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Kristie 4
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Posted: Aug 12 2008 at 12:02pm \| IP Logged

Hey, I have looked through the archives but not seen anything...

I was looking for ideas for living books, picture books etc. for a unit on birds. I will have an 8th grader, 6th grader and 3rd grader (with a little one sitting in).

Any books or resources you have enjoyed using while studying birds ??

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Posted: Aug 12 2008 at 1:08pm \| IP Logged

Kristie,
Here is a list I posted in an old thread - unfortunately they aren't linked, but hopefully it will still help. It is a couple years old and I recently have found some new books I like. I'll try to add later. I'm also working on a pretty extensive unit on bird Migration that I hope to post on my blog (maybe with some incentivie to get it done for someone, I can actually do it

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There are some good ideas intermixed in other old threads, but hard to search because there isn't a specific bird unit thread. I think the ideas that were generated for this bird camp are great ideas for studying birds in general - could easily be a unit , not a camp.

Books About Nests and Eggs
Birds in Spring – Steve Maslowski
A Nest Full of Eggs – Priscilla Belz Jenkins
Birds Build Nests – Yvonne Winer
Urban Roosts: Where Birds Nest in the City – Barbara Bash
Cradles in the Trees: The Story of Bird Nests – Patricia Demuth
An Egg is Quiet – Dianna Aston
Bird Egg Feather Nest – Maryjo Koch

Picture Books and readers
Wild Birds – Joanne Ryder
Robin at Hickory Street    Dana Meachen Rau (nesting)
Flap your Wings - P.D. Eastman
Are You My Mother? - P.D. Eastman
The Best Nest – P.D. Eastman
The Bird Alphabet Book - Jerry Pallotta

The Bird House – Cynthia Rylant
The Birdwatchers – Simon James
Angelo – David Macaulay
The Blackbird's Nest, Saint Kevin of Ireland - Jenny Schroedel
The Song of the Swallows – Leo Politi

Chapter Books
Spring Moon (Moon of the chickarees chapter) Jean Craighead George
Winter Moon (Moon of the winter bird & Moon of the owls chapters) Jean Craighead George
Coot Club - Arthur Ransome (nesting)

Migration
Fly Away Home (video recording)
This Way Home – Lisa Westberg Peters
On the Wing: American Birds in Migration – Carol Lerner

Field Guides
A Field Guide to Birds' Nests - Roger Tory Peterson
The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of North America - David Allen Sibley
Stokes Field Guide to Birds - Donald and Lillian Stokes
Birds of North America : A Guide to Field Identification - Chandler S. Robbins (Golden Guides)

Children’s Field Guides
Birds, Nests, & Eggs (Take-Along Guide) - Mel Boring
Peterson First Guide to Birds of North America - Roger Tory Peterson
National Audubon Society First Field Guide to Birds - Scott Weidensaul
Smithsonian Kids’ Field Guides: Birds of North America – Jo Kittinger
Peterson Field Guides for Young Naturalists – Latimer/Peterson
     Birds of Prey
     Songbirds
     Backyard Birds

Vultures
The Sulky Vulture - Sally Grindley
Animal Scavengers: Vultures – Sandra Markle

Owls
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark – Jill Tomlinson
Owl Moon – Jane Yolen
The Barn Owls – Troy Johnson
Little Owl - Piers Harper
Owl Babies – Martin Waddell
The Barn Owl – Bert Kitchen
Owls – Gail GIbbons

Eagles
Eagles: Hunters of the Sky – Ann Cooper
Eagle Boy – Richard Lee Vaughan
Eagles: Lions of the Sky – Emery & Durga Bernhard
Challenger: America’s Favorite Eagle – Margot Raven
Soaring the Wind: The Bald Eagle – Gail Gibbons

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Posted: Aug 12 2008 at 1:12pm \| IP Logged

Oh, and E Naturalist website is great for lesson and activities that you could use to build a unit. Just search "bird" from their home page.

And Smithsonian's Bird Watcher is a great activity book!

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KackyK
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Posted: Aug 12 2008 at 1:59pm \| IP Logged

Thanks for the question and thanks Mary for the bird book list and link!!!! That E Naturalist site looks great.

I'm planning a 3 month 4H unit on birds! This all looks really hopefully!

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CandaceC
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Posted: Aug 12 2008 at 7:42pm \| IP Logged

Here is a unit we did on birds.

Our bird unit

Also, not sure if you enjoy lapbooks at your house, but there are a few lapbooks from homeschool share that are about specific birds - like an eagle lapbook, etc.

ETA: look at this list from HSS, there are more bird lapbooks/units than I thought there were!

Homeschool share animal studies

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Kristie 4
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Posted: Aug 13 2008 at 7:57am \| IP Logged

Thank you Candace. We are not lapbookers here but thank you for the resources.

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