Animals: Birds

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Birds have feathers to help them fly, stay warm, and look beautiful. Flight feathers help in flying, down feathers keep them warm, and body feathers give shape and color.

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1. Flight feathers – long and flat on wings and tail for flying. 2. Body feathers – cover the body and give color. 3. Down feathers – soft and fluffy under the wings to keep the bird warm.

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Birds have hollow bones which make their bodies light. A light body helps them fly easily through the air.

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Ducks have webbed feet with skin between their toes. This helps them swim by pushing water backward like paddles.

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A talon is a strong, sharp claw that birds of prey like eagles and hawks have. They use talons to catch and hold their food.

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Woodpeckers use their strong, chisel-like beaks to drill holes in trees and catch insects inside the wood.

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A pelican has a pouch-like beak that expands to catch fish and water. It then squeezes out the water and swallows the fish.

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Hummingbirds use their long, thin beaks to reach deep into flowers and suck nectar, which is their food.