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WorksheetsWaterbirds Part 2
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 12mins
Which of these birds has lobed feet?
Grebes
Loons
Kingfishers
Swans
Which of these birds has lobed feet?
Coots
Wood ducks
Killdeer
Pelicans
Which bird will use a broken-wing act to lure a predator away from her eggs?
Killdeer
Sandhill Crane
American Avocet
Green Heron
Which of these will fly with a straight neck?
Sandhill Cranes
Great Blue Herons
American White Pelicans
Black-Crowned Night Herons
Which bird's feet are so far back on its body that it can't effectively walk on land?
Common Loon
Lesser Scaup
Common Goldeneye
Canvasback
A specialized nail used for grooming feathers is called...
pectinate nail
pectoral nail
feather nail
pigeon nail
A speculum is a colored patch on a duck's _____ feathers.
Secondary
Primary
Scapular
Covert
Which feathers are at the top, leading edge of the wing?
Coverts
Primaries
Secondaries
Scapulars
Which feathers look like fingers and make up the outside edge of the wing?
Primaries
Coverts
Secondaries
Scapulars
Which feathers are in the central portion of the wing? (Some birds have a patch of color here called the speculum)
Secondaries
Coverts
Primaries
Scapulars
Which wing feathers are closest to the wing's connection to the body?
Scapulars
Coverts
Primaries
Secondaries
The uropygial gland is used for:
preening
containing oil
waterproofing
all of these
