Bird Week - meet the neighbours
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Over 860 (and counting) species of birds have been recorded in Australia. This includes 130 species which are seldom-seen visitors, and another 18 which have become extinct since European settlement.
If we watch carefully and record what we see, they can tell us about the health of our shared habitat and environment.
Teacher resource: How can we provide suitable habitat for birds (and other wildlife) in our own backyards, parks, bush reserves and wider communities? Bird baths, Nest Boxes, Your Garden, Improve the Landscape.
Education Activities including: Answering the call monitoring and observing birds; Colouring in sheets, Build a nest actvity sheets; Environmental Educator Kit; Beak Feet and feathers teaching resources including Bird Dreamtime stories
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/places
http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/resources/Education
Be part of the Aussie backyard bird count www.aussiebirdcount.org.au
PDF puplication on woodland bird Swift Parrot. Information and activities. http://birdlife.org.au/documents/WL-WingThing-woodland.pdf
Or become a stickybeak bird watcher.
Plus:
Cuckoo chicks are masters of deception
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2010/08/20/2987882.htm
Finch head colour affects mating outcome
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2009/03/20/2521475.htm
Cheating reaps big benefits for Gouldian Finches
http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2008/07/22/2311183.htm
