Unit 6: Water Birds

Birds are:

(choose ALL the correct answers)

• warm-blooded

• cold-blooded

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

Birds are the ONLY animals

• with backbones

• with webbed feet

• that lay eggs

• with feathers

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Feathers help birds

(Choose ALL the correct answers)

• stay safe from predators

• fly

• stay warm

• stay dry

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A type of WATER BIRD that cannot fly are

• Grebes

• Ostriches

• Penguins

• Loons

Grebes are a type of water bird that

• do not make nests

• make nests high in snags (dead trees)

• make nests in holes in trees

• make floating nests

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Gulls

• can drink salt water or fresh water

• can drink only salt water

• can drink only fresh water

• do not drink water

Kingfishers

(Chooose ALL the correct answers)

• often live near water

• only eat fish

• are colorful birds with long, heavy, pointed bills

• sometimes live in forests

Many Kingfishers have crests. A crest

• is a long, pointed beak

• is a type of nest that Kingfishers make with their mate

• are feathers that stick up on their heads

• is a short neck

Flamingos are found

• in cold climates

• in temperate climates

• in tropical climates

• in all climates

Flamingos get their beautiful pink color from

• eating pink flowers

• eating shellfish

• the pink sand that they make nests in

• their parents

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