My Pecha Kucha: Birds

 Chance  Proximity  Diversity  Closest thing to dinos  Pretty  Eggs = amazing!  Bit f Bit of a nerd d

 Largest living bird: Ostrich  Smallest living bird: Zunzún  Fastest bird: Peregrine Falcon  Longest migration: Arctic Tern g g  10,000 known species of birds  Chickens > people  51.3 million birdwatchers

 The difference in visual form between male and female e d e e ce sua o bet ee a ea d e a e members of the same species  Size  C l Coloration ti  Body structure  50% of the world’s bird species % f h ld’ bi d i  Generally polygamous

Peafowl Male Female

Common Grackle Rock Pigeon g AKA “Annoying bird that wakes you AKA Annoying bird that wakes you AKA “Rats of the bird world” up from you weekend nap” Male & Female Male & Female

Baltimore Oriole B li O i l Male Female

House Sparrow S Female Male

Bald Eagle Male (L) & Female (R)

Wood Thrush Female Male

Wood Thrush ood us  DC “State” bird DC State bird  Brown spots on chest  Nests near houses  P Posture of an American f A i Robin

Ca o a Carolina Wren e  2nd largest wren pop in US largest wren pop. in US  Weighs 20g at most  Monomorphic  M Mostly brown body; white l b b d hi eye streak  Distinctive song

G eat ue e o Great Blue Heron  Largest North American heron  Raise one brood each year  Grayish‐blue overtone  N Non‐migrators i

Indigo Bunting d go u t g  Migrates by night using the stars  Nests in shrubs and low trees  Large migratory path  Each male has distinct song Male Female

“Cher Ami” C e  Born in Britain; naturalized U.S. citizen  Black Check Cock homing pigeon  Served U.S. Army Signal Corps in WWI  Delivered critical message

“Archimedes” c edes  Cartoon  Merlin the Magician’s sidekick  Highly educated  Overly sensitive  Occasionally grumpy yg py http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne 5_KaN19Cw 5 KaN19Cw

“The Great Owl” e G eat O  Wise  Scary  Friend of Nicodemus i d f i d  Favorite food: Moths  Voiced by John Carradine

 Mechanical owl, built by Hephaestus  Created before R2D2  Smart  Brave  Loyal helper to Perseus  Speaks in a language of clicks and sounds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i hwqeuMZXCM&feature PlayList&p hwqeuMZXCM&feature=PlayList&p =C47D6A287B106CCE&playnext= 1&playnext_from=PL&index=15

My Pecha Kucha: Birds

by Rebecca Johnson on Sep 23, 2009

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