Baby birds chirping for food

Why do baby birds chirp? – Critter clean out

Posted in Bird By adminPosted on June 19, 2021June 20, 2021

Baby birds go through a number of developmental stages before they grow into fully grown adults. After the hatching stage, these birds learn how to chirp, eat, drink, look for their own food and fly. This all happens over a period of weeks and months. If your baby bird is chirping you may be asking yourself ‘why do baby birds chirp’ this article explores this question.

Baby birds use chirping as a means of communicating with each other and with adult birds. There are a variety of reasons why baby birds chirp these include: needing attention, hunger, excitement, fear, the presence of food and disorientation to name a few

The sound of baby birds chirping may be irritating to some humans, especially if this chirping happens at night, but these little creatures chirp for good reason. Because these animals cannot speak as humans can, they communicate through chirping. They chirp to communicate:

Hunger: If the parent bird is close by, but isn’t feeding the baby as often as it needs to be fed, then the baby may chirp. Baby birds need to be fed quite often, their crops are small and need to be filled regularly

Thirst: Baby birds, just as humans, get thirsty. These animals will vocalize their thirst as soon as it strikes. Baby birds can easily become dehydrated if they do not have access to water. Adult birds can also become dehydrated but dehydration can be especially detrimental to baby birds

Too hot or too cold temperatures: Baby birds will complain by chirping if they’re feeling too hot or too cold. If they’re feeling too cold, they will huddle under a heat lamp. If they feel too hot, they will keep away from sources of heat and each other.

Disorientation: Generally baby birds are meant to be up during the day and asleep at night. If a baby bird is disorientated, it may start to chirp through the night. The most common reason for this is light pollution at night. Birds aren’t able to tell the difference between natural and artificial light. Lights switched on during the night can cause birds to think it’s still morning

Danger: When baby birds are in danger, they chirp and make other noises, this is their way of responding to an imminent threat and alerting their parent birds of danger. Distressed baby birds will sound the alarm by chirping loudly, chirping also communicates that the baby bird is scared.

Mimicking parents: Adult birds create bird calls and bird songs by chirping. Baby birds try to mimic what their parents do and start chirping to create songs and bird calls too. This is an important social skill for a variety of birds and it’s a survival skill as well.

They need care: Just as human babies need care and attention from their parents, baby birds also need care and attention from their parents. The only way baby birds know how to communicate their need for care is to chirp in hopes of getting their parents attention

Excitement: Baby birds form a bond with their parents, this attachment is created as the adult bird takes care of the baby, feeds the baby and protects the baby. When a parent comes back from searching for food the baby becomes excited to see it and starts to chirp.

Presence of food: Baby birds may be young but they do understand what food is, in fact, they get excited when food is given to them. Chirping is one way that these animals express excitement. Baby birds may even fight each other and get into squabbles over food

Illness: Baby birds will chirp in a slow unenthusiastic way if they are sick, they may also chirp with their eyes closed and isolate themselves when they are sick. They isolate themselves to avoid spreading their illness to other birds. Take your baby bird to a vet when you notice this happening.

In conclusion, birds chirp as a means of communication. They will chirp to communicate hunger, thirst, extreme temperatures, the need for care, excitement, because they are ill, excitement over food, as a way to mimic their parents, when they feel fear and if they are disorientated.

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Helping Wild Baby Birds

September 16, 2021

By Team Beauty of Birds

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Relevant Web Resources

Hand-raising Wild Baby Birds
Care for Orphaned / Abandoned Domestic Baby Birds
The Dos and Don’ts of Caring for Baby Birds
The Do’s and Don’t’s of Caring for Wild Bird Chicks
Handfeeding Bird Chicks – applies to seed or insect eating bird species only. Not applicable for hummingbird chicks that have different dietary requirements. Contact an experienced wildlife rehabilitator with knowledge of hummingbirds.

Important things to consider:

Find out if it is a hatchling, nestling of fledgling?
Is it injured, sick or weak?
Is it a hummingbird chick? Hand-raising a hummingbird chick is difficult and is best left to an experienced wildlife rehabilitator who has experience with hummingbirds.

