2. The great albatross has the longest wings in the
world and it can fly 400 kilometers in a day.
Albatrosses can grab fish from the sea easily
because they have hooked beaks. They can dive
under down 12 meters.
Albatrosses live for 50-60 years. Unfortunately, these beautiful birds
are in danger. Fishing boats pull huge nets through the ocean. The
nets trap many albatrosses when they dive in the water and the birds
drown. More than 100,000 albatrosses die in this way every year.
Albatross
3.
4. Some penguins live in very cold places.
Others live in warm places. The Emperor
Penguin is the tallest one. It is 110 cm tall.
The smallest is the Little Blue penguin,
Which is only 40 cm tall. Penguins can see
Well underwater so they can catch fish
In the ocean. The Emperor penguin
Can dive down 565 m and it can stay
Underwater for 20 minutes
Penguin
5.
6. Swan
Swans are the most unique birds in the world, they
build the most enormous nests in plants near the
water. The mother and father birds build a nest from
twigs and small branches. They stay together for life.
The mother bird lays 4-7 eggs. A baby swan is a
cygnet, parents can carry them. They have wide, flat
feet which helps them swim, most of water birds
have webbed feet like these. These creatures live on
rivers and small lakes. Usually , they are white but
sometimes swans have black heads and necks.
Cygnets are grey and not as beautiful as the adult
birds but slowly their white feathers appear. After a
year, they are as strong and graceful as their parents.