Bird Called

Created by Ms. Gray

On 3/14/06

Designed For Second Graders Who Are Ready For A Challenge

Introduction:

Have you ever woken up in the morning to the birds singing a song to you? Have you ever wondered what bird was making such beautiful sounds? Well, now you don’t have to wonder anymore.

Challenge:
There are many people who study birds in this world and you are about to become one of them. The people who study birds are called ornithologists. An ornithologist’s job is to know what birds look and sound like. They try to learn as much about birds as possible. Our job as students is to learn and today we are going to learn about bird calls so we will neare ornithologists.


Bald Eagle	Black-capped Chickadee	Hermit Thrush	Red-tailed Hawk

Your goal is to match the birds above to the sounds they make below!

Sound 1 Sound 2 Sound 3 Sound 4 Sound 5 Sound 6

Journey:

To find the bird's call try out these websites below!

Visit some of these sites to learn the bird songs.

http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll?keywords

http://identify.whatbird.com/mwg/_/o/attrs.aspx

A great way to find the information is using key words such as:
Bald eagle
Bird calls
Black-capped chickadee
Hermit thrush
Red-tailed hawk

Using key words see what else you can learn about birds! Check out these links once you have matched the birds to the sounds they make.

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/

http://www.askforkids.com/

http://www.birdperch.com

http://www.audubon.org/bird/at_home/bird_watching/basics_listen.shtml

Teacher Note: This webquest has a worksheet that needs to be used when doing this activity (It doesn't stand alone).
The worksheet may be accessed from here. CLICK HERE

Images from:
www.fnal.gov/ecology/wildlife/pics/redtailedhawks
www.tobinphoto.com/birds/eagles_124.htm

http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/i7350id.html chicakadee

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Hermit_Thrush.html
Sounds from:

http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll?keywords