Bird Beak Compare and Contrast Lab

Use the following web site to check bird bills for the birds listed:

http://www.skullsite.com/search/index.cfm

1. Check out the GOLDEN EAGLE skull in the web page and make a sketch of it in the box:

a. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might eat and list them.

b. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?

c. Check the web page and list some more birds with the same type of bill shape.

2. Check out the SANDHILL CRANE skull on the web page and make a sketch of it in the box:

 

a. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might eat and list them.

 

b. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?

 

c. Check the web page and list some more birds with the same type of bill shape.

3. Check out the ROBIN skull on the web page and make a sketch of it in the box

a. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might eat and list them.

 

b. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?

 

c. Check the web page and list some more birds with the same type of bill shape.

4. Check out the NORTHERN CARDINAL skull on the web page and make a sketch of it in the box below:

a. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might eat and list them.

 

b. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?

 

c. Check the web page and list some more birds with the same type of bill shape.

 

5. Check out the MALLARD SKULL on the web page and make a sketch of it in the box:

a. Do a search on the Internet to find what things this bird might eat and list them.

 

b. How might the shape of the beak assist this bird in eating?

 

c.  Check the web page and list some more birds with the same type of bill shape.

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Suggested Websites:

Golden Eagle

http://www.desertusa.com/mag99/dec/papr/eagle.html

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/wildlife/endspec/goeafs.html

Sandhill Crane

http://www.michiganaudubon.org/bakersanctuary/crane.htm

http://www.nps.gov/bela/html/sandhill.htm

Robin

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Featured_Birds/default.cfm?status=current

http://ladywildlife.com/animal/americanrobin.html

Northern Cardinal

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/BOW/NORCAR/

http://www.wbu.com/chipperwoods/photos/ncard.htm

Mallard

http://www.k12.de.us/warner/mallard.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard