• When threatened by
a predator, turkey
vultures will vomit all
over themselves. This
is really gross and really
effective at making the
predator go away!
• The fastest bird is the
peregrine falcon. When
diving through the sky, it
can reach speeds of more
than 200 miles per hour!
That's three times faster
than you drive on the
interstate!
• When an owl (or hawk or
eagle) eats a mouse, it eats
the entire thing – brains,
guts, bones, fur, feet and
tail! I think I'll have pizza
for dinner!
• There are about 10,000
kinds of birds worldwide.
Nebraska has more than
450 species.
• A woodpecker's tongue
wraps around its brain.
And, there are little hooks
on the end of its tongue
that help it catch insects
inside trees.
• Hummingbirds
can beat their
wings 50 times
in one second.
Try that with
your arms!
• A "clutch" is the total
number of eggs laid in a
nest. Some birds will have
only one egg per clutch,
other will have 3-10.
Ostriches can lay up to
50 eggs in one clutch.
Feathered Friends Fun Facts!
Scavenger Hunt
Look throughout this
magazine to find pictures
of or answers to the
following things. When
you find them,
check them off:
Owl
Blue jay
Fish
Woodpecker
Bird feeder
Three things that
make a bird a bird
A postage stamp
A yellow bird
A bald eagle's beak
The reason birds migrate
Bird with a crossed beak
WORD SEARCH
Find the words in the jumbled letters.
BEAK
MIGRATE
WING
WOODPECKER
RANGE
HABITAT
MARKINGS
PRECOCIAL
ALTRICIAL
ENDOTHERMIC
ARCHAEOPTERYX
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
X H L V C W N J P G D S W
Y V E N D O T H E R M I C
R G G Q D N Y C O W N D Z
E A M M Y F H E I G T W P
T L A I C O C E R P O S K
P T N G W N K Z H O N G T
O R D R A T K P D C D N S
E I R A N G E P R J R I M
A C Z T V M E B R E C K X
H I I E H C R E N G H R Y
C A V T K H T A T I B A H
R L K E U T L K P S T M Q
A X R C D T K B A C N O X
12 — BIRDOLOGY: A Kid's Book About Birds
