does this bird prefer?

5. J K
5a. Identify the order, family, species and common name of each.
5b. Which bird’s offspring would be least like the others at birth?
5c. Are any of these species considered endangered? L

6. 6a. Identify the order, family, species and common name.
6b. Describe this bird’s feeding method.
6c. What anatomical feature makes it necessary for the bird to feed this way?

7. A B
7a. Identify the species, common name of each.
7b. What gender is B?
7c. Describe the difference between B and the opposite gender if there is a significant difference.

8. 8a. Identify the order, family, species and common name.
8b. Describe this bird’s feeding method.
8c. Are these migratory birds?
8d. Describe this bird’s behavior when threatened.
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9. 9a. Identify the order, family, species, common name.
9b. In a group, how do these birds feed?
9c. What does this bird look like with eclipse plumage?
9d. Which scientist was first to describe this bird?

10. 10a. Identify the order, family, species, common name.
10b. Describe how this bird flies.
10c. What is a group of these birds called?
10d. How is this bird classified by the IUCN? What does IUCN stand for?

11. 1a. Falconiformes, Falconidae, Caracara cheriway, Crested Caracara
1b. Southern border of Texas, Arizona, Florida
1c. Builds nests out of sticks (other falcons do not build nests)
1d. Shallow, steady, powerful wingbeats; When hunting, flies low and patiently
2a. Charadriiformes, Scolopacidae, Dunlin, Calidris aplina
2b. Summer: North, Winter: Southwest
2c. “Sewing machine” methodically picking insects
2d. Black belly in breeding (summer) adults
3a. W- Zenaida macroura Mourning, X- Zenaida asiatica White-winged, Y- Columbina inca Inca, Z- Columbina passerina Common Ground
3b. Squabs
3c. Crop Milk – nutritious secretion of fluid-filled cells
3d. Long pointed tail
4a. Charadriiformes, Charadriidae, Charodrius vociferus, Killdeer
4b. Broken Wing Display
4c. Lure predators away from nest
4d. Open ground with low vegetation and gravel for nesting (not water like typical shorebirds)
5a. J- Galliformes, Odontophoridae, Colinus virginianus, Northern Bobwhite
K- Charadriiformes, Haematopoddidae, Haematopus palliatus, American Oystercatcher
L- Cuculiformes, Cuculidae, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, Black-billed cuckoo
5b. L has altricial young, not precocial
5c. J is near-threatened by IUCN
6a. Passeriformes, Laniidae, Lanius ludovicianus, Loggerhead Shrike
6b. Spears food on thorns/barbed wire so they can come back later
6c. Feet are not large or strong enough to hold prey
7a. A- Chondestes grammacus, Lark Sparrow; B- Calamospiza melanocorys, Lark Bunting
7b. Female
7c. Male is black with white wingtips
8a. Passeriformes, Certhiidae, Certhia americana, Brown Creeper
8b. Spirals up tree trunks searching for insects, repeat
8c. No. High altitude birds may migrate to low altitudes.
8d. Freezes with outspread wings, camouflaged
9a. Anseriformes, Anatidae, Anas clypeeta, Northern Shoveler
9b. Paddle in pinwheel formations, stirring up food to strain and eat
9c. Dull, more brown, may have white crescent behind bill
9d. Carolus Linnaeus
10a. Procellariiformes, Procellariidae, Puffinus creetopus, Pink-footed Shearwater
10b. Alternates slow wingbeats with gliding
10c. “Improbability”
10d. Vulnerable, International Union for the Conservation of Nature