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Birds of Prey, Waterfowl, and Song Bird Review
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Beaks have adapted over time for what main purpose?
Reproduction
Climate
Protection
Diet
2
All birds have
Evolved Feathers
All of the above
Bills
Back bones
3
What birds have bristle feathers?
plant eating
fish eating
insect eating
4
What is the main diet of a bird with a cone shaped beak?
insects
Fish
flowers
nuts
5
A contour feather gives birds...
insulation and warmth
flight and coasting abilities
height and depth
shape & shape
6
Why do the shape of birds beaks differentiate?
type pf feathers
diet
location
species
7
Feathers function as
Reproductive purposes
Fleight
Insulation
all of the above
8
How do birds skeletal structures differ from other vertebrates?
Lighter, filled with hallow air sacs
More variations
More dense
Heavier, filled with water vapor
9
Are owls birds or prey?
I don't know
No
Yes
10
Owls hunt
mammals
all of the above
fish
other birds
11
Birds have beaks mainly for
Protection
Flying
none of the above
Eating
12
How many eagles are found in North America?
4
1
2
3
13
Which feathers insulate?
semiplume
filoplume
down
contour
14
Woodpeckers are....
herbivores
omnivores
insectivores
carnivores
15
Owls stomachs can disolve...
bones
teeth
meat
feathers
16
Birds that belong to the accipitridae family include
wood ducks, canadian geese and egrest
cardinals, robins and blue jays
Peregrine Falcon, American Kestral and American Merlin
Sharp shinned Hawk, Cooper's Hawk and Northern Goshawk
17
Birds with long rudder-like tails, short rounded wings belong to which group?
Accipiters
Buteos
Falcons
None of the above
18
Which are the best places to find claw marks
Snags and tall trees
frosty wet grass
Sandy Areas
a Quagmire
19
What is the purpose of displaying?
Deter Predator
Attract Food
Attract a mate
None of the above
20
What should be found in your field notebook?
sketches
All of the above
date
count of common animals seen
21
Birds with the appearance of streamlined with long, pointed wings and a long, narrow tail
Falcons
None of the above
Buteos
Accipiters
22
What group of birds have shark hooked beaks?
woodpeckers
Waterfowl
Finches
Birds of Prey
23
What order do birds of prey fall under?
Falaconiformes
Animalia
Aves
Chordata
24
flight feathers are found where?
the stomach
wings and tail
around the beak
on legs
25
Another name for a Furcula is
Beak
Wish bone
Anus
Bill
26
Why can we see blue in blue jays?
The way the sun is absorbed int he feather
none of the above
The way the sun reflects off of the feather
Because they are blue
27
Which birds have a long tubular beak?
Water Fowl
Hummingbirds
Owls
wood peckers
28
The main diet of song birds is...
insects
All of the Above
Nuts
Seeds
29
Beaks which are flat and wide at the base belong to....
grosbeak
woodpeckers
Ducks
Flycatchers
30
Birds with long broad rounded wings and short broad rounded tails are
None of the above
Buteos
Accipiters
Falcons
31
In order to keep any part of a bird you need to have what?
State and Native American Salvage Permit
Federal & State Salvage Permit
none of the above
Just a native amaerican permit
32
How many different types of feathers can birds have?
2
4
6
8
33
The barbs of a feather run
Perpendicular to each other
Into each other
Parallel to each other
none of the above
34
Waterfowl mostly eat
small mammals
insects
seeds
small animals and fish
35
Which of these species took one for the team?
Northern Saw-whet owl
Snowy Owls
great horned owl
barn owl
36
Best place to look for tracks
Snow
Sandy areas
All of the above
Edges of water
37
Feathers can be used as
water carriers
snowshoes
All of the above
sounds
38
A warbler has a ....... beak
strong chisel like
sharp hooked
cone shaped
thin, slender, pointed
39
This bird mostly eats...
insects
seeds
small fish
nectar
40
What hooks together to form the vein of a feather?
Barbules
Shaft
Capillaries
Barbicels
41
Owls.....
rotate there head 360
Fly silently
only say hoo hoo
are all nocturnal
42
A mergansers diet is almost exclusively..... (hint what kind of bird is a merganser?)
insects
nectar
seeds
Fish
43
Allvultures are ecologically important because they are...
they are not important
Carnivores and eat meat
herbivores and eat plants
Scavengers and eat carrion
44
In feathers, what color pigment is not present?
Red
Brown
Yelllow
Blue
45
Buteos include
All of the above
Red Tailed Hawk
Red Shouldered Hawk
Broad Winged Hawk
46
branch of science that classifies species into groups based on characteristics and evolution
Chemistry
Biology
Taxonomy
Ecology
47
Which are the smallest feathers
semiplume
filoplume
bistle
down
48
What two sub groups make up the animals scientific name?
Kingdom and Family
Genus and Species
Class and Family
Family and Phylum
49
What protects the chest cavity during wing beats.?
Wings
Crop
Bipedal
Furcula
50
This beak belongs to a....
fly catcher
Bird of prey
humingbird
Waterfowl
51
When the male is brighter and more attractive than the female for mating purposes, we call this
Adaptions
Evolution
Taxonomy
Sexual Dimorphism
52
In which species are claws visible in the print
cat
dog
53
Laws that protect many birds include
Endangered Species Act
All of the above
Migratory Bird Treaty Act
The Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act
54
Why were birds being hunted in the early 20th century?
They were Nuisances
All of the above
Food purposes
Feathers
55
Birds belong to which kingdom
Animal Kingdom
Aves kingdom
Avian Kingdowm
None of the above
56
A group of owls is called a
charm
parliment
blessing
murder
