Project (preparatory group) on the topic: project - why do birds have a beak? Ten birds with the most bizarre beaks Comparison of a bird's beak with a tool

This bird is easy to recognize among the many representatives of marsh birds. Klyuvach stands out for its large dimensions and unusual bright colors of its beak. The bird can grow up to one meter in height, while its weight reaches up to three kilograms.

Juveniles have predominantly white plumage with a slightly grayish head. Adults have large numbers of black wing feathers and a dark head. A striking and memorable feature is the yellow beak of the stork, reaching a length of about 25 cm. The end of the beak is curved towards the bottom. The beaked fish has long, flipper-like legs that are red-brown in color. It is almost impossible to distinguish a male from a female by external signs.

Habitat

In the photo there is a male beaked beak

The beaked whale lives in coastal areas of rivers and lakes. In wetlands and mangroves. Selects bodies of water with both fresh and salt water. The habitat of the beaked fish is limited to the subtropics and tropics of South and North America, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, the USA, South Carolina, Texas, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Northern Argentina - states where the beaked whale is widespread.

Reproduction of beaked fish

Often beaked bird creates one pair for life, however, there are examples when the beaked stork created a social unit for only one season. Before starting to court the female, the male beak prepares a place for the future nest in advance. I consider the best place for the birth of beaked offspring to be a tree surrounded by water.

By making characteristic sounds, the male calls for reproduction, which will last from December to April. One tree can accommodate up to 20 families. The couples themselves build their future “houses” from dry twigs, decorating them with green foliage. There are usually three eggs in a clutch, less often there are four cream-colored ones.

In the photo there are beaked beaks during the mating season

Both parents hatch them in turn. After one month, chicks are born. They will remain helpless and naked for up to 50 days. Their parents take care of their food. If there is a lack of food, only strong and active chicks survive; weak ones, unfortunately, die.

Nutrition

The number of meals can be up to 10-12 times a day. Adults regurgitate food directly into the mouths of their offspring, and on hot, dry days they even bring them water. Young chicks will reach sexual maturity only at four years of age.

In the photo there are beaked fish after a successful fishing trip

Beaked whales spend a lot of time high in the air, soaring 300 meters from the ground. Basically, it soars smoothly using currents of warm air and only occasionally smoothly flaps its wings.

But when landing on the water, the beaked fish performs sharp circles and turns. Storks often flock together and even form entire colonies with other related birds and even with. Only occasionally can you hear croaking or hissing performed by the beaked fish; most of the time it prefers to remain silent.

The photo shows a beaked bird during a hunt.

Being a swamp, the beaked whale feeds on all the gifts of swamps, namely small snakes, aquatic invertebrates, insects, small fish, etc. An adult beaked fish, weighing up to three kilograms, absorbs about 700 grams of food per day. The bird uses its sensitive beak to hunt. Their beaks find prey by touch in water at a depth of 7-10 cm.

When hunting, the stork keeps its beak slightly open, but as soon as food touches it, it instantly closes its beak. During hunting, the beaked fish practically does not use its vision, and its sensitive beak is capable of not only professionally catching prey, but also recognizing it by touch.

In the photo there is a beaked bird in flight

Ornithologists studying this bird have found that the beak closing speed of the American bird is about 26 thousandths of a second. This ability makes him the fastest hunter among his relatives. The main competitor in obtaining food are white beaks, and in order not to remain hungry, beaked whales often fly out of the nest at night, hunting at night tides.

"Beautiful inhabitants of the blue skies"

Quiz

"Their element is the sky"

The work was completed

students of class 5 "A"

Municipal educational institution "Secondary"

general education

school No. 2 with in-depth

studying mathematics"

Kargopol

Leader - teacher

biology Safonov

Nadezhda Alexandrovna.

