Bird Scavenger Hunt

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This bird is a __________________________ and will use its adapted uneven beak to catch its prey on the surface of the water.

• Roseate Spoonbill

• American Oystercatcher

• Black Skimmer

• Red-winged Blackbird

A shorebird (also called a wading bird) moves up and down shoreline habitats hunting for food. They are often migratory birds. Select the two birds that ARE NOT shorebirds from the answers below.

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Which one of these colorful birds is a duck?

• Painted Bunting

• Blue Jay

• Red Knot

• Common Yellowthroat

• Blue Winged Teal

This marsh bird has a call that sounds like "KEK KEK KEK."

• Clapper Rail

• Great Blue Heron

• Wood Stork

• Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

Males and females within a bird species often have drastic differences in appearance. The birds in this picture are the same species. Find one of them in the Exhibit Hall. What is it?

• Red Knot

• Black Bellied Plover

• American Redstart

• Red-Winged Black Bird

• Black-Crowned Night Heron

Find the fastest bird in the world! It is incredibly fast and can reach well over 200 miles per hour during a dive!

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Time to go outside! Can you guess which one of these birds has very little oils on its feathers?

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Go outside to the estuary and look all around you (including the "Bird Dock"). Which one of these birds has a "Gular Pouch"?

• Roseate Spoonbill

• Brown Pelican

• Double Crested Cormorant

• Wood Stork

Which one of these birds IS NOT a migratory bird listed in the Migration Stories Panel?

• American Redstart

• Red Knot

• Peregrine Falcon

• Red-Winged Black Bird

Select ALL of the birds that can be found in a freshwater marsh habitat.

• Black-Crowned Night Heron

• Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

• White Ibis

• Red Shouldered Hawk

• Bluebird