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BIRD UNIT We have a two week unit on birds in the spring. The main concepts we teach during the unit is that all birds lay eggs and all birds have feathers.  Not all birds can fly. One goal is to have students identify at least 10 different birds: ostrich, eagle, penguin, cardinal, robin, hummingbird, pelican, Toucan, turkey, duck, chicken, etc. We use lots of books, posters and pictures. I am still looking for more useful internet sites to find bird pictures. When I find useful pictures, I save them on a disk. I have started a collection of disk for each unit I teach. I copy and paste the pictures into a editing program such as Paint or Word.  There I add large labels to the pictures. I print the pictures to use on the bulletin board and in the writing center. I also laminate the pictures so I can use them again next year. WEB SITES / BIRDS Rufous Hummingbird beautiful colored pictures and information Song Sparrow information, pictures, and songs to hear  Cooper's and Sharp-shinned Hawks information and colored pictures  Common Grackle information, pictures, and song to hear  Classroom Bird Web: Backyard Birds collection of student drawn bird pictures and projects (use as sample for your classroom technology lesson) Classroom Bird Web: Birds of Prey collection of student drawn bird pictures and projects (use as sample for your classroom technology lesson) Blue Jay  information and colored pictures Whip-poor-will information and colored pictures Peregrine Falcon facts, sounds and moving pictures

• Pigeons facts, sounds and pictures
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo facts, picture, range map
• Brown-headed Cowbird facts, picture, range map
• Acadian Flycatcher facts, picture, range map
• Brown-headed Nuthatch facts, picture, range map
• Louisiana  Waterthrush facts, picture, range map
• Wood Thrush facts, picture, range map
• Bay-breasted Warbler facts, picture, range map
• Red-headed Woodpecker facts, picture, range map
• Canada Warbler facts, picture, range map
• Common Gull information and colored pictures
• Warbler information and range map, no picture
• Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology  list of bird spices with information and pictures 
• National Audubon Society home page
• Bird Source home page with links, information, and bird watch projects 
• Project Feeder Watch about birds and bird feeding
• Meet the Birds of Texas - hear bird songs and interviews, see photographs, and read fascinating facts about Texas birds.
• Bird Crazy pictures and information from Amazon parrots to zebra finches. Check out photos and their special kids' page.

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