2017

1. A bird that is not afraid of frost

White breasts, black frock coats and a funny gait give penguins such a funny resemblance to people that they evoke some special sympathy in us. These birds have adapted to the harshest climate on Earth. They feel great among the ice fields and fierce cold. Their body is covered with thick, waterproof plumage, and a thick layer of fat perfectly protects them from bitter frosts.

There are now seventeen species of penguins living on our planet. Oddly enough, among them there are those who moved to live on the shores of Africa, South America and Australia. Although penguins cannot fly and are very clumsy on land, in the water they can compete with agile seals and dolphins. Their wings serve as excellent oars. With their help, the penguin reaches speeds of up to 40 km/h. They can dive several tens of meters and jump out of the water one and a half to two meters, landing directly on the ice. Tirelessly nomadic, penguins sometimes swim hundreds of kilometers in icy water, and then travel overland to their traditional nesting sites. They nest in colossal colonies - a million individuals or more.

2. These birds are sociable and served people as a symbol of homesickness.

Cranes have always served as a symbol of homesickness for people. It is a rare person who, being far from his homeland and hearing the melancholy murmur of cranes, does not dream of returning to the warmth of his native hearth. Cranes are beautiful birds. Their body is quite long; the neck is also long and thin, and the head is small. The legs are long and very strong, the wings are large, long and sickle-shaped, and the beak is quite strong, straight and somewhat laterally compressed. Cranes live in large swamps, especially often in those that border cultivated fields. These birds walk measuredly, going quite deep into the water, they can swim, fly high and beautifully and often soar, describing wide circles. These are smart, brave, and sometimes even bloodthirsty birds. From early morning they are busy searching for food, all kinds of amphibians, small insects, worms and small fish. But still, their main food consists of seeds, buds, tubers and roots. Cranes are very sociable birds. A pair of cranes is always very faithful to each other. These birds show touching respect for other relatives. True, sometimes serious quarrels break out, and some naturalists even claim that the cranes punish the culprit with death. Cranes really do not tolerate disorder and do not like quarrels. They warn troublemakers with menacing screams or blows of their beaks. These birds are quite playful and sometimes, in a burst of fun, they perform real dances with tossing pebbles and chips. As already mentioned, the crane is a very smart bird, it is difficult to outwit it. A flock, for example, always posts guards who protect the general peace. If the flock is frightened off, then before returning to its original place, it sends scouts ahead. Cranes are easily tamed and become very loyal and loyal friends. Before the annual autumn migration, these birds gather in a certain area in large flocks, from where they leave with loud screams and fly without rest day and night until they reach their wintering grounds. Each time they fly along the same path and deviate from it only in case of danger.

3. What birds did people consider to be a fairytale bird; their ancestors saw dinosaurs?

The word "flamingo" comes from the Latin word "flammo", which means "flame". It is not surprising that since ancient times, people have considered the flamingo to be a fabulous bird, a creature from a beautiful pipe dream. There are few such beautiful sights in nature as the simultaneous takeoff of a flock of flamingos of half a million. These birds have the longest neck and the longest legs, of course, relative to the size of the body. Flamingos are quite large birds - up to 130 centimeters tall and weighing up to 4 kg. An interesting fact is that they get their pink, or even red coloring, not from birth, but due to their feeding habits. They eat blue-green seaweed, which turns pink when digested. If they lack such substances, then the color of the flamingo fades. And when they are completely gone, the bird turns gray and white. Flamingos brought to the zoo very quickly turned white until they began to be given additional food containing a lot of carotene - carrots, tomatoes, red peppers. Flamingos feed in shallow water. They bend their necks so much that their beaks are upside down.

