Bird Songs by
Betsy Franco
Riki’s Birdhouse by Monica Wellington
Feathers for Lunch by Lois Ehlert
If anyone has another
favorite bird book, let me know!
I also downloaded a bird
call app on my phone: Bird Caller + (get the 99 cent one vs the free one)
Here are some more of the
birds we’ve done.
Blue Jay
Good photo and facts: Blue Jay I and
Activity: We first looked at
photos of blue jays. Then I used the
template I found at Blue Jay Coloring Page
(I enlarged it a little bit) and had the kids glue blue, black, and white
feathers onto it.
Canada Goose
Good photo and facts: Canada Goose I and Canada Goose II
Activity: This was a cute
activity and good for following directions.
I added the pieces onto a goose, step by step and had my daughter create
hers. Heart Goose Activity
Activity: This was a cute
activity and good for following directions.
I added the pieces onto a goose, step by step and had my daughter create
hers. Heart Goose Activity
Coloring page: Click Here
Chickadee
Good photo and facts: Carolina Chickadee
There is also a good
illustration in Bird Songs by Betsy
Franco.
Activity: Using this Coloring Page, I created a similar image on watercolor paper. I then showed my kids a picture of a
chickadee and had them use black and beige paint to create a similar bird.
Hi there! Jill at Ryerson forwarded on your blog to me and I'm so excited that our class on Winter Birds at Ryerson sparked such fun and excitement for you and your kids. Attached is a book list of Winter Birds. We have a similar program on Maple Syrup in a few weeks. Hopefully you can join us then!
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Jen, Environmental Educator, LCFPD
Downy Woodpecker by Tom Jackson
Backyard Birds Woodpeckers by Lynn Stone
Eyewitness Books: Bird, by David Burne
Field guides with natural history and illustrations
Guide to Bird Behavior: Volume 2 by Donald & Lillian Stokes
Field Guide to North American Birds by The Audubon Society
Picture Books
Bird Songs by Betsy Franco
The Owl & The Woodpecker by Brian Wildsmith
Woodpecker Forest by Keizaburo Tejima
The Busy Tree by Jennifer Ward
Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root
The Littlest Owl, by Caroline Pitcher & Tina Macnaughton
Two Blue Jays, by Anne Rockwell & Megan Halsey
World book’s Animals of the World: Cardinals and Other Songbirds, by Meish Goldish
The Big Snow, by Berta and Elmer Hader
Snow Ravens, by Bruno Hachler
Owl Moon, Jane Yolen
Shamelessly blowing my own horn, have you looked at The Robin Makes A Laughing Sound: A Birder's Journal? It's a journal/scrapbook of bird poems and sketches and all the birds mentioned can be seen in the Chicago area. The book is organized by season. Don't quit on birds now--it's starting to get really interesting and the migrators come through and the summer residents return to nest!
ReplyDeleteNo, Sallie, I haven't, but want to see your new book. Awesome that it's arranged by season. Will do. :)
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