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Bird Scavenger Hunt

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Fill in the blank.


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

a)

Roseate Spoonbill

b)

American Oystercatcher

c)

Black Skimmer

d)

Red-winged Blackbird

2.

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.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
3.

Which one of these colorful birds is a duck?

a)

Painted Bunting

b)

Blue Jay

c)

Red Knot

d)

Common Yellowthroat

e)

Blue Winged Teal

4.

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

a)

Clapper Rail

b)

Great Blue Heron

c)

Wood Stork

d)

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

5.

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?

a)

Red Knot

b)

Black Bellied Plover

c)

American Redstart

d)

Red-Winged Black Bird

e)

Black-Crowned Night Heron

6.

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

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.

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

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

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

a)

Roseate Spoonbill

b)

Brown Pelican

c)

Double Crested Cormorant

d)

Wood Stork

9.

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

a)

American Redstart

b)

Red Knot

c)

Peregrine Falcon

d)

Red-Winged Black Bird

10.

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

a)

Black-Crowned Night Heron

b)

Yellow-Crowned Night Heron

c)

White Ibis

d)

Red Shouldered Hawk

e)

Bluebird

11.

A pinewoods flat is a habitat for which one of the birds below?

a)

Wild Turkey

b)

Blue Winged Teal

c)

Wood Duck

d)

Laughing Gull

12.

The bird pictured is a Pileated Woodpecker. Choose the habitat where it is found.

a)

Mangroves

b)

Cypress Swamp

c)

Floodplain Forest

d)

Pinewoods Flat

13.

Look around the Exhibit Hall. What is the name of the bird pictured?

a)

American Oystercatcher

b)

Black Skimmer

c)

Black Bellied Plover

d)

Double Crested Cormorant

14.

The bird pictured is a Swallow-tailed Kite. It is most-likely found in the same habitat (floodplain forest) as what other bird?

a)

Wild Turkey

b)

Red Tailed Hawk

c)

Wood Duck

d)

Snowy Egret