4. These birds are birds - a legend, a symbol of kindness and happiness.

5. These birds are treacherous and evil creatures.

It can't be said that herons beautiful birds in our opinion. Naturally, they, like every creature on Earth, have some beauty and grace, but clumsy movements and strange, awkward poses reduce all the beauty to nothing. However, herons are better suited than other birds for life among swamps and ponds. They maneuver well in the reeds and swim well. The voice of herons is very unpleasant, and in some it resembles a frightening roar. Herons- insidious and evil creatures. Despite the fact that they live in communities, they are by no means friendly. Every heron never misses an opportunity to play a dirty trick on its neighbor. Herons feed mostly on fish, and on occasion , shellfish and . Birds make their nests in reeds or on tall trees. The female lays and incubates 3 to 6 eggs. At this time, the male feeds her. The amazing thing is that having such a powerful weapon for protection as a beak, herons completely helpless in front of their enemies. The usual picture: when it arrives , The heron gives him the opportunity to take his children without resistance. And in other situations they cannot be called caring mothers - , , everyone who is not too lazy can feast on heron eggs. To captivity herons They get used to it quite quickly, but watching them is a thankless task, since a heron can stand on one leg all day, and you will fall asleep faster than it can change its leg or move its head.

6. These birds are cheerful and intelligent and quickly get used to captivity.

Ibises they prefer to live in hot zone countries, and those found in northern latitudes are migratory birds. They choose bogs, swamps and wooded areas as their place of residence. The ibises spend the entire morning searching for food, during the day they rest, and in the evening they go to sleep in the trees. Food ibises birds consists of fish and mollusks, and in marsh species also of all kinds of reptiles and small aquatic animals. Ibises make nests on the branches of trees or bushes. Females lay from 3 to 6 eggs in them. Oddly enough, ibises have few enemies, although their meat is very tasty. Even people rarely shoot these birds, but rather try to catch them, because this bird is very cheerful and intelligent and quickly gets used to captivity.

In Egypt there lives a sacred ibis. Since ancient times, people have worshiped this bird. Many mummified ibises were found in one of the pyramids. According to the stories of travelers of those times, similar honors were given to ibises for their irreconcilable war with snakes. But there is a version: ibises appeared at the time of the flood of the sacred Nile River, and the Egyptians understood this as a sign sent by the gods.

Bullfinch. Goldfinch. Chizh.

Ibis.

7. For which birds is snake venom harmless?

The snake eagle has excellent vision: from a height it notices prey, hovers over it and falls sharply down. The snake eater grabs the snake with its paws just behind its head, and then finishes it off with its beak. After this, the hunter swallows the prey and leaves the hunting area.
Mostly snake eaters catch snakes and snakes, but they also happen to deal with truly dangerous snakes: viper, viper or copperhead. That is why the movements of the snake eagle are fast and precise, because a mistake or delay can lead to the bird missing its prey or getting bitten. Usually, agility and quick reaction help the predator to avoid danger; moreover, its legs are covered with horny scutes that protect against snake attacks. However, failures also happen. Snake venom is not harmless to birds, although it is not always fatal. A serpent eater that has been bitten by a snake can get sick and take quite a long time to recover. Predators hunt not only from the air; sometimes they pursue their prey on the ground or in shallow water.

Rice. 1.

Many birds of prey also enjoy feasting on snakes. Moreover, they just need to lift the snake higher in their claws and slap it on a stone in order to eat it without fear. Such birds include hawks, falcons, storks, herons, and even the peacock is not very susceptible to reptiles. This is how the secretary bird deals with a snake (Fig. 1.)

8. Which birds can take the most fantastic poses?

In the art of taking the most fantastic poses bittern surpassed many birds on our planet. She can masterfully pretend to be a snag, a stump, a dry tree or an old sharp stake. All bent over, or vice versa, stretched out, she can stand motionless for a long time until the danger threatening her disappears. Bittern, or bull, a very lazy, cowardly, but at the same time cunning, evil and insidious bird. She attacks literally anything that moves, provided that it is smaller than her. She avoids meeting large enemies, but if the situation is hopeless, she fights until her last breath. At the same time, she aims her beak directly at the eyes, so that after several of her attacks the enemy very often retreats. Even in captivity, her character and habits do not change. U bittern dense body, long but thick neck, narrow, high beak, wide wings, medium-length legs and thick plumage. It is painted rusty-yellow with many brown spots, dashes and streaks. It feeds bittern fish, snakes, lizards, frogs, young birds and small mammals. She hunts at night and is incredibly voracious. The bittern has a very strange, heart-rending cry that resembles the roar of a bull. You can hear it several kilometers away.

