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Bird Beak Lab

This document outlines a student lab comparing and contrasting bird beaks using different species as examples. For each species - Golden Eagle, Sandhill Crane, Robin, Northern Cardinal, and Mallard - students are instructed to sketch the beak, research its diet, describe how beak shape relates to eating, and identify other birds with similar beak shapes. Suggested websites are provided for researching each bird species.

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Bird Beak Lab

This document outlines a student lab comparing and contrasting bird beaks using different species as examples. For each species - Golden Eagle, Sandhill Crane, Robin, Northern Cardinal, and Mallard - students are instructed to sketch the beak, research its diet, describe how beak shape relates to eating, and identify other birds with similar beak shapes. Suggested websites are provided for researching each bird species.

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Bird Beak Compare and Contrast Lab

Name _____________________________
_____________________________
Period _____

Use the following web site to check bird bills for the birds listed:

http://www.d91.k12.id.us/skyline/teachers/robertsd/skulls.htm

1. Check out the GOLDEN EAGLE skull in the web page and make a sketch of it in the box:

2. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might


eat and list them.

3. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?

4. Check the web page and list some more birds with the same type of bill shape.

1. Check out the SANDHILL CRANE skull on the web page and make a sketch of it in the box:

2. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might


eat and list them.

3. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?
4. Check the web page and list some more birds with the same type of bill shape.

1. Check out the ROBIN skull on the web page and make a sketch of it in the box:

2. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might


eat and list them.

3. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?

4. Check the web page and list some more birds with the same
type of bill shape.

1. Check out the NORTHERN CARDINAL skull on the web page and make a sketch of it in the
box below:

2. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might


eat and list them.

3. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?

4. Check the web page and list some more birds with the same
type of bill shape.

1. Check out the MALLARD SKULL on the web page and make a sketch of it in the box:

2. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might


eat and list them.

3. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?

4. Check the web page and list some more birds with the same
type of bill shape.

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Suggested Websites:
Golden Eagle
1. http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/dec/papr/eagle.html
2. http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/goeafs.html

Sandhill Crane
3. http://www.michiganaudubon.org/bakersanctuary/crane.htm
4. http://www.nps.gov/bela/html/sandhill.htm

Robin
5. http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Featured_Birds/default.cfm?
status=current
6. http://ladywildlife.com/animal/americanrobin.html

Northern Cardinal
7. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/BOW/NORCAR/
8. http://www.wbu.com/chipperwoods/photos/ncard.htm

Mallard
9. http://www.k12.de.us/warner/mallard.htm
10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard

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