Birds in My Neighborhood®

Birds in my Neighborhood® This journal belongs to: __________________________________________ Birds in my Neighborhood® is a partnership between Openlands and Audubon-Great Lakes, funded through the US Forest Service-International Programs. 2 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal Table of Contents $FWLYLWLHVWRFRPSOHWHEHIRUHVFKRRO\DUGZDON««««««««««-8 %LUGZDONFKHFNOLVW««««««««««««««««««««««««-10 6FKRRO\DUGZDONUHVXOWV««««««««««««««««««««««« $FWLYLWLHVWRFRPSOHWHEHIRUHILHOGWULS««««««««««««««« )LHOGWULSZDONUHVXOWV«««««««««««««««««««««««-14 0RUHDERXWELUGV«««««««««««««««««««««««-19 3 Before Schoolyard Walk What I already know about birds 4 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal Before Schoolyard Walk Birds I already know 5 Before Schoolyard Walk What I want to know about birds 6 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal Before Schoolyard Walk Discovering the birds in my neighborhood Choose a bird species from the bird checklist, and find out as much as you can about that bird. Write what you learned, in your own words. 7 Before Schoolyard Walk Drawings of the bird I studied 8 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal Bird Walk Checklist Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip Northern Cardinal Common Grackle Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip American Robin Mallard Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip Blue Jay Canada Goose Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip Chimney Swift House Sparrow Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip American Goldfinch Barn Swallow 9 Bird Walk Checklist Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip Red-winged Blackbird European Starling Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip Rock Dove American Crow Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip Gull Black-capped Chickadee Neighborhood Neighborhood Field trip Field trip ______________ ______________ 10 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal Schoolyard Walk Results Fill in the bar graph below to show how many birds of each species you saw on your walk. Date: ________ Time: ________ Location: ________ Weather:_____________________________________________ Number of birds seen: 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 or more Northern Cardinal Common Grackle American Robin Mallard Blue Jay Canada Goose Chimney Swift House Sparrow American Goldfinch Barn Swallow Red-winged Blackbird European Starling Rock Dove American Crow Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Gull Black-capped Chickadee Other: 11 Before Field Trip More bird research Choose another bird either from the checklist or another list of Chicago-area birds. find out as much as you can about that bird. Write what you learned, in your own words. 12 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal Field Trip Walk Results Fill in the bar graph below to show how many birds of each species you saw on your walk. Date: ________ Time: ________ Location: ________ Weather:_____________________________________________ Number of birds seen: 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 or more Northern Cardinal Common Grackle American Robin Mallard Blue Jay Canada Goose Chimney Swift House Sparrow American Goldfinch Barn Swallow Red-winged Blackbird European Starling Rock Dove American Crow Mourning Dove Downy Woodpecker Gull Black-capped Chickadee Other: 13 Field Trip Walk Results Field trip notes In your own words, tell about the field trip. Use details to describe where you went and what you saw. 14 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal More About Birds New things I learned about the birds in my neighborhood I learned that... DATE 15 More About Birds What is a bird of prey? Write about birds of prey and what makes them different from other birds. Choose one bird of prey species and draw it. You can draw the head or the whole bird. 16 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal More About Birds Bird names Look at the birds on the checklist. How do you think these birds got their names? 1. Red-winged Blackbird: 2. Downy Woodpecker: 3. Black-capped Chickadee: 4. Another bird from the list: 17 More About Birds My own space Draw a picture or write anything about birds. 18 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal Even More... Visit these websites to learn more about birds in your neighborhood: General Bird Information Education Materials National Geographic BirdSleuth animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/ birdsleuth.org birds Audubon Adventures All About Birds audubonadventures.org birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide Celebrate Urban Birds BirdNote celebrateurbanbirds.org birdnote.org Enchanted Learning Merlin Bird ID App enchantedlearning.com/subjects/birds merlin.allaboutbirds.org Bird Education Network Cornell Lab of Ornithology: birdeducation.org birds.cornell.edu/index.html Resources for Young Birders Chicagoland Birding Resources Illinois Young Birders Audubon Great Lakes illinoisyoungbirders.org http://gl.audubon.org/ American Birding Association Cook County Forest Preserves www.aba.org fpdcc.com/recreation/birding Bird Migration Illinois Audubon Society International Migratory Bird Day: illinoisaudubon.org www.birdday.org Chicago Ornithological Society Partners in Flight chicagobirder.org www.partnersinflight.org Illinois Birders Exchanging Thoughts Journey North http://www.birdingillinois.com/IBET.htm journeynorth.org 19 Birds in my Neighborhood® is a partnership between Openlands and Audubon-Great Lakes, funded through the US Forest Service-International Programs. For more information, visit: www.openlands.org www.greatlakes.audubon.org Your local coordinating partner outside of the city of Chicago: 20 Birds in my Neighborhood® Journal.

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