Birds Lapbooks – Preparation Education

In August Zippy and JD Boy each made their first lapbook. They each did one on birds. We got this lapbook from In the Hands of a Child.

They also worked on learning about birds by completing a Feathered Friends Honor from the Adventurer Club. One of the things they did for that honor was to memorize the calls of ten different birds: Great Horned Owl, American Robin, Mourning Dove, Black-capped Chickadee, Herring Gull, Ringed-billed Gull, American Crow, Common Raven, California Quail, Mallard and Steller’s Jay. (Oh, that makes eleven.) We learned these sounds at enature.com and from listening to birds around our house.

This first set of pictures is from my five-year-old’s Bird lapbook. We cut the photos out of Wild Animal Baby magazines for his front and back covers.

Cover:

Back Cover—a pocket for a puzzle:
Bryant's Back Cover -- pocket for puzzle

Inside of bird lapbook:
Bryant's Bird Lapbook

list of birds identified at our feeders:
Bryant's Bird Feeder List

See more pictures of John Deere Boy’s Bird Lapbook

Here is my 8-year-old’s lapbook. Her cover was cut out of National Geographic Magazine.

lapbook cover:

Inside of her bird lapbook:
Zippys's Bird Lapbook

See more pictures of Zippy’s Bird Lapbook.

Zippy also started a life bird list in April. Below is her bird list as of today (10/29/08). She is also working on completing the Bird Honor from Pathfinders.

Zippy’s Life Bird List

Date	Bird	Location
4/4/08	Black-Capped Chickadee	Backyard Birdfeeder
4/4/08	Chestnut Backed Chickadee	Backyard Birdfeeder
4/4/08	American Robin	In grass/backyard
4/4/08	Nuthatch	Backyard Birdfeeder
4/4/08	Spotted Towhee	In grass/backyard
4/4/08	Dark-eyed Junco	Backyard Birdfeeder
4/5/08	Gadwall	Mill Creek, WA, Northcreek Swamp
4/5/08	Mallard	Mill Creek, WA, Northcreek Swamp
4/5/08	Marsh Wren	Mill Creek, WA, Northcreek Swamp
4/5/08	Red-winged Blackbird	Mill Creek, WA, Northcreek Swamp
4/5/08	Canada Goose	Mill Creek, WA, Northcreek Swamp
4/5/08	Common Raven	Mill Creek, WA, Northcreek Swamp
4/5/08	Blue Heron	Mill Creek, WA, Northcreek Swamp
4/5/08	Gold Finch	Mill Creek, WA, Northcreek Swamp
4/7/08	Varied Thrush	In grass/backyard
6/3/08	Pigeon	Maple Valley Hwy./Close to bridge/on electric lines
6/15/08	Harry Woodpecker	Backyard Birdfeeder/Suet
6/18/08	Western Bluebird, Family	Grandma’s Backyard/In birdhouse
6/18/08	Cedar Waxwing	Grandma’s Backyard in bushes and trees
6/18/08	Tree Swallow	Grandma’s Backyard
6/18/08	Gray Cat Bird	Grandma’s Backyard
6/20/08	Mourning Dove	Grandma’s Backyard
6/25/08	Black-headed Grosbeak	Backyard Birdfeeder
6/28/08	American Crow	Forrested Campsight around picnic table
7/1/08	Bald Eagle	Issaquah-Hobart Road/Wooded Valley
7/2/08	Song Sparrow	Backyard Birdfeeder
7/2/08	Northern Flicker	Backyard Birdfeeder/Suet
7/3/08	Immature Spotted Towhee	Back Porch/Under Birdfeeder
7/3/08	Steller Jay	Backyard Birdfeeder
7/11/08	Magpie	Yakima, somebody’s yard
7/12/08	Western Kingbird	Electric line, open area close to Lake Rosevelt
7/12/08	Housefinch	Grandma’s Backyard
7/12/08	Turkey Vulture	Fields in Eastern Washington
7/19/08	Gray Jay	Camping near Mt. Ranier
7/24/08	Pileated Woodpecker	On Douglas Fir in Frontyard
8/9/08	Cormorant	Deception Pass/Pacific Ocean
8/9/08	Red Tailed Hawk	Deception Pass
8/9/08	Herring Gull	Deception Pass
8/20/08	Belted Kingfisher	On telephone wire in Central Oklahoma
8/20/08	Great Horned Owl	In tree in Central OK
8/21/08	Cattle Egrets	Field in Southwest Kansas
8/21/08	Great-tailed Grackle	Parking lot in Derby, Kansas
8/25/08	Great Egret	By pond in Wichita, KS
8/28/08	White Breasted nuthatch	At feeder in Gentry, AR
8/28/08	Cardinal	At feeder in Gentry, AR
8/29/08	Green Heron	Creek behind Rahm’s house, Gentry, AR
9/1/08	Scissor Tail Flycatcher	Trees in Rahm’s yard, Gentry, AR
9/1/08	Eastern Bluebird	Gate by the road, Gentry, AR
9/1/08	Eastern Kingbird	On telephone wire, Gentry, AR

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