Birds - Activities
This vast section contains numerous online and printable activities related to birds (particularly North American birds). To sort activities by grade level, activity type, or format, use the filters on the left.
The Amazing Purple Martin
Description: This page features life history information about North America's largest swallow. It includes several amazing photographs.
John James Audubon Biography
Description: This is a detailed biography of John James Audubon
John James Audubon Gallery
Description: This page provides a gallery of works completed by John James Audubon. Students can select from a menu of many different works to see them in detail.
Baltimore Oriole Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Baltimore Oriole Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and ten multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
"The Miracle of the Gulls" - How the California Gull became Utah's state bird.
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Bird Anatomy Diagram - Interactive
Description: This activity allows students to scroll over the bird to see the names of its parts.
Seven North American Species of Swallows Coloring
Description: This beautiful coloring page features seven common North American swallows.
Design the Ultimate Martin House -Printable
Description: The activity challenges students to design the ultimate purple martin house!
Purple Martin Catching a Dragonfly Coloring
Description: This beautiful coloring page features a male purple martin catching a dragonfly in mid-flight.
Purple Martins and the Complete Behavioral Shift Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. The passage explains how purple martins became dependent on man-made martin houses.
Purple Martin People
Description: This page describes the responsibilities undertaken by people who care for purple martin colonies
Male and Female Purple Martin Coloring
Description: This beautiful coloring page features a male and female purple martin on their nesting box.
John James Audubon Scavenger Hunt
Description: This scavenger hunt is designed for use with the John James Audubon biography.
Vultures Picture Day
Description: This fun activity requires students to color the heads and faces of the King and Turkey Vulture to prepare them for "picture" day
Vultures Interactive
Description: This interactive modules allows students to click on any of six different vultures and condors to learn about their life histories.
Using Common Homophones in a Paragraph
Description: This printable activity requires students to input the correct homophone in each blank to complete the paragraph.
Using Common Homophones in a Paragraph - Online
Description: This online activity requires students to complete a paragraph by selecting the correct homophones from the drop down menus.
State Birds Scavenger Hunt
Description: This is the state bird scavenger hunt. It is designed to be used with the state bird interactive map.
State Birds Interactive Map
Description: This beautiful clickable image allows students to learn all about America's official state birds.
The Snowy Owl and the Lemming Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Purple Martins Cloze Reading -Printable
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Purple Martins Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Purple Martins Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback.
Purple Martins Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Mosaic Math Version 10 - Toucan- Printable Math Coloring for 2nd and 3rd graders (two-digit addition and subtraction)
Description: Colors used to make a pictures are determined by the sums and differences. Get your crayons ready! Colors you use don't necessarily need to match those labeled on the printout.
Virtual Birdwatcher
Description: This amazing game helps kids (and adults) learn all about backyard feeder birds (eastern and central United States and Canada) in a fun, game-like format! The game keeps many statistics, checklists, and awards certificate. State-of-the-art graphics and animations add to the fun. You can even save your game! Identify all 48 possible birds to win at eight different feeders. You can read about each bird, watch videos, and even take pictures of the birds that come to your feeders and print them out. CHECK OUT THE INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO for this activity in the related items section at the bottom of this page. Classified under: Science game, science games, animal game, animal games, bird game, birds games
North American Birds Coloring Activity Bundle
Description: This amazing bundle features ten coloring pages including backyard birds, woodpeckers, North American eagles, North American owls, North American swallows, purple martin, snowy owl, peregrine falcon, gyrfalcon, and arctic tern.
Gyrfalcon Coloring Page
Description: This is a beautiful Gyrfalcon coloring page.
Snowy Owl Coloring Page
Description: This is a beautiful Snowy Owl coloring page.
Peregrine Falcon Coloring Page
Description: This is a beautiful Peregrine Falcon coloring page.
Arctic Tern Coloring Page
Description: This is a beautiful Arctic Tern coloring page.
Mosaic Math Version 16 - Mallard Duck - Printable Math Coloring for 2nd and 3rd graders (two-digit addition and subtraction)
Description: Colors used to make a pictures are determined by the sums and differences. Get your crayons ready! Colors you use don't necessarily need to match those labeled on the printout.
Mosaic Math Version 15 - Cardinal - Printable Math Coloring for 2nd and 3rd graders (two-digit addition and subtraction)
Description: Colors used to make a pictures are determined by the sums and differences. Get your crayons ready! Colors you use don't necessarily need to match those labeled on the printout.
Mosaic Math Version 14 - American Robin - Printable Math Coloring for 2nd and 3rd graders (two-digit addition and subtraction)
Description: Colors used to make a pictures are determined by the sums and differences. Get your crayons ready! Colors you use don't necessarily need to match those labeled on the printout.
