Created by Raina Kahanu for Edu300 at Pacific University in May of 2010.

Instructions for using this book:

This works best if an internet browser is available for use as many items
are linked to the internet for further research. If you click the links, be
sure to close them as you go along so that your computer runs faster.
You can always go back to pages you found really interesting.

To turn your page, click the arrow buttons

takes you back a page.

takes you to the next page.

A * next to a word will take you to a website. Any other link will take
you to a picture.

Click the name of the bird at the top to go to the Wikipedia page for
that bird.

Try clicking on the various pictures to go to other Wikipedia pages as

well.

Enjoy! Begin!
 ALBATROSS
An Albatross is a large seabird.

They live in the Southern Ocean*

and North Pacific*.

19 of the 21 species of Albatross

are becoming extinct*.

They eat mostly cephalopods*,

fish, and crustaceans.

Albatrosses usually nest on

islands.
 BLUEBIRD
Bluebirds love open grasslands*
and trees.

They live in the Americas.

There are three different types of

bluebirds.

They can live for up to ten years.

Want to know more about bluebirds or hear the song they sing?
Click here: *
NORTH AMERICA

SOUTH AMERICA
 CRANE
There are 15 kinds of cranes.

Cranes feed on berries, insects,

rodents, and fish.

They live on every continent

except Antarctica and South
America.

Some cranes migrate* while

other species of cranes do not,
The Seven Continents
 DOVE
Doves are similar to pigeons*, and there
are over 300 species of the two.

Doves live all over the world except

where it is too hot or too cold, like the
Sahara Desert or Antarctica.

Most doves live in tropical forests and

woodlands because there is a lot to eat
and many trees to build nests in.

They eat mostly fruits and seeds that they

find.
Sahara Desert in Africa

Click the picture for more information on the Sahara Desert.

 EAGLE
The Bald Eagle and the Golden
Eagle are the two found in the
United States.

Eagles have really good eyesight

that helps them find their food from
far away.

Eagles are large and are birds of

prey.

The Great Seal of the United States

has the image of a Bald Eagle.
The 2 species of Eagles that live in North America are the:

Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
The Great Seal of the United States

Do you know what the eagle is holding in each of its talons?

Click the talons in the picture to find out the answer.
In the Eagles left (dexter)
talon is an olive branch .
In the Eagles right (sinister)
talon are 13 arrows.

The number 13 signifies the

original 13 colonies.
(Georgia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey,
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland, South
Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York,
North Carolina, and Rhode Island.
 FROGMOUTH
Frogmouths are nocturnal
birds.

They live in Asia and

Australia.

They are called Frogmouths

because they sit with their
mouths open, like frogs.
NOCTURNAL:
adjective
1. of or pertaining to the night (opposed to diurnal).
2. done, occurring, or coming at night: nocturnal visit.
3. active at night (opposed to diurnal): nocturnal
animals.
4. opening by night and closing by day, as certain
flowers (opposed to diurnal).
GROUND-ROLLER
There are 5 species, and they
all live in Madagascar. Four
species live in the rainforest,
and one lives in the desert.

They eat reptiles and large

insects.
Madagascar
 HUMMINGBIRD
Hummingbirds are the only
birds that can fly backwards.

They beat their wings 12-90

times per second.

They drink nectar out of

flowers because it provides
them with nutrients.

They are some of the smallest

birds around the world.
NECTAR:
noun
1. the saccharine secretion of a plant, which attracts the insects or
birds that pollinate the flower.
2. the juice of a fruit, esp. when not diluted, or a blend of fruit juices:
pear nectar; tropical nectar.
3. Classical Mythology. the life-giving drink of the gods.Compare
ambrosia (def. 1).
4. any delicious drink.
 IBIS
Ibises dig in mud for
crustaceans* to eat.

They have long legs and

long beaks.
 JUNCO
They prefer to live on dry soil.

They live in North America.

Junco eat seeds and tiny

insects.

They build their nests in hidden

areas.
NORTH AMERICA
 KOOKABURRA
Kookaburra are large birds.

They live in Australia and New

Guinea.

