Learn about Bluebirds Project - Find Feathers facts

Birds have feathers. Bluebirds are no exception. The number of feathers a bird has depends in part on its size, as well as, where and how it lives. In most birds, a third of a its feathers are on its head. Feathers perform a number of important functions for a bird.

Do some digging to become a fine feather fanatic.

Feather vocabulary:

Flight feather (remiges)

Tail feather

Quill

Barbs

Shaft (rachis)

Down feathers

Molt

Preen

Use a table to compare and contrast the Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis, Western Bluebird Sialia mexicana or Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoides - with a Bald Eagle Halieaeetus leucocephalus or a Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo. Be sure to include several feathery facts. (Helpful Compare Contract How To)

Model:

Fact Bluebird Bald Eagle or wild turkey

Continent found on North America North America

Feather's color(s)

“No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings” William Blake

M-W Visual Dictionary - Birds

BirdSleuth: Investigating Evidence - free materials from Cornell University

Save a tree - use a digital answer format - Highlight the text. Copy it. Paste it in a word processing document. Save the document in your folder. Answer on the word processing document in a contrasting color (not yellow) or font (avoid , or other ornate artistic fonts). Save frequently as you work.