Science Takes Wing Lesson II BIRD SOUNDS

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Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS
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Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS
Lesson activity based on the ASU Ask-a-Biologist
virtual aviary
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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.
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• Most birdwatchers find birds by hearing them
  first.
• You can learn to identify birds by sound, too!

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Here are 10 common birds found in the
southwestern U.S.
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Learning Bird Sounds

• Listen to each birds sound and make notes about
  what you hear.
• Is the sound sweet, raspy, fast, slow?
• Use your notes to answer quiz questions.

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Example Red-tailed Hawk
Write on your paper something like Raspy Scream
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Example Quiz
Which Bird Do you Hear?

• Yellow-beak Bluebird

• Red-tailed Hawk

C. Roadrunner
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We will learn all 10 birds and their songs then
have the quiz.
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Killdeer
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Mourning Dove
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Annas Hummingbird
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Gila Woodpecker
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Northern Mockingbird
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Curve-billed Thrasher
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Great-tailed Grackle
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House Finch
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House Sparrow
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Ready for the Quiz?
Listen to the bird song and select the correct
answer from the choices given. Use your notes
to help!
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Bird Song 1

• Which bird do you hear?

• Northern Mockingbird

B. House Finch
C. Great-tailed
Grackle
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Bird Song 2

• Which bird do you hear?

• Gila Woodpecker

B. House Sparrow

• Curve-billed Thrasher

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Bird Song 3
Which bird do you hear?
A. House Sparrow
B. Killdeer
C. Mourning Dove
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Bird Song 4
Which bird do you hear?

• Annas Hummingbird

• Red-tailed Hawk

• Gila Woodpecker

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Bird Song 5
Which bird do you hear?
A. Killdeer
B. House Finch

• Curve-billed Thrasher

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Bird Song 6
Which bird do you hear?

• Curve-billed Thrasher

A. House Sparrow

• Red-tailed Hawk

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Bird Song 7
Which bird do you hear?

• Great-tailed Grackle

• Annas Hummingbird

• Northern Mockingbird

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Bird Song 8
Which bird do you hear?

• Northern Mockingbird

• Annas Hummingbird

• Red-tailed Hawk

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Bird Song 9
Which bird do you hear?

• Great-tailed Grackle

• Gila Woodpecker

• Red-tailed Hawk

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Bird Song 10
Which bird do you hear?
A. House Sparrow
C. Killdeer

• Annas Hummingbird

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Correct Your Quiz

• B. House Finch
• C. Curve-billed Thrasher
• C. Mourning Dove
• B. Annas Hummingbird
• A. Killdeer
• C. Red-tailed Hawk
• C. Great-tailed Grackle
• A. Northern Mockingbird
• A. Gila Woodpecker
• A. House Sparrow

How did you do?
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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?
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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/birdsong
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For more classroom activities please
contact Cathy Wise [phone],
cwise_at_audubon.org
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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 Photograph Credits
• Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Curve-billed Thrasher
  Robert Shantz
• Mourning Dove, Great-tailed Grackle, House Finch,
  House SparrowRichard P. Dunbar
• Annas Hummingbird and Gila Woodpecker Barb
  Winterfield
• Northern Mockingbird Richard Ditch

Bird Cartoons by Sabine Deviche
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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
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