The birdsThe birds

What do we know about What do we know about birds?birds?

Birds are Birds are vertebrate vertebrate animals. They animals. They have a skeleton have a skeleton inside their inside their bodies.bodies.

They are warm-They are warm-blooded animals. blooded animals.

Their body Their body temperature is temperature is constant.constant.

ProtectionProtection

Birds have Birds have feathers to feathers to protect their protect their bodies.bodies.

They have three They have three kinds of kinds of feathers:feathers:

body feathers,body feathers, down feathers, down feathers, flight feathers.flight feathers.

MovementMovement

BreathingBreathing

Birds Birds breathe breathe through through lungs.lungs.

FeedingFeeding

Birds feed on Birds feed on plants, other plants, other animals or animals or both plants both plants and other and other animals.animals.

Special featuresSpecial features They have beaks, but do not They have beaks, but do not

have teeth.have teeth.

ReproductionReproduction

Female birds Female birds lay eggs.lay eggs.

The Song ThrushThe Song Thrush

There are many kind of thrusts, but the song thrust is the best There are many kind of thrusts, but the song thrust is the best

known.known. The song thrush has a The song thrush has a brown back and a spotted brown back and a spotted breast.breast.

The song thrush has a sweet The song thrush has a sweet voice.voice.

In spring you can hear its song early in the morning and late in the afternoon.In spring you can hear its song early in the morning and late in the afternoon.

FeedingFeeding

Song thrush eats:Song thrush eats: worms,snails,insectworms,snails,insect

s.s.

The song thrush has The song thrush has sharp hearing.sharp hearing.

It listens for the It listens for the movement of a movement of a worm under the worm under the groung and then groung and then swoops and picks it swoops and picks it up quickly in its up quickly in its beak. beak.

If the weather is If the weather is mild, the song mild, the song thrush begins to thrush begins to build its nest in build its nest in February of February of early March.early March.

It builds the It builds the nest in the fork nest in the fork of a tree.of a tree.

The nest made The nest made up of roots, moss up of roots, moss and grass.and grass.

The eggs are The eggs are greenish-blue greenish-blue with brown with brown spots.spots.

There are many different There are many different kinds of owl. kinds of owl. barn owl, towny owl, little barn owl, towny owl, little owlowl

Barn owlBarn owl

Tawny owlTawny owl

Little owlLittle owl

The owl has a flat face with large The owl has a flat face with large round eyes. It can see very well round eyes. It can see very well in the dark.in the dark.

The owl’s body is covered The owl’s body is covered with feathers to protect it with feathers to protect it from the cold night air.from the cold night air.

The owl is a bird of pray, The owl is a bird of pray, so it has sharp claws on its so it has sharp claws on its feet.feet.

Owls are Owls are nocturnal nocturnal animals.animals.

They sleep They sleep during the day during the day and hunt at and hunt at night.night.

The owl does not built a The owl does not built a nest like other birds.nest like other birds.

The owl lays and hatches its The owl lays and hatches its eggs in a different ways eggs in a different ways from other birds.from other birds.

The owl lays on egg The owl lays on egg at a time and sits at a time and sits on it for a few on it for a few days before laying days before laying the next. So the the next. So the eggs do not hatch eggs do not hatch out on the same out on the same day.day.

The owls ara called The owls ara called owlets.owlets.

They also eat They also eat rabbits, worms, rabbits, worms, incects and incects and birds.birds.

Owls are very Owls are very useful birds useful birds because they because they kill a lot of mice kill a lot of mice and rats.and rats.

Owl hunt very Owl hunt very quietly. quietly.

Their feathers Their feathers are so soft that are so soft that they make no they make no sound when sound when flying.flying.