🦉🐦If you've been recording the birds that you've seen today in your #NHMHomeworkClub nature journal, have you been noting down details of the feathers, beaks and behaviours of the birds? 🦆🦢Learning Volunteers have looked into why these are such useful things to record.✍🏼
🦅🦩Clues to a bird's diet are found in the shape & size of its beak. Foods can be: insects, fruit, seeds, fish, nectar, small mammals and a mixed diet. Examples of beak shapes are cones, hooks, straight, needle-like and spatulate (like a spoon)🥄 Which shapes match which foods?
❓🌱Which beak shape and size would be best for breaking tough seeds? A thick, strong cone or a beak that's long and thin like a needle?🌱❓
❓🍖Which beak shape and size would be best for tearing meat? A hooked beak or one that's long and shaped like a chisel?🍖❓
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