FIRST EDITION! Winter 2016-17 The Rkery Activity Bk fr Seattle Audubn Yuth Members Jkes and Puzzle Answers Make smene laugh tday! Puzzle Answers (dn t peek!) Inside Dear Adults...2 Let s G Birding!...3 My Birding Jurnal...4-5 Clring Page...6-7 Sptlight n Crws...8-9 Puzzles and Games. 10-11 Jkes & Puzzle Answers...12 Acrss 3. Cmmn Yeallwthrat 4. Califrnia Quail 7. Nrthern Flicker 10. Pileated Wdpecker 12. Great Blue Hern 13. American Crw 14. Steller s Jay 15. Sptted Twhee Dwn 1. Barred Owl 2. Great Hrned Owl 5. Killdeer 6. Red-winged Blackbird 8. White-crwned Sparrw 9. American Rbin 11. Black-capped Chickadee
Dear Adults Welcme t the Rkery! Thank yu fr enrlling yur child in Seattle Audubn s new yuth membership prgram, the Rkery! We are excited t be embarking n this new adventure with yur yung bird explrer. This activity bk is just ne f the many ways we will encurage yur child t explre birds and nature year-rund. In additin t this bk, we will be ffering quarterly family-friendly activities like bird walks at lcal parks, mvie nights, arts and crafts events, and service pprtunities, exclusively fr Rkery members and their families. We will als cntinue t ffer ther all-ages events, s stay tuned! Puzzles and Games D yu knw what ur lcal birds eat? Draw a line t match the bird with their favrite fd! Gldfinch Rbin Small Birds Mark yur calendars fr the fllwing scheduled events: Hliday Crafts at the Nature Shp Open Huse: Sat, Dec. 3 rd, 11am-3pm at the Seattle Audubn Nature Shp Wrms and Fruit Fledglings and Friends Strytime: Thu, Dec. 8 th, 10:30-11:15am at the Seattle Audubn Nature Shp ($2 per child) Crw Flwer Nectar Bird Mvie Bing Night!* Thu, Jan. 12 th, 6:30-7:30pm at the Seattle Audubn Nature Shp Family Duck Walk*: Wed, Feb. 1 st (n schl fr Seattle Schls!) 10-11am at Green Lake (Meeting lcatin TBD) Hummingbird Seeds We are lking frward t seeing yu at ur upcming events! *Rkery members and families nly, RSVP at the number belw. 2 Fr mre infrmatin, visit www.seattleaudubn.rg r call: 206-523-4483 Falcn All kinds f things! 11
Puzzles and Games Bird Calls Crsswrd Hw well d yu knw yur lcal bird calls? Test yur knwledge nw! Let s G Birding! Ducks lve winter! Just because it s winter, that desn t mean there aren t any birds t be fund. In fact, the winter mnths are the perfect time t g see sme f the easiest birds t watch: ducks and ther water birds! Many species f ducks and ther water fwl call the wetlands arund Seattle hme. They migrate frm all ver the wrld t spend their winter mnths with us! S why nt g find a pnd near yu t see wh s hanging arund? Acrss 3. Witchety-witchety-witchety! (Cmmn ) 4. Chicag! Chicag! (Califrnia ) 7. Clear! Flick-a flick-a flick-a. (Nrthern ) 10. Kik-kik-kik-kik-kik-kik-kik! (Pileated ) 12. Graaaak! Grak grak! (Great Blue ) 13. Caw! Caw! Caw! (American ) 14. Shaaak! Shk shk shk! (Steller's ) Dwn 15. Meeew! Meeew! (Sptted ) 1. Wh cks fr yu all? 2. Wh's awake? Meee t. 5. Kill-deer! Kill-deer! 6. Cnkareee-! (Red-winged ) 8. Seee-meee pretty pretty meee. (White-crwned ) 9. Cheerily Cheer-up Cheeri! (American ) 11. Chick-a-dee-dee-dee! (Black-Capped ) 10 3
My Birding Jurnal Tday s Date: Weather: Lcatin: My Observatins The birds I saw tday: Other rganisms I saw tday: The mst interesting thing I fund: Where I saw it: What it was ding: Here s sketch f it: Sptlight n Crws Crw r Raven? One f the mst cmmn questins we get at Seattle Audubn is: Hw d yu tell the difference between a crw and raven? Becme an expert with the chart belw: Crw Smaller Thinner, smaller bill Straight r curved tail feathers Higher pitched call Smth feathers n thrat Crw Scavenger Hunt Hw many f these crw behavirs can yu spt in yur neighbrhd? (Make sure yu g ut with an adult!) Raven Larger Thicker, larger bill Wedge-shaped tail feathers Lwer, raspy call Shaggy feathers arund thrat A murder f crws (that s a grup f three r mre) Hearing a crw s caw caw caw! A crw eating n the grund A crw (r crws) mbbing a raptr A crw walking n the grund 4 A crw drpping smething n the grund t break it A crw stealing smene s fd A raven 9
Scientific Name Crvus brachyrhynchs Sptlight n Crws American Crw My Birding Jurnal Yu can use this space t take ntes and/r sketch what yu saw! General Inf American Crws are shiny black birds with stut, strng bills. They are larger than rbins, but smaller than gulls. Habitat and Diet American Crws are fund all ver Seattle in many kinds f habitats. They are very tlerant f humans and take advantage f new fd surces. They are mnivres that eat all kinds f fd, frm bugs t berries, garbage t radkill, and almst everything in between! Nesting American Crws frm lngterm pairs. Bth parents help t build the nest in the canpy f a tree using sticks, mud, mss, grass, and feathers. The female lays 4-6 eggs. Smetimes yung frm a previus brd will hang arund and help with the raising f the new chicks. Behavir American Crws are very intelligent birds that are highly sciable and frm large rsting grups. They are ften seen drpping hard items dwn nt the grund t break them pen. Crws are aggressive tward ther birds and are ften seen mbbing raptrs like hawks, eagles, and sprey. 8 5
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