Birds
Chick Incubation February-March 2022
Explore this beautiful and local website to discover our bird neighbors here in Denver. Each page provides information about the bird, including the various bird calls and sound they produce!
Pick a favorite bird and tell your family all about it
Listen to a bird sound and try to imitate that bird
Create a model of your favorite bird using materials found around the house
Create a habitat (home) for your model bird, along with a nest and food
Photos from our Bird Expedition, Winter and Spring 2022
IMG_4215.MOVWoodpeckers
IMG_4216.MOVNest building
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology focuses on bird education and research. They provide lessons, games, resources, free mobile phone apps and more to connect everyone in the appreciation of birds. Here are some of Miss Michelle's favorites:
A free and fascinating app to help birders of all ages identify local birds.
(Here are some tips for using the app)
Science and Nature Activities: Click on a link below for a slideshow about birds and nature. These are activities and lessons to try with an adult at home.
The Audubon Society works to protects birds and their habitats. The provide many learning opportunities for young learners and their families. Here are some of Miss Michelle's favorites:
Bird Videos
Hummingbird Whisperer
Rare white peacock
How chicks hatch from eggs
Penguin huddles
Puffins!
The world's loudest bird
The world's fastest bird
Flight
April 2020 Hatching Birds
Watch flamingos eat underwater
How ducks stay warm and dry
Birds can solve puzzles
Bird Nests
Scientists at the University of Cambridge share their discovery of the world's oldest modern bird fossil. This bird lived around the time that dinosaurs went extinct!
Sarah the Ornithologist explains how different beaks help birds catch and eat their food.
A great video exploring what makes a bird a bird.
IMG_6141.MOVWhat's inside an egg?
Explore an egg with Miss MichelleBird Watching with Mr. Andy.MOVBird Watching with Mr. Andy
Mr. Andy (4th and 5th grade teacher at Centennial) loves to watch birds. He made videos of early morning bird watching. It's like we are there with him!
More Bird Watching with Mr. Andy.MOVMore Bird Watching with Mr. Andy
Here Mr. Andy saw an osprey catch a fish!
Read more about birds
An interactive lesson from Thorne Nature Center (Boulder, CO) in English and Spanish.
Click on a bird to hear its song!