CAN YOU GUESS WHAT BIRD THIS IS?
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- Ms. Seitz
- I am a fifth grade science and social studies at The Brooklyn Arbor School, P.S. 414, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. I am a member of the NYC Dept. of Education's Science Leadership Team and eager to begin using the new Amplify science curriculum--which the leadership reviewed and recommended--in September 2018! A former journalist, I have written three books, "The Other Islands of New York City" and "The Blue Guide to New York," with my husband, Stuart Miller. I am also the author of "Big Apple Safari for Families, The Urban Park Rangers' Guide to Nature in New York." I am a lifelong Brooklynite, married to a lifelong Brooklynite, Stuart Miller, who is a journalist. We have two sons, Caleb, who attends Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and Lucas, who attends Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. We love traveling and exploring the world around us!
15 comments:
I can't seem to remember... but it is beautiful !
i feel like i saw this bird around brooklyn.
OK guys. Well, look at it and try to match it to something in a field guide. Or describe it on Google and do some research.
Hi, Ms. Seitz! After doing ten minutes of research on this bird, I finally got it. I believe it is a Dark Eyed Junco! I went on Google and searched black and white birds and first, I thought it was a Lark Bunting. But, it only had a little white on the feathers, not on its belly like the one in your yard. Then, I thought I was sure that it was the Black Phoebe, but I realized it wasn't, because it had a black beak, not a pink one like the bird in your yard. SO then, I went on allaboutbirds.org, and typed in the search box, "white bellied birds". Then, I clicked on the Dark Eyed Junco, and the picture matched the picture you had! The white belly, the black on the bird, and the pink beak! It was also kinda plump like the one in your picture. So, I am certain it is the Dark Eyed Junco, but if not, I'll do more research! :)
Plus, this bird is really beautiful! :)
Oh so that was the bird!
now i remember its a black eyed junco i did some research the bird.
Hi, ms.seitz! I want to ask you what is the rarest bird on earth, where are they found?
Tasfiya: YOU ARE RIGHT! Congratulations! I like all the research you did too, narrower it down until you got it right.
Sanjida: Why don't you google that question and see what turns up?
Hi, Ms. Seitz! You should do more of these bird guessing posts! They're really fun! I read Sanjida's comment, and I too got curious about the world's rarest bird. I googled it and several birds came up. Some of the rare birds are the Asian Crested Ibis and the Kakapo. They're both beautiful!! Also, the Madagascar Pochard came up. They are extremely rare diving ducks. They were believed to be extinct in 1991 but, in 2006 some Pochards were found at a lake in Madagascar. They're actually endangered now. There are only 60 Pochard left in the whole world!:( Also, I searched up bird videos on youtube, and this video came up that shows a male and female cardinal feeding their babies in the nest!! It was so cool! The description said that the parents ate the babies "business" which is called a fesal sac (I think that's how you spell it). They do it to keep the nest clean. Here's the link to the video if you want to see it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tWLDhJ6mjQ.
The video's name is called: HD Northern cardinals feeding baby birds 1080. It's really cool to watch this because it's so up close!! :)
Yes I agree I am still doing some research.
Tasfiya: I'm going to check out the video, thanks! And you may want to consider doing your endangered species research and report on the Pochard. Could be interesting. Do you know what is causing their endangerment. Also, guess what, another bird cam is up. It's spying on two red-tailed hawks building their nest up in Ithaca. I'm going to post about it now.
Hi ms seitz this is maaha from ms carver Thomas class when I saw the post I strait went with my binaclors and all the birds in North America book to my back yard and an hour or so I saw a cam it was redish brownish like between that it so amazing
Maaha - what birds did you see?
I saw lots of those dark eyed juncos in my yard here in the hudson valley. I automatically knew that was a dark eyed junco. I also see lots of titmice.
i miss ps230!
Charlotte: It is so nice to hear from you. How is your new home and school? We miss you too. I hope you'll check in on the blog every once in a while!
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