Puzzle #1 Birds
Across
- 2. having very long legs and neck, webbed feet, a bill bent downward at the tip, and pinkish to scarlet plumage.
- 4. any of several large, stately aquatic birds, having a long, slender neck and usually pure-white plumage in the adult
- 5. a female chicken
- 6. often having a naked head and less powerful feet
- 7. having a long, stout bill, lustrous black plumage, and a wedge-shaped tail
- 8. any of several flightless, aquatic birds, having webbed feet and wings reduced to flippers.
- 9. having a broad head with large, forward-directed eyes
Down
- 1. having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
- 3. usually distinguished by long, pointed wings, a hooked beak with a toothlike notch on each side of the upper bill, and swift, agile flight
- 4. a gull, especially any of the marine species.
- 5. birds of prey, having a short, hooked beak, broad wings, and curved talons