bird scavenger hunt 30 clues. nest there are two types: contour and down

BIRD SCAVENGER HUNT

30 clues

NEST

There are two types: contour and down

FEATHERS

# of CHAMBERS IN A BIRD HEART

4

Bird BONES HAVE MANY _____ CAVITIES

AIR

MOST BIRDS MIGRATE IN WHAT DIRECTION?

LATITUDINAL (NORTH TO SOUTH)

AN EXTINCT BIRD

DODO

THE NUMBER OF BIRD SPECIES KNOWN…

9000

BIRDS EVOLVED FROM WHAT GROUP OF DINOSAURS?

SAURISCHIAN

ELEMENT THAT MAKES EGGS HARD

CALCIUM

BIRD have A ______ FOR carrying food before it travels into the gizzard

CROP

THE BEST SENSE A BIRD HAS

VISION

THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ORDERS IN THE CLASS AVES

27

FREELY MOVABLE VERTEBRAE

CERVICALS

UNDEVELOPED COMPARED TO MAMMALS

CEREBRAL CORTEX

IMMEDIATELY INDEPENDENT, ACTIVE CHICKS

PRECOCIAL

STRONGEST FLYING MUSCLE

PECTORALIS

BIRDS FREQUENTLY DO THIS to REDUCE WEIGHT

DEFECATE

PRIMARY SITES OF OXYGEN EXCHANGE

PARABRONCHI

FEET TYPE OF CHICKENS

SCRATCHING

FEET TYPE OF OSTRICHES

RUNNING

BIRD KIDNEYS

METANEPHRIC

MOST MALE BIRDS LACK A ______.

PENIS

ONE MALE WILL BOND ONE FEMALE FOR AT LEAST ONE SEASON

MONOGAMY

AN EXTINCT PIGEON THAT BECAME OVERLY HUNTED IN N. AMERICA

PASSENGER

HEARING STRUCTURE

COCHLEA

NAKED HELPLESS CHICKS

ALTRICIAL

HIGH ASPECT RATIO WING TYPE

SOARING

SPECIALIZED IMMUNE SYSTEM CELLS

PHAGOCYTES

EMERGENT FROM THE SKIN FOLLICLE. PART OF FEATHER.

QUILL

BIRD SPECIES INTRODUCED TO

NORTH AMERICA BY HUMANS

STARLING

BIRDS BUILD A ____ IN ORDER TO PROTECT

THEIR EGGS