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E. Answer the following questions.

1. How does the body of a bird help it to fl y?

2. What kind of a beak do swallows have? How does it help them to catch
fl ies and insects from the air?

3. What is the function of the claws of a bird?

4. What kind of a nest does the tailor bird have? How does it build its nest?

5. What kinds of feet do cranes and herons have?

6. In what ways you can take care of birds and animals?

THINK AND ANSWER
e.
1. Solve the criss-cross puzzle.
f.
(a) Birds have these all over their body.
(b) It is the pointed or curved outer tip of a d.
bird’s mouth. b.

(c) It helps a bird to climb and perch
a.
on trees.
c.
(d) These are the long curved nails
of birds. g.

(e) Birds fl y with the help of this.
(f) Birds use this type of fl ight feathers
to change their direction while fl ying.
(g) Some birds have feet with toes that are joined by the skin to form this.

2. Why do birds fl y?

TALK ABOUT

1. If you fi nd a wounded bird near your house or garden, what will you do?
2. What can you feed small garden birds that visit a garden or a park often?

3. If you see that a bird’s nest has been destroyed by someone, what will you do?

LINK AND LEARN

Find out about any fi ve native birds of India. Paste their pictures on a chart. Write their
names in two diff erent languages. Also write any two observable features of each bird.

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