Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS

1. Science Takes Wing - Lesson II -BIRD SOUNDS

2. Science Takes Wing - Lesson II -BIRD SOUNDS Lesson activity based on the ASU Ask-a-Biologist virtual aviary

3. Did you know? Birds “sing” to attract mates and announce their territories. Birds “call” in alarm, or to announce food. Each Bird species has its own song and call.

4. Most birdwatchers find birds by hearing them first. You can learn to identify birds by sound, too!

5. Here are 10 common birds found in the southwestern U.S.

6. Learning Bird Sounds Listen to each bird’s sound and make notes about what you hear. Is the sound sweet, raspy, fast, slow? Use your notes to answer quiz questions.

7. Example: Red-tailed Hawk Write on your paper something like: “Raspy Scream”

8. Example Quiz: Which Bird Do you Hear? • Yellow-beak Bluebird • Red-tailed Hawk C. Roadrunner

9. We will learn all 10 birds and their songs then have the quiz.

10. Killdeer

11. Mourning Dove

12. Anna’s Hummingbird

13. Gila Woodpecker

14. Northern Mockingbird

15. Curve-billed Thrasher

16. Great-tailed Grackle

17. House Finch

18. House Sparrow

19. Ready for the Quiz? Listen to the bird song and select the correct answer from the choices given. Use your notes to help!

20. Bird Song 1 Which bird do you hear? • Northern Mockingbird B. House Finch C. Great-tailed Grackle

21. Bird Song 2 Which bird do you hear? • Gila Woodpecker B. House Sparrow • Curve-billed Thrasher

22. Bird Song 3 Which bird do you hear? A. House Sparrow B. Killdeer C. Mourning Dove

23. Bird Song 4 Which bird do you hear? • Gila Woodpecker • Anna’s Hummingbird • Red-tailed Hawk

24. Bird Song 5 Which bird do you hear? A. Killdeer B. House Finch • Curve-billed Thrasher

25. Bird Song 6 Which bird do you hear? A. House Sparrow • Red-tailed Hawk • Curve-billed Thrasher

26. Bird Song 7 Which bird do you hear? • Anna’s Hummingbird • Northern Mockingbird • Great-tailed Grackle

27. Bird Song 8 Which bird do you hear? • Northern Mockingbird • Anna’s Hummingbird • Red-tailed Hawk

28. Bird Song 9 Which bird do you hear? • Gila Woodpecker • Great-tailed Grackle • Red-tailed Hawk

29. Bird Song 10 Which bird do you hear? A. House Sparrow • Anna’s Hummingbird C. Killdeer

30. Correct Your Quiz B. House Finch C. Curve-billed Thrasher C. Mourning Dove B. Anna’s Hummingbird A. Killdeer C. Red-tailed Hawk C. Great-tailed Grackle A. Northern Mockingbird A. Gila Woodpecker A. House Sparrow How did you do?

31. Try Listening Outside Explore bird sounds outdoors by sitting quietly and listening for 10 minutes. How many different bird songs or calls do you hear? Try this activity at different times of day. When do you hear the most? Why?

32. Learn More Want to hear more bird songs? Visit the virtual aviary at the Ask-a-Biologist web site to listen and learn more about birds in the southwest.. http://askabiologist.asu.edu/birdsongs/ For more classroom activities please contact: Cathy Wise (602) 468-6470, cwise@audubon.org

33. Bird Photograph Credits: Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Curve-billed Thrasher:Robert Shantz Mourning Dove, Great-tailed Grackle, House Finch, House Sparrow:Richard P. Dunbar Anna’s Hummingbird and Gila Woodpecker:Barb Winterfield Northern Mockingbird:Richard Ditch Acknowledgements The Ask-a-Biologist program is supported by the ASU School of Life Sciences. All the bird recordings and photographs for this activity used with permission of Ask-a-Biologist and Birding PDA. Sharing this activity is encouraged. Please be sure to submit the permission request form so that we can track the use of materials and keep this program running. http://askabiologist.asu.edu/pages/permissions.php Bird Cartoons by: Sabine Deviche

34. Science Takes Wing - Lesson II -BIRD SOUNDS AZ Science Standards Alignment, Grades 5-8 Strand 1: Inquiry Process, Concept 1-3 * Strand 4: Life Science, Concept 4* * Performance objectives vary by grade