9. A bird that uses its beak as a spear.

Birds from the cormorant family, to which the darter, or anhinga, belongs, live on sea coasts around the world. But darters live on rivers and lakes. All members of the family are united by the fact that their bones are dense and heavy, and there are noticeably fewer subcutaneous air cells than other copepods, which thanks to them float on the water like corks. Anhingas, while swimming, sit deep in the water. Another feature of these birds is that their plumage gets wet, and therefore they rarely rest on the water and, having had enough, go to land. On the shore, the darters, with their wings half-unfolded, dry them in the sun and wind. Only then are they ready to fly again. The drying ritual is often preceded by skirmishes over the most convenient places. Anhingas get their food thanks to their surprisingly long neck, which really resembles a snake in movement. The peculiarity of their method of catching fish is that they do not grab prey with their beaks, but use their long flexible neck and sharp beak as a spear. No other bird hunts this way. Anhingas are outstanding swimmers and divers. They can swim underwater for a very long time, chasing their intended victim until they are a meter away from it. Then they quickly throw out their muscular neck, like a harpoon, in the direction of the prey. At the same time, they do not open their beak, but pierce the victim with it, as if impaling it on a needle. Having emerged to the surface with a fish impaled on its beak, the bird, with sharp movements of its head, throws the still trembling prey into the air, quickly opens its beak and picks up the falling fish. It is interesting to observe which techniques for grasping food are innate in birds, and which they must learn from adults. Young birds often throw the fish too high and then fail to catch it in the air, so the fish falls into the water. Thus, deftly opening the beak and quickly picking up falling prey is not an innate instinct, but is achieved through endlessly long exercises. An anhinga, still just a chick, sitting in a nest, plays with a stick, throwing it up and catching it in the air with its beak.
In addition to fish, these birds eat crayfish, frogs, newts and large aquatic insects.

10. What birds are distinguished by their agility and mobility, but they lack intelligence, they are very hot-tempered, arrogant, but cowardly?

Huge size is what first catches your eye when looking at an ostrich, because this bird is not inferior in height to a large horse. The height of the ostrich from the tips of the paws to the top of the head is 1.8-2.7 m, the weight is on average 50-75 kg, but the heaviest males can weigh up to 131 kg! Of course, most of the bird's height falls on its long legs and neck, but the ostrich's head, on the contrary, is very small compared to the size of the body. Even smaller is the brain, which in ostriches does not exceed the size of a walnut. Such a small brain size determines the low level of intelligence of these birds and indicates their primitiveness. The ostrich is a rather stupid bird, but very careful. While feeding, ostriches often raise their heads and look around the surroundings with a keen eye. They can see a moving object on the surface of the plain a kilometer away. If danger is suspected, the ostrich tries to leave in advance, avoiding getting close to the predator. Therefore, the behavior of ostriches is often monitored by other herbivores that are not so vigilant and rely more on their sense of smell. If necessary, an ostrich can run at a speed of 70 km/h, that is, it can freely overtake a horse; in exceptional cases, an ostrich can accelerate to 80-90 km/h (over a short distance). While running, an ostrich can make sharp turns without slowing down, and also suddenly lie down on the ground. While incubating eggs and caring for their offspring, they turn into very brave and aggressive birds. During this period of time there can be no question of hiding from danger. The ostrich reacts instantly to any moving object and moves across it. First, the bird opens its wings and tries to scare the enemy; if this does not help, then the ostrich rushes at the enemy and tramples him underfoot. With a blow from his paw, a male ostrich can break a lion’s skull, add to this the enormous speed that the bird develops as naturally as when escaping from an enemy. No African animal dares to engage in open combat with an ostrich, but some take advantage of the bird's shortsightedness.

