BIRDS AND INSECTS

• Prepared by: Ms. Ridhi (PRT SCIENCE)

BIRDS

• Birds are very active and lively creatures • They have hollow bones that make their body

light• Birds do not have teeth

Uses of Beak

Nest of Birds

• Different birds lay different types of nests• Eg Tailor bird and Weaver Bird make nest in

special ways

Tailor Bird

• It has beak like a sewing needle

• It uses silk from the cobwebs and fibers from tree trunk as thread

• It selects two green leaves growing together

Weaver Bird

• It uses strips from fresh green leaves and dry grass to make the nest

• It ties the leaf fiber with the tree branch by knots

• It weaves the nest with its beak by first making the entrance and the walls

Migration

• Flying of birds from cold areas to warm areas in winters is called migration

• Painted stork and Siberian crane migrate to India in winters

COPPERSMITH

NEST OF COPPERSMITH

SUNBIRD

NEST OF SUNBIRD

NEST OF CROW

Insects

• There are more than a million kind of insects found on earth

• These include Grasshopper, beetles, bees, flies and mosquitoes

• They do not have bones• Body of insects is protected by tough outer

covering

Types of Insects

House fly

Mosquito

Silk Moth

Lady bird Beetle

Flea

Termite

HONEY BEE

STING OF HONEY BEE

WASP

STING OF WASP

SPIDER

SPIDER WEB

INSECTS TRAPPED IN ASPIDER WEB

LAC INSECT

LAC PRODUCED BY LAC INSECT

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