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Additional Search Results 1 - 5 of 5 for Egrets
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1. Verterbrate Classification Lesson Plan
...ave hollow bones to keep them light for flight Just like human beings birds live in different areas and show different preferences, there are: Water Birds, e.g., ducks, swan, heron, ibis Video of Swan Video of mother duck with ducklings Video of Egret. Notice the long beaks of some water birds like egrets and ibises ? they it make it easy for getting food in water Perching Birds, e.g., parakeet, finches, sparrows Watch this intelligent parakeet Tree Birds, e.g., woodpecker, creepers, etc. Woodpecker Video. Grounds birds, e.g., ostrich, emu, pheasant, etc. Ostrich Close-up Video. Night Birds, e.g., ow...
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2. Local Retreats
...in the initial "tourist attractions" game, participation in class and group discussions, completion of rough drafts of articles, and thoughtfully written final drafts of articles. Vocabulary: steeling, gantlet, boroughs, foray, sordor, concierge, circumambulate, profusion, magnate, felled, kompot, egrets, nostalgic, concedes Extension Activities: 1. Choose one of the locations from the article read in class as the setting for a short story. You might incorporate some of the people whom Newman observed there as characters, or create your own characters who are likely to live or visit there. Make sure...
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3. Wetlands Pave or Save
.... Below is a rundown of some of the ways wildlife uses wetlands. Migration Vacations: If you visited a wetland in fall or spring, chances are you'd see many kinds of migrant birds. And depending on exactly where you were, you could see hundreds or even thousands of them: ducks and geese, herons and egrets, sandpipers and plovers; maybe even eagles and ospreys. These and other birds converge on wetlands en route to their winter or summer homes. Here they "refuel" on the rich food supply before getting on with their journeys. (Many birds nest and winter in wetland too- but the bird population of most w...
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4. Brown Pelicans
...e bird of your choice may be found. (Brown pelicans live along the coasts of North and South America.) SCIENCE Take the students on a field trip where they can observe more shore birds. For example: white or brown pelicans, black skimmers, laughing gulls, seagulls, kingfishers, white ibis, or great egrets. An excellent location to find white or brown pelicans is behind the Texas State Aquarium in Corpus Christi. Have the students record interesting characteristics of the brown pelicans. For example, they can hold a gallon of water in their bills. Students can write the characteristics on an index car...
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5. Angela Tate
...des, waste products and silts. Wetlands are low,slowly drained area that retain water at least part of the year and supporta variety of wildlife adapted to living in a watery environment. Wetlandssuch as marshes serve as important resting and refueling stops for migratingbirds such as ducks, geese, egrets, herons, sandpipers and sometimes baldeagles. Other birds nest and winter in them sharing their homes with deer,raccoon, beaver, otter and an array of reptiles, amphibians, insects, fishand crustaceans. Objectives: The students will be able to: -identify different components of an ecosystem -compare...
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