11. What birds are called

travelers?

My opinion is that all migratory birds are excellent travelers!

12. These birds are predators, feed only on fish, and are excellent parents. They take care of their chicks until they learn to fly.

Circling above the water, an osprey, at an altitude of 15-30 meters, notices a fish, hangs in the air for a moment and dives with its wings half folded down and its paws outstretched with its claws outstretched. A moment later, she hits the water with her paws and disappears among a cloud of spray. A few seconds later she emerges, and under her elongated, torpedo-like, brown-white body, a fish clutched in her claws glistens.The only feathered predator that feeds only on fish, the osprey is an excellent flyer and glider. It is relatively large (50-60 centimeters in length with a wingspan of up to one and a half meters) and is armed with deadly claws on all four fingers, of which the outer two are reversible, that is, when it grabs prey, two fingers can be facing forward, and two - back. Under the claws of this bird there are special pads with spikes that make the powerful grip even more reliable. Ospreys only eat fish that they catch themselves. But sometimes they also eat fish killed by someone else, if it is whole and fresh. An osprey can choke if it grabs onto a fish that is too large before it can release its claws. This is one of the few dangers that threaten her. The osprey lives everywhere except New Zealand and Antarctica. They build their one and a half meter nests along the shores of lakes, seas and rivers, made of twigs and branches, on dry trees, on rocks, on the ground. There is a known case when the nest was used from year to year for 40 years. Usually the female lays three white eggs with red-brown spots. Incubation lasts about five weeks, and then the parents take care of the chicks for two months until they fly and return to their nest only at night before flying away forever and starting an independent life.

13. What birds are called “Feathered cats”?

In Russia, the owl was called a “feathered cat.” The rounded facial disc with a “cat-like expression”, silent movements, keen hearing, nocturnal lifestyle, most species of owls feed on mice - all this served as a prerequisite for this name. Soft, loose plumage, a specially curved feather fan with half-split beards hide the rustling and whistling of the wings that occur during flight. A slight rustle is enough for prey to be detected and caught even in absolute darkness.
Owls are predators. Their beak and claws are convincing proof of this. The entire body of owls is adapted to hunting at night. Depending on the size of the bird, its prey includes large insects, birds, fish, and small mammals. During the years of increased reproduction of mice, owls actively and in large numbers destroy these harmful rodents.
The owl usually does not build a nest. If there is a ready-made crow that is suitable in size and location, he will take it and correct it a little. If there is no one else's nest, the female eagle owl will trample a hole in the ground and incubate two, three, or even five white eggs without any soft or hard “lining.” Owls and their offspring nest well in a hollow on bare wood, in a hole on damp ground, on stones in a rock crevice, or somewhere under the roof of a barn.
Owls bathe in water and sand when there is no water. A fine warm rain is a wonderful shower for them. Having forgotten about everything, they circle for a long time in the air in the rain, fluffed up and spreading their fan-tails. Owls’ eggs are white, with a shiny shell. Newborn owlets are covered in down, but they are blind and deaf. The eyes and ears of the owls open after a week, and soon the chicks begin to molt, exchanging their original down for soft feathers.
There is an opinion that owls do not see well or do not see anything during the day. This is far from true: owls see no worse, and some see better than humans. Moreover: they perfectly distinguish the silhouettes of soaring birds.
In spring, owls call a lot. The voices of others are melancholy, monotonous, and sound abruptly on the same notes all night, frightening random travelers. Others have melodic voices.
Owls are distributed throughout the world, except Antarctica. They live in forests, deserts, tundras, and mountains. Small owls live for about 20 years, and large eagle owls have lived up to 68 years in captivity.

