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Bird Adaptations

Bird Adaptations. Beaks. Probing – hummingbird Drilling – woodpecker Cracking – macaw, finch Spearing – great blue heron Tearing – hawk Filtering - duck. Probing beak.

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Bird Adaptations

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  1. Bird Adaptations

  2. Beaks • Probing – hummingbird • Drilling – woodpecker • Cracking – macaw, finch • Spearing – great blue heron • Tearing – hawk • Filtering - duck

  3. Probing beak • The hummingbird’s beak allow it to sip nectar from flowers. Some birds have probing beaks that allow them to find food in sand or mud.

  4. Drilling beak • Also referred to as a chisel-type beak, a woodpecker can locate and extract insects below the surface of a tree’s bark.

  5. Cracking beak • Many birds that eat seeds must be able to crack open the hull that surrounds the seed. Birds such as finches and sparrows do this.

  6. Spearing Beak • These birds have a beak with serrated edges and a hooked tip that helps them catch fish or minnows. The heron is such a bird.

  7. Tearing Beak • Birds of prey such as the eagle, hawk, falcon, and owl use their beak to tear their food into small pieces they can swallow.

  8. Filtering Beak • The bill of a duck is fringed to allow mud and water to escape while straining plants, seeds, and small animals for it to eat.

  9. Activities • http://askeric.org/Virtual/Lessons/Science/Biological/BIO0116.html - Animal Adaptations: Focus on Bird Beaks • http://www.tenet.edu/teks/science/stacks/instruct/vistas/5th_grade.html - Eaks! Beaks! • http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/pershing/birds/designabird.htm - Design a Bird

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