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Lesson activity based on the

ASU Ask-a-Biologist virtual aviary

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Birds “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?Slide4

Most birdwatchers find birds by hearing them first.You can learn to identify birds by sound, too!Slide5

Here are 10 common birds found in Arizona’s riparian areas.Slide6

Learning 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.Slide7

Example: Bell’s Vireo

Write on your paper something like: “Fast and Squeaky”Slide8

Example Quiz:

Which Bird Do you Hear?

Yellow-beak Bluebird

Bell’s Vireo

C. RoadrunnerSlide9

We will learn all 10 birds and their songs

then have the quiz.Slide10

Canyon WrenSlide11

Brown-Crested FlycatcherSlide12

Ladder-Backed WoodpeckerSlide13

Lucy’s WarblerSlide14

Abert’s TowheeSlide15

Song SparrowSlide16

Bewick’s WrenSlide17

Yellow WarblerSlide18

Summer TanagerSlide19

Ready for the Quiz?

Listen to the bird song and

select the correct answer

from the choices given.

Use your notes to help!Slide20

Abert’s Towhee

B. Yellow Warbler

C. Bewick’s Wren

Bird Song 1

Which bird do you hear?Slide21

Lucy’s Warbler

B. Summer Tanager

Song Sparrow

Bird Song 2

Which bird do you hear?Slide22

A. Summer Tanager

B. Canyon Wren

C. Brown-Crested Flycatcher

Bird Song 3

Which bird do you hear?Slide23

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

Bell’s Vireo

Bird Song 4

Which bird do you hear?

Lucy’s WarblerSlide24

A. Canyon Wren

B. Yellow Warbler

Song Sparrow

Bird Song 5

Which bird do you hear?Slide25

Song Sparrow

A. Summer Tanager

Bell’s Vireo

Bird Song 6

Which bird do you hear?Slide26

Bewick’s Wren

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

Abert’s Towhee

Bird Song 7

Which bird do you hear?Slide27

Abert’s Towhee

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker

Bell’s Vireo

Bird Song 8

Which bird do you hear?Slide28

Bewick’s Wren

Lucy’s Warbler

Bird Song 9

Which bird do you hear?

Bell’s VireoSlide29

A. Summer Tanager

C. Canyon Wren

Bird Song 10

Which bird do you hear?

Ladder-Backed WoodpeckerSlide30

Correct Your Quiz B. Yellow Warbler

C. Song Sparrow

C. Brown-Crested Flycatcher

B. Ladder-Backed WoodpeckerA. Song SparrowC. Bell’s VireoC. Bewick’s WrenA. Abert’s TowheeA. Lucy’s WarblerA. Summer Tanager

How did you do?Slide31

Try 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?Slide32

Learn 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/Slide33

Bird Photograph Credits:

Ladder-Backed Woodpecker, Canyon Wren, Yellow Warbler, Lucy’s Warbler:

Robert Shantz

Bewick’s Wren: Scott StreitBrown-Crested Flycatcher, Bell’s Vireo, Summer Tanager:Herbert ClarkeAbert’s Towhee, Song Sparrow: 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 DevicheSlide34

AZ Science Standards Alignment, Grades 5-8

Strand 1: Inquiry Process, Concept 1-3 *

Strand 4: Life Science, Concept 4*

* Performance objectives vary by grade

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