Bird Watcher

Bird Watcher

Choose any 4 of the following activities:

1. Explain how birds are useful indicators of the quality of the environment.
2. Show that you are familiar with the terms used to describe birds by sketching a perched bird and then labelling 15 different parts of the bird.
3. Sketch or trace an extended wing and label 6 types of wing feathers.
4. Demonstrate that you know how to properly use and care for binoculars or spotting scope and explain what the specification numbers mean.
5. Demonstrate how to adjust the eyepiece, how to focus for proper viewing and how to properly care for and clean the lens.
6. Demonstrate that you know how to use a bird field guide.
7. Observe and be able to identify at least 15 species of wild birds. Prepare a field notebook, making a separate entry for each species, and record the following information from your field observations and other references:
   • Note the date and time
   • Note the location and habitat
   • Describe the bird's main feeding habitat and list 2 types of food that the bird is likely to eat
8. Be able to identify 5 of the 15 species in your field notebook by their call. Demonstrate the call to the pack.
9. Go on a field trip with a local club or with someone who is knowledgeable about birds, and make a list of birds observed.
10. List 2 species that are uncommon, and explain why these are present in small numbers. If the population of these species us decreasing, explain why, and what, if anything, could be done to reverse their decline.
11. Build a bird feeder or a bird bath and put it in an appropriate place in the school science garden or another suitable location.