II BIRD SOUNDS Lesson activity based on the ASU AskaBiologist virtual aviary Science Takes Wing Lesson II BIRD SOUNDS Birds sing to attract mates and announce their territories ID: 790733
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Science Takes Wing - Lesson
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BIRD SOUNDS
Slide2Lesson activity based on the
ASU Ask-a-Biologist virtual aviary
Science Takes Wing - Lesson
II -
BIRD SOUNDS
Slide3Birds “sing” to attract mates and announce their territories.
Birds “call” in alarm, or to announce food.
Each Bird species has its own song and call.
Did you know?
Slide4Most birdwatchers find birds by hearing them first.You can learn to identify birds by sound, too!
Slide5Here are 10 common birds found in the Rio Salado Habitat
Slide6Learning Bird SoundsListen to each bird’s sound and make notes about what you hear.
Is the sound sweet, raspy, fast, slow?
Use your notes to answer quiz questions.
Slide7Example: Red-tailed Hawk
Write on your paper something like: “Raspy Scream”
Slide8Example Quiz:
Which Bird Do you Hear?
Yellow-beak Bluebird
Red-tailed Hawk
C. Roadrunner
Slide9We will learn all 10 birds and their songs
then have the quiz.
Slide10Gambel’s Quail
Slide11Mourning Dove
Slide12Anna’s Hummingbird
Slide13Verdin
Slide14Northern Mockingbird
Slide15Abert’s Towhee
Slide16Great-tailed Grackle
Slide17House Finch
Slide18House Sparrow
Slide19Ready for the Quiz?
Listen to the bird song and
select the correct answer
from the choices given.
Use your notes to help!
Slide20Northern Mockingbird
B. House Finch
C. Great-tailed Grackle
Bird Song 1
Which bird do you hear?
Slide21Verdin
B. House Sparrow
Abert’s Towhee
Bird Song 2
Which bird do you hear?
Slide22A. House Sparrow
B. Gambel’s Quail
C. Mourning Dove
Bird Song 3
Which bird do you hear?
Slide23Anna’s Hummingbird
Red-tailed Hawk
Bird Song 4
Which bird do you hear?
Verdin
Slide24A. Gambel’s Quail
B. House Finch
Abert’s Towhee
Bird Song 5
Which bird do you hear?
Slide25Abert’s Towhee
A. House Sparrow
Red-tailed Hawk
Bird Song 6
Which bird do you hear?
Slide26Great-tailed Grackle
Anna’s Hummingbird
Northern Mockingbird
Bird Song 7
Which bird do you hear?
Slide27Northern Mockingbird
Anna’s Hummingbird
Red-tailed Hawk
Bird Song 8
Which bird do you hear?
Slide28Great-tailed Grackle
Verdin
Bird Song 9
Which bird do you hear?
Red-tailed Hawk
Slide29A. House Sparrow
C. Gambel’s Quail
Bird Song 10
Which bird do you hear?
Anna’s Hummingbird
Slide30Correct Your Quiz B. House Finch
C. Abert’s Towhee
C. Mourning Dove
B. Anna’s HummingbirdA. Gambel’s QuailC. Red-tailed HawkC. Great-tailed GrackleA. Northern MockingbirdA. VerdinA. House Sparrow
How did you do?
Slide31Try Listening Outside Explore bird sounds outdoors by sitting quietly and listening for 10 minutes. How many different bird songs or calls do you hear?
Try this activity at different times of day. When do you hear the most? Why?
Slide32Learn More
For more classroom activities please contact:
Cathy Wise (602) 468-6470, cwise@audubon.org
Want to hear more bird songs?
Visit the virtual aviary at the Ask-a-Biologist web site to listen and learn more about birds in the southwest..
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/birdsongs/
Slide33Bird Photograph Credits:
Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Curve-billed Thrasher:
Robert Shantz Mourning Dove, Great-tailed Grackle, House Finch, House Sparrow:Richard P. DunbarAnna’s Hummingbird and Gila Woodpecker: Barb Winterfield Northern Mockingbird: Richard Ditch
Acknowledgements
The Ask-a-Biologist program is supported by the ASU School of Life Sciences. All the bird recordings and photographs for this activity used with permission of Ask-a-Biologist and Birding PDA. Sharing this activity is encouraged. Please be sure to submit the permission request form so that we can track the use of materials and keep this program running.
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/pages/permissions.php
Bird Cartoons by: Sabine Deviche
Slide34AZ Science Standards Alignment, Grades 5-8
Strand 1: Inquiry Process, Concept 1-3 *
Strand 4: Life Science, Concept 4*
* Performance objectives vary by grade
Science Takes Wing - Lesson
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