Their call sounds like humans

laughing. (Can you laugh like a
kookaburra?)

They are meat eaters, and eat

things like lizards, mice, small
birds, and snakes.

Click here for lyrics to a fun kookaburra song.

Kookaburra Song:

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Merry merry king of the bush is he
Laugh! Kookaburra laugh!
Kookaburra gay your life must be.

Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree

Eating all the gum drops he can see
Stop! Kookaburra stop!
Kookaburra leave some there for me.
 LARK
These birds mostly live in the
Old World and northern and
eastern Australia.

They eat seeds and insects.

Their color easily

camouflages them into the
ground.
Old World
MOCKINGBIRD
Mockingbirds are known for
mimicking other sounds made
by other birds or insects.

Mockingbirds also have the

ability to detect a threatening
person from a crowd.

There are 17 species of

mockingbirds.
 NIGHT HERON
Night herons are nocturnal* birds.

They stand by the waters edge and

attack prey.

They eat fish, insects, small

mammals, frogs, and crustaceans.

They live in tree tops or on islands.

O OSTRICH
An ostrich can weigh up to
290 pounds.

O They live in Africa.

They eat mostly seeds,

grass, flowers, and insects.

The ostrich egg is the

O largest egg. O

O O O
Ostrich egg

Chicken egg
 PEAFOWL
Males are called peacocks
and females are peahens.

The males have the colorful

feathers.

There are two different

species.
 Indian peafowl
This is the national bird of India!

Green peafowl
 India

Indias Flag
 QUAIL
This bird lives in Europe, Asia,
and Africa.

It eats seeds and insects that

it finds on the ground.

These birds like to walk more

than they like to fly.
 ROBIN (American)
This is the state bird in
Connecticut, Michigan,
and Wisconsin.
R They eat berries, fruits,
and invertebrates* such
as beetles and
caterpillars.

They live far north is

Canada and Alaska,
and migrate south to
Mexico and Florida.
 SPARROW
These birds eat mostly seeds,
but sometimes they eat small
insects too.

There are many different

species of sparrows.

They are found all over the

world.
Click the Sparrow to find out what species it is.
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Yellow Throated
Sparrow
Italian Sparrow
Desert Sparrow
TOUCAN
They have short wings and
large, colorful beaks.

Toucans live in forests in the

neotropics.

They use their becks to eat

fruits, which makes up most of
their diet. Sometimes they
eat small insects too.
 Neotropic Ecozone

Includes South and Central America, parts of Mexico, the

Caribbean Islands, and lower Florida.
 VEERY
The Veery is also called Willow
Thrush or Wilsons Thrush.

They live in southern Canada

and the United States.

When it is cold, they migrate to

South America.

They walk on forest floors looking

for insects to eat. They also eat
berries.
WOOKPECKER
Woodpeckers live in forests and
woodlands.

They live all around the world, except

in Australia, New Zealand, and
Madagascar or where it is too cold.

They use their beaks to drill holes into

trees. Then they use their tongues to
eat insects from inside the tree.

Since forests are disappearing, some

species are going extinct*.
Woodlands
Forests
 YELLOWHEAD
Yellowheads are endemic to
the South Island of New
Zealand

Yellowheads are on New

Zealands $100 note
New Zealand
Did you notice there was no bird for the
letters X, V, and Z?
Thats because there are no birds that start with
those letter.

Can you use your imagination to create a

new species of bird that starts with either an
X, V, or Z.
What does it eat?
What color is it?
Where does it live?
 The End!

I hope you enjoyed this book and

learned a lot about various bird!

To view the resources used in this book, click here

 Resources
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatross http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebird http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peafowl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_peafowl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crane_%28bird%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_peafowl

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Continental_models.gif http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dove http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quail

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sahara_Desert http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Robin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Eagle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_Tree_Sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald_eagle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow-throated_Sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Seal_of_the_United_States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frogmouth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_sparrow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toucan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground-roller http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neotropic_ecozone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummingbird http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodpecker

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junco http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowhead_%28bird%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kookaburra http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_zealand

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lark

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afro-Eurasia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockingbird

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_heron