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Bird Activities
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Bird Thematic Printables and Parent/Teacher Resources

Origami Birds - Video Tutorials (Even for little people)
Blackbird
Flamingo
Parrot
Pigeon
Toucan

Bird Vocabulary Interactive Crossword Puzzle (Javascript required)
Printer-Friendly Bird Vocab Crossword Puzzle   Answer Key
Bird Vocab PDF Crossword    Answer Key PDF

Types of Birds Interactive Crossword Puzzle (Javascript Required)
Printer-Friendly Crossword Puzzle    Answer Key
Types of Birds PDF Crossword    Answer Key PDF

Bird Themed Notebooking Pages
Bird Colouring Pages (New Page)

Curriculum Resources and Activities

• Web Resources for Environmental Education

• "Hands on the Land:" www.handsontheland.org/home.cfm

• National Wetlands Inventory Wetlands Online Mapper

• Shorebird Sister Schools

• Piping Plover, Atlantic Coast Population

• Attention, Junior Fish and Wildlife Biologists!

• Fairbanks Fishery Resources Office - Cyber Salmon

• The Keystone Center - The Nature of Learning

• International Migratory Birds Day

• Division of Migratory Bird Management - Educational

• Prairie Wetlands Learning Center:

• Waubay National Wildlife Refuge and Wetland Management District

• Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge Complex

• National Conservation Training Center - Educational Programs

Bird Activities
Bird Songs & Poems
Birds Theme Printables
Origami Birds - Video Tuts
Blackbird
Flamingo
Parrot
Pigeon
Toucan

The Dove And The Woodpecker ~ A Fable

A dove and a woodpecker had been visiting a peacock. “How
did you like our host ?“ asked the woodpecker, after their visit. “Is
he not very disagreeable? His vanity, shapeless feet, and his harsh
voice are unbearable. Don’t you think so ?”
“Indeed I had no time,” said the gentle dove, “to notice these
things; I was so occupied with the beauty of his head, the
gorgeousness of his colours, and the majesty of his train.”

Tell children one of the legends connected with the Doves of
Venice. Centuries ago this “City of the Sea” was nearly
conquered by enemies. Doves arrived with messages just in time
to save the city and ever since the doves have been protected
and loved by the people. Strangers enjoy watching them in the
beautiful St. Marco Square near the grand cathedral.

High on the top of an old pine tree
Broods a mother-dove with her young ones three.
Warm over them is her soft downy breast,
And they sing so sweetly in their nest.
“Coo,” say the little ones, “Coo,” says she.
All in their nest on the old pine-tree.

Note to Educator/Parent: ~ The name ‘dove” and “pigeon” are not
quite synonymous, but because “dove” is also commonly used In
literature and is so nearly correct, “Howe” advocates the use of
the term dove in primary grades.

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