14. What birds are called "Forest flutes or forest cats"?

Sometimes you hear a wonderful bird’s voice in the forest: as if someone is playing a flute. And suddenly, from the same tree from which the melodic singing was coming, such sounds will be heard that you can close your ears, as if someone had stepped on a cat’s tail. Of course, no one will want to see this cat that ruined the concert of a forest musician. But on<флейтиста>interesting to see. However, to discern<музыканта>not easy: he always hides in dense foliage. Even from the south, it arrives later than other birds, when the leaves are already rustling with might and main on the trees, and always flies away earlier, before the leaves fall. But when you meet the singer, you will understand why he needs thick foliage. Its plumage is very bright and noticeable: its chest, head and back are yellow-golden, and its wings and tail are velvety black.

The oriole is one of the most beautiful birds and one of the best songbirds of our forests. It should be added that by eating many harmful insects, the oriole brings us great benefits. Of course, you want to know who is yelling so disgustingly? It’s hard to believe, but both beautiful and unpleasant sounds are made by the same bird. It is not for nothing that the oriole is called the forest flute and the forest cat. Its tropical origin is confirmed by the fact that it is a migratory bird, which is a short-term guest in our area. She is one of the last to arrive, usually in the first days of May. Likes to settle in old parks, gardens, alleys, in thickets with fairly tall trees along the banks of streams. But it also lives in deciduous forests, even in light forests, and avoids dark and dense coniferous forests. The nest of a common oriole is easy to recognize: it looks like a basket of leaves and stems of grass, bast, plant fibers and strips of birch bark. The nest is secured with bast and other long grasses on a horizontal fork of thin outer branches. It is very difficult to find an oriole nest skillfully suspended in green tree branches. It is not always possible to see a wonderful bird flying quickly from tree to tree. Despite its beautiful plumage, it is not easy to spot an oriole in nature. She is timid and cautious, staying in dense foliage all the time. The main food is insects, which the oriole catches in flight and collects in trees and on the ground. It also feeds on spiders and small snails. And most importantly, she eats caterpillars that other birds besides her and the cuckoo do not eat.

15. These birds are called "Flying Gems".

Kingfisher birds are called "flying jewels". There is a legend according to which this bird got gray plumage. But she didn’t want to be like that and flew into the sunset. The sun turned her breasts red-brown, and the blue of the sky fell on her back. The ancient Greeks revered kingfishers. Even the name of one of the genera - Halcyon - goes back to the ancient Greek myth of Alcyone. Alcyone is a woman who drowned herself after learning that her husband had died in a shipwreck. Taking pity, the gods turned them both into kingfishers, and there was even a belief that kingfishers hatched their chicks in a floating nest during the winter solstice. These days, the supreme god Zeus himself makes sure that the sea is calm. There are 84 species of kingfishers on earth. The largest number of species of this bird is distributed in Southeast Asia and eastern India. But kingfishers are also common in Africa, North and South America and Australia. Most kingfishers are robust birds with large heads, short legs and a strong beak that resembles the tip of a spear. Forest kingfishers forage not in water, but on land. Therefore, they can often be found in savannas, where they hunt insects and small lizards. Aquatic, or true kingfishers, live and forage for food near bodies of water. They love fish and hunt for them very skillfully. These birds are no larger in size than a sparrow, but there are also quite large ones, such as the piebald kingfisher. This bird is not inferior in size to the famous pigeon. Large kingfishers fly low over the water in search of fish, while small ones prefer to sit on branches and fly out only when a fish is very close.
Most often, kingfishers live in small flocks, but there are also loners among them. Thus, the malachite kingfisher simply cannot stand the company of its relatives. Only during the mating season can a pair of kingfishers be seen. And then they somehow look askance at each other.

Literature.

1. Life of animals in 7 volumes / Volume 6 Birds / Edited by V.D. Ilyicheva and others - M.: Education, 1986. - 527 pp.: with ill.

2 Internet resources:

Http://hipermir.ru/topic/pticy/vyp/

Http://animals-birds.ru/c2.html

Lyudmila Ryabokoneva
Educational research project “Why do birds need a beak?”