Mosaic Math Version 13 - Eastern Bluebird - Printable Math Coloring for 2nd and 3rd graders (two-digit addition and subtraction)
Description: Colors used to make a pictures are determined by the sums and differences. Get your crayons ready! Colors you use don't necessarily need to match those labeled on the printout.
Mosaic Math Version 12 - Wild Turkey - Printable Math Coloring for 2nd and 3rd graders (two-digit addition and subtraction)
Description: Colors used to make a pictures are determined by the sums and differences. Get your crayons ready! Colors you use don't necessarily need to match those labeled on the printout.
Purple Martins Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Mosaic Math Version 11 - Painted Bunting- Printable Math Coloring for 2nd and 3rd graders (two-digit addition and subtraction)
Description: Colors used to make a pictures are determined by the sums and differences. Get your crayons ready! Colors you use don't necessarily need to match those labeled on the printout.
Mosaic Math Version 9 - Bald Eagle - Printable Math Coloring for 2nd and 3rd graders (two-digit addition and subtraction)
Description: Colors used to make a pictures are determined by the sums and differences. Get your crayons ready! Colors you use don't necessarily need to match those labeled on the printout.
North American Woodpeckers Coloring
Description: This awesome coloring sheet features six North American woodpeckers: Downy, Red-headed, Red-bellied, Downy, Acorn, Northern Flicker, and Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.
Save The World's Birds - Online E-book
Description: Did you know that there are three billion LESS birds in the world now than in 1970? This beautiful e-book carefully describes seven urgent threats to the world's birds and describes a solution for each that people can practice daily. There is an eight-question quiz at the end of the book and students can earn certificates featuring any of 20 declining North American birds as rewards for their knowledge.
Famous Images in History Jigsaw Puzzle - Audubon's Carolina Parakeet
Description: This awesome jigsaw allows students to make their own jigsaw pieces, or, allow the program to auto-cut pieces.
Famous Images in History Jigsaw Puzzle - Audubon's Hooded Merganser
Description: This awesome jigsaw allows students to make their own jigsaw pieces, or, allow the program to auto-cut pieces.
John James Audubon Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 326 Words; LEXILE: 910
John James Audubon Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 151 Words; LEXILE: 810
John James Audubon Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a biographical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 151 Words; LEXILE: 810
John James Audubon Short Biography
Description: This is a short biography on John James Audubon for younger readers.
John James Audubon Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical biographical passage and seven multiple choice questions. PASSAGE LENGTH: 326 Words; LEXILE: 910
Bluebirds Reading Comprehension (Compare and Contrast)
Description: This resource includes a compare and contrast chart , a short passage, and five multiple choice questions.
Common Loon Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. WORD COUNT: 175; LEXILE LEVEL: 1010
Carolina Parakeet Online Reading Comprehension
Description: This interactive reading comprehension activity allows students to read a passage, annotate text with highlights, adjust font settings, and listen to the passage using a built-in text-to-speech feature. It includes multiple-choice questions with navigation options, a “See All Questions” mode, and a printable, color-coded score report showing elapsed time and detailed feedback.
Cardinals Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Cardinals Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Cardinals Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions.
Cardinals Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 114 Words; LEXILE: 710
California Condors at the Grand Canyon - Video
Description: This amazing production from the National Park Service shows footage of California Condors in the Grand Canyon.
California Condor Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions.
California Condor Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a informational passage and ten multiple choice questions.
California Condor Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 132 Words; LEXILE: 610
Dr. Birder Version 1 - Drawing Conclusions
Description: This innovative reading comprehension exercise requires students to read a fictional letter describing a bird he or she saw written to Dr. Birder - a fictional bird expert played by the student. Dr. Birder (the student) reads through descriptions of three possible birds and must identify the correct bird.
Birds Word Search - Online
Description: This is an online word search with birds terms. Choose with or without a timer.
Bird of Prey Silhouettes
Description: This fun activity requires students to identify the bird of prey based on its silhouette. These are tricky, but descriptions of what to look for are provided. Students must identify a turkey vulture, bald eagle, Mississippi kite, peregrine falcon, Cooper's hawk, and red-tailed hawk.
Bird of Prey or Songbird? - Categorization
Description: This activity requires students to categorize a thirteen birds into two groups - birds of prey and songbirds.
Bald and Golden Eagle Reading Comprehension (Compare and Contrast)
Description: This resource includes a compare and contrast chart , a short passage, and five multiple choice questions.
Bald Eagle Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Bald Eagle Sentence Surgeons
Description: This innovative activity requires students to correct the flawed spelling, grammar, and punctuation. The online versions show the numbers and types of errors. As students check their answers, they can see how many of each type of error still need to be corrected.
