The birdsThe birds

What do we know about What do we know about birds?birds?

Birds are Birds are vertebrate vertebrate animals. They animals. They have a skeleton have a skeleton inside their inside their bodies.bodies.

They are warm-They are warm-blooded animals. blooded animals.

Their body Their body temperature is temperature is constant.constant.

ProtectionProtection

Birds have feathers Birds have feathers to protect their to protect their bodies.bodies.

They have three They have three kinds of feathers:kinds of feathers:

body feathers,body feathers, down feathers, down feathers, flight feathers.flight feathers.

MovementMovement

BreathingBreathing

Birds Birds breathe breathe through through lungs.lungs.

FeedingFeeding

Birds feed on Birds feed on plants, other plants, other animals or animals or both plants both plants and other and other animals.animals.

Special featuresSpecial features They have beaks, but do They have beaks, but do

not have teeth.not have teeth.

ReproductionReproduction

Female birds Female birds lay eggs.lay eggs.

The Song ThrushThe Song Thrush

There are many kind of thrusts, but the song thrust is There are many kind of thrusts, but the song thrust is

the best known.the best known. The song thrush The song thrush has a brown back and a has a brown back and a spotted breast.spotted breast.

The song thrush has a The song thrush has a sweet voice.sweet voice.

In spring you can hear its song early in the morning and late in the afternoon.In spring you can hear its song early in the morning and late in the afternoon.

FeedingFeeding

Song thrush eats:Song thrush eats: worms,snails,insects.worms,snails,insects.

The song thrush has The song thrush has sharp hearing.sharp hearing.

It listens for the It listens for the movement of a worm movement of a worm under the groung and under the groung and then swoops and picks then swoops and picks it up quickly in its it up quickly in its beak. beak.

If the weather is If the weather is mild, the song mild, the song thrush begins to thrush begins to build its nest in build its nest in February of early February of early March.March.

It builds the nest It builds the nest in the fork of a in the fork of a tree.tree.

The nest made The nest made up of roots, moss up of roots, moss and grass.and grass.

The eggs are The eggs are greenish-blue greenish-blue with brown with brown spots.spots.

There are many different There are many different kinds of owl. kinds of owl. barn owl, towny owl, barn owl, towny owl, little owllittle owl

Barn owlBarn owl

Tawny owlTawny owl

Little owlLittle owl

The owl has a flat face with The owl has a flat face with large round eyes. It can see large round eyes. It can see very well in the dark.very well in the dark.

The owl’s body is The owl’s body is covered with feathers to covered with feathers to protect it from the cold protect it from the cold night air.night air.

The owl is a bird of pray, The owl is a bird of pray, so it has sharp claws on so it has sharp claws on its feet.its feet.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Owls are Owls are nocturnal nocturnal animals.animals.

They sleep They sleep during the during the day and hunt day and hunt at night.at night.

The owl does not built The owl does not built a nest like other birds.a nest like other birds.

The owl lays and hatches The owl lays and hatches its eggs in a different its eggs in a different ways from other birds.ways from other birds.

The owl lays on The owl lays on egg at a time and egg at a time and sits on it for a few sits on it for a few days before laying days before laying the next. So the the next. So the eggs do not hatch eggs do not hatch out on the same out on the same day.day.

The owls ara The owls ara called owlets.called owlets.

They also eat They also eat rabbits, rabbits, worms, incects worms, incects and birds.and birds.

Owls are very Owls are very useful birds useful birds because they because they kill a lot of kill a lot of mice and rats.mice and rats.

Owl hunt Owl hunt very quietly. very quietly.

Their Their feathers are feathers are so soft that so soft that they make no they make no sound when sound when flying.flying.