How old is the chick

Hatchlings:
- … are less than 5 days old
- … have no or minimal feathering or sparse down

Hatchlings require feedings every 10 to 15 minutes and need specialized care and as they lose body temperature quickly, they need to be kept warm. Don’t feed the chick a diet of human baby foods, hamburger meat, tuna, bird seed, milk, hard boiled eggs, bread or water as this will kill them. They require care that can only be provided by a wildlife rehabilitator with the experience and tools (including sophisticated temperature-controlled brooders) needed to care for hatchlings. If nobody is available, our resource on handraising wild bird chicks may be helpful.

Nestlings
- … are either almost or fully feathered. Some unfeathered patches may be seen or fuzzy down can stick out from their feathers.
- … their tail feathers may just be little stumps.
- … are able to move around but tend to sit still.

The best course of action is to place the nestlings back into their nests, which is typically located in a tree or a bush (but they may also nest in unusual places, such as under a bridge or roof, in hanging planters, even in traffic light structures). Anything really, that offers a cozy nesting place with some protection from the elements.

The challenge, of course, is to locate the nest. Nestlings usually remain within 6 – 9 meters (20 – 30 feet) of its nest. If you can’t find it, watch out for the parents. They should return to their nest every 20 to 40 minutes with food in their beaks to feed the chicks with (the younger the chicks, the more often they need to be fed). There is a good chance that the siblings are still in the nest. This may help you locate the nest.

If the nest is damaged or too packed with chicks, you may have to construct a substitute nest that can accommodate all chicks. We found that a plastic hanging basket (20 – 25 cm or 8 to 10 inches in diameter and 15 cm or 6 inches deep) with drainage holes (otherwise water would collect during rain fall and drown the chicks) work great for this purpose. Line the makeshift nest with dry plant material (grass, straw, dried leaves, etc.) and make a little indentation in the center of the nest to create a small bowl and then place all the chicks into that basket.

Place the nest at or very close to its original location (if known). Ideally, it should be situated away from the trunk (otherwise predators, such as cats, can easily get to them), about 2 meters or 6 feet off the ground, with some branches and leaves above them to protect them from overhead predators (birds of prey) as well as sunlight and rain.

The calling chicks will soon attract the parents to the new nest. However, they will not do so if they know you are nearby. Observe the nest from a discreet location to make sure that the parents return to feed the chicks. If they don’t return within 2 hours, contact your local wildlife rehabilitators.

Fledglings
- … are fully feathered and can (and will) move around freely.Their tails are usually 2 cm or 3/4 inch long or longer.They are either only partially flighted or are not able to fly yet.They are usually difficult to catch. If they are easy to catch, there may be something wrong with them and it is recommended that you place the fledgling into a softly lined box with ventilation. Place the box into a quiet and warm location away from people and pets. Contact your local wildlife rehabilitation center. If it is agile and strong, it is best to let it be. The chick is likely to call for its parents and they should return soon to feed it. However, the chick’s calls can also attract predators. So it is important to stay nearby and keep an eye on it.

Helping Baby Birds

They’re probably not orphans

Summer is the season when the baby bird shows up on the lawn. Irresistibly vulnerable. So cute you really want to take it home and feed it and take care of it.

But it’s a good time to reflect on what is really going on in the baby bird’s life.

Why baby birds leave the nest

Most birds are ready to leave the nest before they can fly or get their own food. It’s because the nest gets to be such a dangerous place as the young birds grow. The nestlings chirp their heads off, begging their parents to bring them food. They can’t stay hidden any longer. The whole nest is just one big tempting mouthful for a squirrel, hawk, or climbing cat.

At this point it’s perfectly normal for the baby birds to flop out of the nest and land on the ground. From then on they are no longer nestlings. They have fledged, and they are now fledglings.

If there are some shrubs nearby, the parents will coax the youngsters into thick vegetation and then continue to take care of them while the fledglings hide and continue developing. After a few weeks, they will be able to find their own food, and soon they’ll be on their own.

But in their first minutes or hours out of the nest, sometimes we see a fledgling out on the lawn, looking lost and abandoned. Naturally, we want to help.

Not up for adoption!

