Birds LME 448: Technology Applications In Education. - презентация

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2 Birds LME 448: Technology Applications In Education

3 Birds Near You What are Birds? How Birds Fly Other Types of Birds How to Feed Hummingbirds

4 What Are Birds? Warm-blooded animals Warm-blooded animals Have wings, feathers and a beak Have wings, feathers and a beak Strong hollow bones and powerful flight muscles Strong hollow bones and powerful flight muscles Ornithology Ornithology

5 How Birds Fly Liftlike an airplanes wing Liftlike an airplanes wing Practicea baby bird cannot fly without practicing first Practicea baby bird cannot fly without practicing first

6 Four Ways to Fly Gliding Gliding Hovering Hovering Soaring Soaring Flapping Flapping

7 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura Buzzard or Turkey Buzzard Buzzard or Turkey Buzzard 6 Foot Wing Span 6 Foot Wing Span Open Country Open Country Feed on Large Animals Feed on Large Animals Nest Under Ground Cover Nest Under Ground Cover

8 Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus American Eagle American Eagle Symbolizes many things Symbolizes many things foot wing span foot wing span Nests around water Nests around water Feed on fish Feed on fish Nests weighing up to one ton! Nests weighing up to one ton! Endangered Species Endangered Species

9 Pictures of the Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus

10 Snowy Owl Nyctea scandiaca Large, white feathers, yellow eyes, black beak Large, white feathers, yellow eyes, black beak Open spaces tundra, grassland, frozen water Open spaces tundra, grassland, frozen water Eats mostly small rodents and lemming Eats mostly small rodents and lemming Number of eggs laid depends on amount of food that is gathered Number of eggs laid depends on amount of food that is gathered

11 Hummingbirds Fastest recorded wing speed is 80 beats per second! Fastest recorded wing speed is 80 beats per second! Heart ratesfrom 50 to 1260 beats per minute Heart ratesfrom 50 to 1260 beats per minute Males leave before females for migration Males leave before females for migration

12 How to Feed Hummingbirds Obtain a feeder that is easy to clean Obtain a feeder that is easy to clean Make the hummingbird food Make the hummingbird food Maintain your feeder Maintain your feeder

13 References All About Birds. (2003). Retrieved September 19, 2005 from ingBirds/FeedingBirds/ ingBirds/FeedingBirds/ ingBirds/FeedingBirds/ All About Birds. (2005). Retrieved September 18, 2005 from birds.html birds.html birds.html Birds of Prey. (n.d.). Retrieved September 21, 2005 from Hogan, Thomas. About Hummingbirds. (2005). Retrieved on September 21, 2005 from Ostrich. (2004). Retrieved September 19, 2005 from What is a Bird?. (n.d.). Retrieved September 18, 2005 from