This is our work with which we are participating in the competition "Wonderland - Land of Research"

INTRODUCTION

At home and in kindergarten I have a lot of books, pictures, encyclopedias, and stories about animals. I like very much birds! Birds are animals too. Birds- our faithful helpers. They can rise above clouds and mountains, fly across deserts and seas. And all because they have wings. They also have feathers, paws with claws and beak. I was wondering, huh? And what is it for? needed?

Hypothesis

I suppose that Birds don't need beaks for beauty., they need it to get food and is associated with their living conditions, therefore Bird beaks are different.

Target

Find out why birds need a beak.

Tasks:

1. Get to know the variety of birds, their features.

2. Find out how and what they eat birds.

3. Collect information about the form beaks.

Literature:

1. Nikolay Sladkov "Show them to me"

2. V. Bianchi "All the best"

3. Igor Akimushkin "Animals are builders"

4. Internet resources

5. In Bianchi “Whose nose is better?”

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

To find out why birds need a beak, my teacher and my mother helped me. We read books, watched shows about animals, and even looked for the answer to my question on the Internet.

We planned our research So:

We study books, reference books, read stories about birds.

We use the resources of the Global Internet

We are watching birds of our area.

Drawing conclusions

Birds- the first and most reliable helpers of man. Defenders of our forests, fields, gardens and vegetable gardens. Without we can't get by with birds, but also birds need our help. In a hungry and cold winter it is necessary to feed birds. Birds are animals too. They have wings, feathers, paws with claws and beak. I was wondering, and A bird's beak is its nose or mouth? And what is it for? needed?

Here's what we found out!

Bird beaks really different.

(Photo on slide)

There are beaks:

1. Long

2. Medium

3. Short

Biggest beak

Biggest pelican beak. Pelicans live near water, and his beak resembles a fish bag.

The smallest beak

The smallest hummingbird beak. She lives where there are many flowers. That's why she needs a beak to collect nectar.

The most durable beak

The most durable woodpecker beak. He needs a beak to hollow out trees and extract harmful bugs and larvae from under the bark. He even hollowed out his makes a beak.

The most unusual beak

The most unusual beak of a beautiful bird - flamingo. It serves as a scoop for obtaining food.

Beak is a weapon

At the parrot beak - third leg, a formidable weapon. Maybe beak bite through the steel wire.

Beak - needle

U seamstress birds beak - needle. This one lives bird in india. When it's time to hatch the chicks, seamstress bird sews with its beak and thread the edges of two leaves. The needle is its thin beak, and she spins threads from plant fluff.

Beak- sight

The toucan is very big beak, and herself the bird is no bigger than a goose. But beak it is light and porous, like foam plastic, and serves for beauty and grandeur.

Birds of our area

We have tits, sparrows, magpies, crows, and pigeons. In winter, bullfinches arrive. The bullfinch has a small beak, and he eats rowan berries.

conclusions:

1. Birds live everywhere: in hot and cold places. Only at birds have feathers and beak. Avian the beak is not just the nose, but also the mouth. By the beak is visible, What the bird pecks.

2. Birds can feed on seeds, berries, nectar, insects, worms, and fish.

3. Need a beak to get food, build nests, defend themselves, dig and even scare.

No nose to a bird - what are we without hands!

Publications on the topic:

“Why do you need a nose?” - summary of an open lesson on valeology for senior preschool age“Why do you need a nose?” Summary of an open lesson on valeology for senior preschool age. Educator: Bryushinina T. M. Educator:.

Summary of integrated activities in the senior group “Why do you need a nose”“Why do you need a nose” Program content: Expand children’s knowledge about the sense organ (smell). Explain why you need to care about cleanliness.

Summary of a lesson on valeology “Why is a nose needed” for children with disabilities of the sixth group Goal: To determine the role of the senses in perceiving the world around us: to help children understand why we call our senses our good ones.