The bird’s parents are very much taking care of it, and they know better what to do for their baby than we do. So resist the temptation. Don’t adopt. It’s not an orphan.

You can help though. The main danger is getting eaten, especially in a residential neighborhood where there are many outdoor cats. The fledgling can often benefit from some assistance getting into a hidden location soon.

Your helping hand

Pick up the bird in your hands. Or better yet a towel. Hold the fledgling firmly enough that it can’t injure itself by struggling. Put it into the nearest thick bush or tree, where it can scramble into the safety of foliage.

The parents will hear its chirps and will bring it food. It’s innate behavior. They’re programmed to continue caring for that baby. Just put it where it can hide, while as close as possible to where you found it.

Don’t be too concerned about which bush or tree the nest was in. Even if you must go next door or across the street to find suitable foliage, the parents will easily find the baby from its cries.

Reunited!

If your child has brought the bird home, you can still put it back in the area where it was found. The sooner the better, but even after hours have elapsed, or the next day, the baby will have a better chance if you return it to its parents.

They will not abandon it just because it’s been touched by a human. Songbirds have less sense of smell than we humans do, and they won’t smell you on their fledgling. Besides, they want their baby back. They’ll welcome it and will get right back to work feeding it.

You can watch from a distance or through a window from inside a house. Within an hour, you should see a parent bird enter the bush where you put their baby.

It’s good to give a helping hand, and then let nature be.

–Diane Porter

Is it injured, sick or weak? Any of the below signs require immediate attention by a bird vet or a wildlife rehabilitator…

The chick is lethargic and keeps its eyes closed most of the time.
Blood in any amount is a sign of an injury.
Abnormal breathing (breathing heavily)
SItting or laying in an awkward position
A chick should feel very warm to the touch. If it feels cold, it needs to immediately placed in a warm environment.
The belly and the eyes look “sunken-in”
The belly is winkled and whitish. The skin should be tight and pink.
Check for possible fractures by gently extending its wings and legs. The chick should be able to pull them back into proper position.
If the chick is sick, injured or weak, it is best to have an expert wildlife rehabilitator take care of it — but until this happens, or if no one is available, there are a couple of resources:
- Caring for Sick / Injured Birds
- Wild Bird Orphans

But what, if you know that the chick is in distress, the parents are dead or have left for some reason.

Caring for Orphaned / Abandoned Wild Bird Chicks – steps visitors took to help wild bird chicks.

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Do not rush to save the chicks!

Along with spring, birds from warm countries come to us. They begin to build nests and hatch chicks. The chicks will grow and leave the nests. This is the most difficult and dangerous period in their lives.

You must have seen chicks that can't fly yet. They jump helplessly in bushes or under a tree, chirping. The wings are short, the feathers have not yet grown. In cities, these birds are more often chicks of corvids, in the suburbs - these are chicks of small passerine birds.

And, often, our first impulse is - "Save!".

We want to help the clumsy chick, put it back in the nest or maybe feed it and then release it. At this point, it is important to understand - how much does the chick need our help?

Nature has its own laws and rules of survival. Many chicks leave the nest, still completely unable to fly. It is during this period that we see them on earth. Such chicks are called fledglings. A fledgling is a young bird that has left the nest but cannot fly well and cannot feed itself. Fledglings are just beginning to explore the world, so they often have no fear of humans. The instinct that calls on the chicks to leave the nest early is necessary to protect against a predator, in case he discovers the nest, in order to avoid the death of the entire brood. Chicks hiding alone in the bushes have a better chance of survival. If a predator finds a chick, then, most likely, one or two will die, but the rest will live.

Young fledglings are most often still downy, feathers cover the body in places, the beak is surrounded by a yellow border so that parents can better see the mouth. Wing and tail feathers are short. Chicks sit quietly in the bushes and freeze in case of danger, so they are easy to pick up.

However, taking such a chick home, often, a person dooms him to death. The bird will not sit in a makeshift nest, all its instincts call to leave the "nest-box", it is afraid of human hands, does not take food. People try to feed the chick, while unknowingly using food that is completely inappropriate for him (bread / milk / earthworms). The chick can start eating it, and even beg for food himself. Unfortunately, improper feeding can lead to illness and, often, death of the chick.

