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Waterbirds Part 2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these birds has lobed feet?

a)

Grebes

b)

Loons

c)

Kingfishers

d)

Swans

2.

Which of these birds has lobed feet?

a)

Coots

b)

Wood ducks

c)

Killdeer

d)

Pelicans

3.

Which bird will use a broken-wing act to lure a predator away from her eggs?

a)

Killdeer

b)

Sandhill Crane

c)

American Avocet

d)

Green Heron

4.

Which of these will fly with a straight neck?

a)

Sandhill Cranes

b)

Great Blue Herons

c)

American White Pelicans

d)

Black-Crowned Night Herons

5.

Which bird's feet are so far back on its body that it can't effectively walk on land?

a)

Common Loon

b)

Lesser Scaup

c)

Common Goldeneye

d)

Canvasback

6.

A specialized nail used for grooming feathers is called...

a)

pectinate nail

b)

pectoral nail

c)

feather nail

d)

pigeon nail

7.

A speculum is a colored patch on a duck's _____ feathers.

a)

Secondary

b)

Primary

c)

Scapular

d)

Covert

8.

Which feathers are at the top, leading edge of the wing?

a)

Coverts

b)

Primaries

c)

Secondaries

d)

Scapulars

9.

Which feathers look like fingers and make up the outside edge of the wing?

a)

Primaries

b)

Coverts

c)

Secondaries

d)

Scapulars

10.

Which feathers are in the central portion of the wing? (Some birds have a patch of color here called the speculum)

a)

Secondaries

b)

Coverts

c)

Primaries

d)

Scapulars

11.

Which wing feathers are closest to the wing's connection to the body?

a)

Scapulars

b)

Coverts

c)

Primaries

d)

Secondaries

12.

The uropygial gland is used for:

a)

preening

b)

containing oil

c)

waterproofing

d)

all of these