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Title: Bird Adaptations Beaks and Feet


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Bird AdaptationsBeaks and Feet
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Birds have different kinds of beaks because they
eat different things
Which bird has the best beak for catching and
eating fish?
  • Which has the best for catching and eating bugs?

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Bluebirds catch and eat bugs
Pelicans catch and eat fish
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What do these birds eat?
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Scavengers eat dead animals
  • Crested Caracara

Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
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Flycatchers have small, pointed beaks
What do they eat?
  • Western Kingbird

Says Phoebe
Vermillion Flycatcher
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Birds with small, pointed beaks eat insects
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What do warblers eat?
Wilsons Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
  • Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler
Golden-cheeked Warbler
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Warblers eat insects
Orange-crowned Warbler
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Raptors and owls have thick, hooked beaks for
capturing and eating prey
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These birds can eat a variety of things
Eastern Meadowlark
  • Blue Jay

Orchard Oriole
What kind of beak do they have and what things
could they eat?
Northern Mockingbird
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Robins have pointed beaks and can eat a variety
of food
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What kind of beak do these birds have?
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
House Finch
Pyrrhuloxia
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Birds with thick beaks eat seeds, insects and
fruit
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What kind of beaks do these wading birds have to
catch and eat things from the water?
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Roseate Spoonbill
  • Great Blue Heron

White Ibis
Snowy Egret
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These birds have beaks that help them catch and
eat fish, crayfish, shrimp and other small
creatures in the water
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What kind of beak do these ducks have?
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The Northern Shoveler has a large flat beak for
sifting food from the water
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Bird Feet Adaptations
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What kind of legs and feet do these birds have?
What are they used for?
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What kind of legs and feet do these birds have?
What are they used for?
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What are these beaks and feet used for?
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What are these feet used for?
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Birds feet are for
Swimming
  • perching

wading
catching prey
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Describe its beak and feet adaptations
This is a Golden-cheeked Warbler
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Golden-cheeked Warbler
  • Has small claw-like feet for perching
  • Has small pointed beak for eating insects

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Photos by Pat Merkord, Chris Merkord , Gil Eckrich
Funding to develop these instructional resources
was provided by Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department contract 409330 and U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service Section 6 grant TX E-133-R
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Alignment
Alignment is provided to the Texas Essential
Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for English Language
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Studies where applicable and color-coded for each
grade level. Grade 3 (red) Grade 4 (blue) Grade
5 (green) Grade 6 (purple) English Language
Arts Reading student expectations 3, 4(A,B)
1, 2(A,B) 1, 2(A,B) 1, 2(A,B) Mathematics
student expectations N/A Science student
expectations 3(A), 9(A), 10(A) 3(A), 9(A),
10(A) 3(A), 9(A), 10(A) 3(A), 12(E,F) Social
studies student expectations 17(E) 21(A-C),
22(A) 24(A-C), 25(A) 3(A), 21(A-C),
22(A) Funding to develop these instructional
resources was provided by Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department contract 409330 and U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service Section 6 grant TX
E-133-R
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