Birds are the most beautiful creature on earth.  There are many types of birds.

1.Give four characteristics that help a bird to fly.

Birds have wings and most of them can fly.  The parts of the body are very light.  They have fewer bones.  These bones are hollow and filled with air.  This makes them light and energetic.  They have a boat shaped body which help them to float in the air easily.

2.Parrot 

Parrots are some of the best known birds in the world. Parrots have hooked beaks or curved beaks for cracking nuts and seeds.They also use their beaks to climb up.

3.Duck 

Ducks are birds that are also called "waterfowls" because they are normally found in places with water like marshes, oceans, rivers, ponds, and lakes.

Ducks have a flat and broad beak.  It is used for digging up the mud under water.  The duck's beak has got strainers all along the edge.

4.Crane 

Cranes are large, beautiful, graceful, long-lived birds.

Cranes dive in water and catch fish.

5.Crow

Crows are generally black, with black beaks and legs, but they can also be black with white, gray, or brown coloring.A crow eats almost all the things.

6.Which bird eat worms and insects ?

An owl, a wood pecker etc eats worms and insects.

7.What are called Nests ?

Birds build homes when they have to lay eggs. They are called nests.

Birds use nests to protect eggs and nestlings from predators and adverse weather.

8.What are the places where the bird build nests  ?

Birds build nests on trees and live in them. They also lay their eggs in the nest. Some birds live in holes.

9.What are the different materials needed to build a nest?

     ♦ Stick

     ♦ Thread

     ♦ Cotton

     ♦ Fiber

     ♦ Lead

10.How do birds reproduce ?

Birds lay and hatch their eggs. They protect their young ones in their nest. They take care of their young ones. Birds take care of their young ones until they are able to fly or find food for themselves.

11.Who am I ?

 12.Name the bird found in the picture

1. Crane

2. Peacock

3. Parrot

4. Duck

5.Hen

6.Chick

8.Woodpecker

9.Pigeon

10.Crow

11.Owl

13.Answer  the riddle .

Answer :

            a.  Eagle

           b. Peacock 

          c. Owl   

         d. Crane   

14.Some birds do not build nests.why ?

Some birds do not build the nest but lay eggs in some other bird's nest. Such birds are called brood parasites. Classic example of brood parasites is cuckoo bird which lays eggs in crow's nest.

15.Write the food for following birds:

        ♦ Humming birds - nectar

        ♦ Parrot - nuts,seeds, unripe fruit

        ♦ Crane - fish

       ♦ Eagle - small animals

       ♦ Duck - worms, insects

       ♦ Crow - Rice, meat

16.Write the sounds of the following birds:

1. Owl : Hoot-hoot 

2. sparrow : chirp- chirp

3. Koel : Coohoo-coohoo

4. Duck : Quack –quack

5.Crow : Caw-caw

6. Cock : Cluck-cluck

17.Birds Nest