Ornithology <3

4-28-10

More bird anatomy

Excretory System/Osmoregulation:

•In what form do birds secrete their nitrogenous waste? What about mammals?

•What are some advantages to the bird form?

•What structures can birds use to eliminate excess salt?

Feathers:

•What are retrices? How do they aid some birds when they perch?

•What are remiges?

C

B

A

G

H

D

E

F

•Name the parts of the feathers labeled A, B, C, G, and H

•Name the types of feathers represented by letters D, E, and F

•Name the type of feather on the left (with the labels A, B, and C)

•What type of feathers are being revealed on this bird?

•What functions do these feathers have?

•To which order does the bird belong?

•What is this bird’s habitat?

•Order, family, common name

•How does this bird acquire its breeding colors?

•Where does this bird place its nests?

•What color are its eggs? T.T

•Order, family, common name

•What does this bird eat?

•What is this bird’s conservation status? What factors contribute to this status?

•Describe this bird’s young at birth.

•Order, family, common name

•When does this bird migrate?

•What does it use to navigate?

•Where is this bird found?

•What does this bird eat?

•Order, family, common name

•Which gender incubates the eggs?

•Describe the nest

•Where does this bird winter?

•What is this bird’s beak adapted to eat?

•Order, family, common name

•What is unique about female cardinals?

•Why do both males and females attack their reflections in spring?

•What is this bird’s beak adapted to eat?

•Order, family, common name

•Where does this bird place its nests? Why?

•What problem does this nest placement pose?

•How many molts per year does a male have?

•How does a male acquire its breeding colors?

•In what habitat does this bird breed?

•Order, family, common name

•How does this bird kill its prey?

•What animal makes up most of this bird’s diet?

•Describe the relationship between male and females.

•Describe this bird’s flight style.

•How can one tell this bird apart from the similar Sharp-Shinned Hawk?