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