Lesson summary “Why do we need a nose?” Conversation on the topic “Noses are needed not only for beauty.” Goal: to give children the information necessary to improve their health and to promote consolidation.

Educational and research project “Oh yes porridge!” Project type: educational and research. Project participants: child and parents. Duration of the project: short-term – 1 week.

Bibliographic description: Gabysheva D.I., Aksenovskikh E.A. Birds and their beaks // Young scientist. 2017. No. 2.1. P. 38-39..06.2019).



Goal: Expand and enrich knowledge about birds and the shapes of their beaks.

Get acquainted with the diversity of the bird world;

Study the lifestyle of birds;

Find out how and what birds eat;

What are the shapes of the beaks?

Hypothesis - I assume that birds do not need beaks for beauty, they need them to get food and are associated with their living conditions, so they are different.

External structure of birds

Birds are a class of vertebrates; their body is covered with feathers and has wings for flight. Birds are man’s first and most reliable helpers. Protectors of our forests, fields, orchards and vegetable gardens. We cannot do without birds, but birds also need our help. In a hungry and cold winter, it is necessary to feed the birds.

The lifestyle of birds depends on:

Climate (temperature);

Food, conditions for obtaining it;

Nesting conditions;

Variety of birds.

Each species lives in a strictly defined area. Since birds fly, and many also swim and dive, they can often be seen in the open seas. The shape of their beak depends on where they live and what they eat.

In birds of prey and in scavenger birds that feed on the meat of dead animals, it is powerful, curved and sharp, designed to tear prey to pieces. Rice. 1. (1; 2; 3).

The heron and stork have a pike-like beak, long and thin, which allows them to obtain food from the bottom of reservoirs in shallow water, from under stones and in dense thickets of bushes.

The wood sandpiper's beak is also slightly different. He has both an awl and tweezers. It will launch its beak through the fallen leaves into the soft, damp earth, grab a worm there and pull it out. Rice. 1 (17).

Small forest birds have a short and rounded one - they need it in order to peck plant seeds. Rice. 1 (10).

The forest doctor, the woodpecker, needs its beak to chisel trees and extract harmful bugs and larvae from under the bark. He even hollows out a hollow for a nest with such a beak in a dry tree. Therefore, he needs a very strong beak, straight and sharp. It is thick, short and straight, suitable for chiseling dry trees. Rice. 1(7).

The crossbill has a crossing beak. You can’t catch a fly with it, you can’t peck a grain from the ground. But the crossbill doesn’t need this; it guts the cones with its “pincers”. Rice. 1 (12).

The parrot has a beak - a third leg, a formidable weapon. It can bite through steel wire with its beak and show the most gentle signs of attention.

Table 1

Bird beak shape

Fig.1. Bird beak shape: 1 - golden eagle; 2 - goshawk; 3 - gyrfalcon; 4 - nightjar; 5 - pika; 6 - song thrush; 7 - woodpecker; 8 - hoopoe; 9 - dove; 10 - oatmeal; 11 - grosbeak; 12 - crossbill; 13 - pelican; 14 - merganser; 15 - wide-toed; 16 - red-necked grebe; 17 – woodcock.

Conclusion

In my work, I tried to figure out: why is the shape of the beak so varied? Having studied the species composition of birds, their habitats, and what they eat. I came to the conclusion that the shape of the beaks depends on the method of obtaining food and this allows us to judge the feeding habits of birds. The beak can be long or short, curved up or down, spoon-shaped, serrated or with crossed jaws.

Therefore, only those birds that feed on grain, bread crumbs and everything that I can offer them fly to my feeder. And these are tits, sparrows and bullfinches.

Literature:

1. Children's encyclopedia Birds. – Vilnius: UAB “Bestiary”, 2013.
2. New children's encyclopedia. – M., ROSMEN, 2015.
3. Children's encyclopedia. Animal Kingdom. M., Onyx 21st century. 2000.