Wild Bird Study
Sample Questions: Birds and Nests
Bird Nest Videos
1.Compare and contrast the various nests made by the birds featured in the videos.
2.Which nests are well constructed? Poorly constructed?
3.What are the nests made of?
4.In almost all birds featured both parents help take care of the young. Which species does only one parent look after the young birds?
5.Which baby birds are precocial?
6.Which baby birds are altricial? What evidence can you site from the video clips?
7.What evidence can you spot in the videos of birds using man-made material in their nests?
8.How do the various locations of the nests help protect the young birds from predators?
9.What weather conditions might affect the success of the nesters?
10.Which birds nest in colonies?
11.Which birds nest in their own territories?
Sample Questions: Birds and Nests
Bird Nest Videos
1.Compare and contrast the various nests made by the birds featured in the videos.
2.Which nests are well constructed? Poorly constructed?
3.What are the nests made of?
4.In almost all birds featured both parents help take care of the young. Which species does only one parent look after the young birds?
5.Which baby birds are precocial?
6.Which baby birds are altricial? What evidence can you site from the video clips?
7.What evidence can you spot in the videos of birds using man-made material in their nests?
8.How do the various locations of the nests help protect the young birds from predators?
9.What weather conditions might affect the success of the nesters?
10.Which birds nest in colonies?
11.Which birds nest in their own territories?