Bird Watching
Across
- 2. When a bird cleans and arranges its feathers.
- 3. A place where birds lay their eggs and raise young.
- 5. A bird of prey, like a hawk or eagle.
- 6. The sharp claws of birds of prey.
- 7. When a bird taps or hits something with its beak.
- 8. The hard outer covering of a bird’s egg.
- 14. A young bird that has just learned to fly.
- 15. A loud, harsh noise made by a bird.
- 16. A place where birds sit, like a branch or a pole.
- 18. When birds travel from one place to another during different seasons.
- 19. A group of baby birds hatched at the same time.
Down
- 1. What covers a bird’s body and helps it to fly.
- 4. A colony of birds that nest together, especially seabirds.
- 7. The pattern and colors of a bird’s feathers.
- 9. A baby bird that has just hatched from an egg.
- 10. A small bird known for its ability to hover in place by flapping its wings rapidly.
- 11. The distance from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
- 12. The hard, pointed mouth of a bird.
- 13. To fly high in the sky without flapping wings.
- 17. The sound a small bird makes, often heard in the morning.