Bald Eagle Cloze Reading - Online
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Bald Eagle Printable Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.
America's Eagles Coloring Pages
Description: This is a beautiful coloring outline of America's two eagles, plus the Osprey!
American Backyard Birds Coloring Page
Description: This is a beautiful coloring page featuring ten of America's most recognizable backyard birds.
Bird Brain - Online Game - North American Birds Challenge
Description: This incredible game allows students to explore North American birds. There are two modes. Free coloring allows students to choose from any of 27 North American birds such as the Mallard, Canada Goose, Cardinal, Eastern Bluebird, Bald Eagle, Red-headed Woodpecker, and many others , to color online. Pictures can be printed out as well. The challenge mode is requires students to actually know the correct colors of the birds. In each picture, arrows will point to different parts of the bird. Students must select the correct color to fill in for each part. For example, for the Bald Eagle, students would use white to fill in the head and tail, brown to fill in the wings and back, and yellow to fill in the bill. There are three rounds. For each round a student completes, he or she earns a special certificate with all of the birds correctly colored. Individual pictures can be printed as well.
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH : 265 Words; LEXILE = 910
Purple Martins Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Peregrine Falcons of Acadia National Park- Video
Description: This awesome video tells about efforts to band and track Peregrine Falcon chicks in Maine's Acadia National Park.
Owls of Yellowstone National Park - Video
Description: This amazing production from the National Park Service tells the story of a Great Horned Owl family at Yellowstone National Park.
North American Warblers Coloring
Description: This coloring sheet allows students to color North American warblers such as the Blackburnian, Black-throated Green, Black and White, Bay-breasted and others.
North American Owls Coloring Page
Description: This is a beautiful coloring page featuring six species of North American owls.
North American Bird Identification Quiz - Basic
Description: This activity requires students to identify common North American birds by picture.
North American Bird Identification Quiz - Advanced
Description: This activity requires students to identify North American birds. This is a very challenging activity, perfect for students interested in identifying similar birds and learning about less-known birds. Different birds may appear each time the quiz is accessed.
North American Bird Identification Quiz - Intermediate
Description: This activity requires students to identify North American birds. This is a challenging activity that will familiarize students with less-known North American birds.
Mockingbird Printable Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a descriptive passage and seven multiple choice questions.
Labrador Duck Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH: 343 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Labrador Duck Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a reading passage and seven multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text. PASSAGE LENGTH: 343 Words; LEXILE: 1010
Birds of Prey Animated E-Book
Description: This beautiful e-book comes with incredible animations of 20 different North American birds of prey including the Bald and Golden Eagles, Peregrine and Prairie Falcons, Red-tailed and Red-shouldered hawks, Great Horned and Great Gray Owls, and many more. Descriptions and narratives included. This resource may take a few minutes to load.
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a historical passage and four multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. PASSAGE LENGTH : 265 Words; LEXILE = 910
Hummingbirds E-book
Description: Brought to you by My Green World, this hummingbird e-book is perfect for kids ages 7-10. It teaches all about hummingbird flight, behavior, diet, and habits. Perfect to print.
Hummingbirds Cloze Reading
Description: This contextual vocabulary exercise requires students to insert the vocabulary words from the word bank that complete the paragraph.
Hummingbirds Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions.
Hummingbirds Reading Comprehension - Online
Description: This resource includes a short passage and five multiple choice questions. It gives immediate feedback. In addition, when you click the "listen" button, you can hear the passage while it highlights the text.
Idaho State Quarter Outline
Description: This resource allows students to color a beautifully illustrated North Dakota state quarter featuring the Peregrine Falcon.
Ducks Coloring - Version 2
Description: This fun page allows students to color six species of North American ducks such as the Wood Duck, Mallard, and Hooded Merganser
Ducks Coloring - Version 1
Description: This fun page allows students to color six species of North American ducks such as the Harlequin Duck, Bufflehead, Canvasback, and others.
Common Loon Reading Comprehension
Description: This resource includes a short passage and four multiple choice questions.
Dr. Birder Version 3 - Drawing Conclusions
Description: This innovative reading comprehension exercise requires students to read a fictional letter describing a bird he or she saw written to Dr. Birder - a fictional bird expert played by the student. Dr. Birder (the student) reads through descriptions of three possible birds and must identify the correct bird.
Dr. Birder Version 2 - Drawing Conclusions
Description: This innovative reading comprehension exercise requires students to read a fictional letter describing a bird he or she saw written to Dr. Birder - a fictional bird expert played by the student. Dr. Birder (the student) reads through descriptions of three possible birds and must identify the correct bird.
