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  • Compare and contrast the various nests made by the birds featured in the videos.
  • Which nests are well constructed? Poorly constructed?
  • What are the nests made of?
  • In almost all birds featured both parents help take care of the young. Which species does only one parent look after the young birds?
  • Which baby birds are precocial?
  • Which baby birds are altrical? What evidence can you site from the video clips?
  • What evidence can you spot in the videos of birds using man-made material in their nests?
  • How do the various locations of the nests help protect the young birds from predators?
  • What weather conditions might affect the success of the nesters?
  • Which birds nest in colonies?
  • Which birds nest in their own territories?
 
                                                    Citizen Science and Bird Feeders
Bird Studies Canada’s website:  http://www.birdscanada.org/ is well worth a visit. It offers ideas that can be very useful in the classroom and Project Feeder Watch http://www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/pfw/ is an example of Citizen Science that your students and classes can get involved with both at home and on our TRC website “bird cam”.
 
                                                                                       Contact Information:
                                                                                      Project FeederWatch
                                                                                       Bird Studies Canada
                                                                              P.O. Box 160, 115 Front Street
                                                                               Port Rowan, ON N0E 1M0
                                                                  1-888-448-2473 / 519-586-3531
                                                                                      Fax: (519) 586-3532
                                                                      Email: pfw@birdscanada.org
                                                                           http://www.birdscanada.org/
                                                                     http://www.birdscanada.org/volunteer/pfw/
 The Riverwood Conservancy hosts and maintains a Birdcam which is a live feed. The videos of birds feeding at a feeder were taken using this feeder location. You can augment these videos by having your students view the live Birdcam at http://www.theriverwoodconservancy.org/index.php/watch-our-live-birdcam .
                                                      Questions: Birds At A Feeder
  • Which birds come to the feeder?
  • Which birds are the most frequent visitors to the feeder?
  • Which birds are the least frequent visitors to the feeders?
  • Make a list of the birds that come to the feeder and classify them as follows:
                                             Species                        Size        Length of Time at the Feeder     Frequency of Visit
  • What conclusions can you draw from this chart?
  • What sort of feeder do the birds go to? Sunflower seeds? Suet? Both?
  • What do birds do once they leave the feeder?
  • Which birds are more tolerant of people?
  • What do the birds when danger is spotted? (You will need to watch the live feed to see this happen as it is fairly rare.)
 
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