Unit: Endangered Species

Worksheet 9 - Birds

Beaks and Feet
The shapes of birds' beaks (whether straight, curved, blunt or hooked) show the kind of food the bird eats. The feet often tell you about how the bird lives.

Try to match the beaks and feet with its description!

(Drag the arrows from the description to the bird's picture)

Bird Shapes

Here are some shapes of birds that you may see. Watch carefully to see where they are, what they do, and how they obtain their different foods. Circle the birds that you have seen.

Bird Addresses Where did you see your birds? Write the names of the birds you have seen next to the places where you saw them.
in low bushes _____________________ on the ground _____________________ in the tops of trees ___________________	on the beach _____________________ soaring in the sky ___________________ on the water _____________________

Bird Colours
Often a bird's colouring matches the colours in the bush or area where they live. Like other animals, birds live in places where they blend in with their surroundings as it helps them hide from predators such as snakes, cats and other birds. How many different colours can you spot on the birds in your area? Do the colours on the birds you have seen match with anything in the area you saw them?

Look at the birds that live in your area. Write the colours of the bird and its name (if you know it) in the space below. Then look around the place you saw the bird and fill in what matches with the bird's colour.

Bird Name	Colour of Bird	Colour in the Area
Parrot	red on wings yellow belly	red on gum leaves wattle flowers

A Bird's Life
Imagine you are a bird you have seen in your park. What sort of bird are you ? What colours do you have and do you match with anything nearby? What do your beak and feet look like?
Draw a picture and write a short story about your life as a bird.

Unit: Endangered Species

Worksheet 9 - Birds

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