Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS
Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS
Lesson activity based on the
ASU Ask-a-Biologist virtual aviary
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Did you know?
Birds “sing” to
attract mates and
announce their
territories.
Birds “call” in alarm,
or to announce food.
Each Bird species
has its own song and
call.
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• Most birdwatchers
find birds by
hearing them first.
• You can learn to
identify birds by
sound, too!
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Learning Bird Sounds
Here are 10 common
birds found in the
southwestern U.S.
Listen to each bird’s
sound and make notes
about what you hear.
Is the sound sweet, raspy,
fast, slow?
Use your notes to answer
quiz questions.
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Example: Red-tailed Hawk
Example Quiz:
Which Bird Do you Hear?
A. Tweety
B. Red-tailed
Hawk
C. Roadrunner
Write on your paper something like: “Raspy Scream”
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We will learn all 10 birds and their songs
then have the quiz.
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Mourning Dove
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Killdeer
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Anna’s Hummingbird
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Gila Woodpecker
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Curve-billed Thrasher
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House Finch
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Northern Mockingbird
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Great-tailed Grackle
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House Sparrow
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Red-tailed Hawk
Ready for the Quiz?
Listen to the bird song and
select the correct answer
from the choices given.
Use your notes to help!
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A. Northern
Mockingbird
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Bird Song 1
Bird Song 2
Which bird do you hear?
Which bird do you hear?
B. House Finch
C. Great-tailed
Grackle
A. Gila
Woodpecker
B. House Sparrow
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A. House Sparrow
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Bird Song 3
Bird Song 4
Which bird do you hear?
Which bird do you hear?
B. Killdeer
C. Mourning Dove
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C. Curve-billed
Thrasher
A. Gila
Woodpecker
B. Anna’s
Hummingbird
C. Red-tailed
Hawk
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A. Killdeer
Bird Song 5
Bird Song 6
Which bird do you hear?
Which bird do you hear?
B. House Finch
C. Curve-billed
Thrasher
A. House Sparrow
B. Curve-billed
Thrasher
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A. Anna’s
Hummingbird
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Bird Song 7
Bird Song 8
Which bird do you hear?
Which bird do you hear?
B. Northern
Mockingbird
C. Great-tailed
Grackle
A. Northern
Mockingbird
B. Anna’s
Hummingbird
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A. Gila
Woodpecker
C. Red-tailed
Hawk
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Bird Song 9
Bird Song 10
Which bird do you hear?
Which bird do you hear?
B. Great-tailed
Grackle
C. Red-tailed
Hawk
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C. Red-tailed
Hawk
A. House Sparrow
B. Anna’s
Hummingbird
C. Killdeer
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Correct Your Quiz
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
B. House Finch
C. Curve-billed Thrasher
C. Mourning Dove
B. Anna’s Hummingbird
A. Killdeer
C. Red-tailed Hawk
C. Great-tailed Grackle
A. Northern Mockingbird
A. Gila Woodpecker
A. House Sparrow
Try Listening Outside
Explore bird sounds
outdoors by sitting quietly
and listening for 10
minutes. How many
different bird songs or
calls do you hear?
How did you do?
Try this activity at different times of
day. When do you hear the most?
Why?
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Learn More
Want to hear more bird songs?
Visit the virtual aviary at
the Ask-a-Biologist web site to
listen and learn more about
birds in the southwest..
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Acknowledgements
The Ask-a-Biologist program is supported by the ASU School of Life
Sciences. All the bird recordings and photographs for this activity
used with permission. Sharing this activity is encouraged. Please be
sure to submit the permission request form so that we can track the
use of materials and keep this program running.
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/pages/permissions.php
Bird Photograph Credits:
http://askabiologist.asu.edu/birdsongs/
For more classroom activities please contact:
Cathy Wise (602) 468-6470, [email protected]
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Red-tailed Hawk, Killdeer, Curve-billed Thrasher:
Robert Shantz
Mourning Dove, Great-tailed Grackle, House Finch, House Sparrow:
Richard P. Dunbar
Anna’s Hummingbird and Gila Woodpecker:
Barb Winterfield
Northern Mockingbird:
Richard Ditch
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Science Takes Wing - Lesson II - BIRD SOUNDS
AZ Science Standards Alignment, Grades 5-8
Strand 1: Inquiry Process, Concept 1-3 *
Strand 4: Life Science, Concept 4*
* Performance objectives vary by grade
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