In addition, man-raised birds must not be released back into the wild. Having not mastered the lessons of parents in obtaining food and survival, the chick will die of hunger or in the clutches of a predator.

If you come across such a chick, it is better to pass by and not disturb it. Parents will surely see that the danger has passed, they will fly in and feed the child.

If you still picked up a chick and are now looking for information on the Internet and found this article - take it back. But be sure to the place where they found it or the nearest bushes. If you just release him into a field-forest far from his parents, he will die of hunger, because. has not yet learned how to get food, and other birds will not feed someone else's chick.

If the fledgling stayed with you for several days or you fed it, it is impossible to release it back into the wild. As already mentioned above, he did not have time to undergo training under the guidance of his parents in survival and foraging. He is not prepared for life in nature. Such a chick will live with a person for the rest of his life. In a rare case, pigeons may be an exception. Returning to the pack, they can adapt to city life, but the risk remains that due to their lack of fear of humans, they may get into trouble.

However, there are times when you can't get past a chick and need help. For example, if he sits in a dangerous place: on a path in a park, on a dog walking area, sidewalk or roadway. Then you need to pick it up, take it to the nearest bush and plant it on the lower branch. No need to try to climb into the middle of a birch and leave a chick on a branch. He can, flying off, break a wing or a paw, and in this case, he will not survive. And don't try to plant it back in the bush nest or birdhouse. He will still fly out of there.

There are other situations in which chicks need our help, for example, if the nest is destroyed at an early stage of chick development (wind, hail, rain, animals, anthropogenic factors, etc.) or one or both parents die and another chicks not ready to fly are on the ground. Such chicks may still be naked, blind, poorly pubescent, weakly standing on their paws and moving little. In these cases, picking up a chick is the only hope for survival for him. Such birds need to be fed, but it is no longer possible to release them into the wild.

An exception to the above rules among birds are chicks of swifts (not to be confused with swallows). A swift on the ground means a bird in trouble. In nature, parents feed shearers only as long as they are in the nest. Therefore, swifts fly out of the nest already fully formed and ready for independent life. A swift chick that has fallen out of the nest will become an easy prey for a predator or die of starvation. Parents will not fly in and feed him, due to the fact that swifts do not land on the ground and very rarely can take off from it. If the shearling is fully feathered and the wing feathers are 2-3 cm longer than the tail feather, if it has no injuries, it is enough just to toss it slightly and it will fly away. But, if the chick is weak, sleepy, the feather is dirty or wet, if it is covered in fluff and the feathers of the wings are not longer than the tail, the wings are not symmetrical or you see a fracture and injury (unfortunately, shearers with wing fractures have little chance of further life in nature ), such a chick must be fed before release. And when the haircut fully grows up and gets stronger, let it out on a sunny day. Unlike other birds, swifts are not taught by their parents to prey, young birds learn on their own. Thanks to this, they can be fearlessly released into nature.
Zhokina Elena Yurievna
ornithologist
specialist in exotic animals
http://www. bkvet.ru/chicks

Observations on bird walks at different times of the year | Methodological development (younger group) on the topic:

Observations on bird walks at different times of the year

(2nd junior group)

AUTUMN

garden. What do birds have? (Torso, wings, head, tail, paws.) What are eyes, beak for? (To look for grains, peck.) Observe the behavior of birds.

Vocabulary work: Bird, birdie, flies, jumps, body, wings, tail, ki grains, pecks.

2. Pay attention to a flock of birds - these are sparrows, sparrows. When they arrive at the site, it immediately becomes noisy - they begin to chirp loudly, looking for grains. Watch how sparrows jump from place to place, looking for food.

Ш "Sparrow", A. Barto ("Animal World", p. 249).

Vocabulary work: Sparrow, sparrow, chirps, jumps, searches, flies.

3. Draw the children's attention to the flock of birds on the fence. What are these birds? Why are they so quiet? (This is a flock of sparrows. It is cold, rainy weather in the yard. They are cold, there are no grains anywhere. So they are silent.) It is difficult for birds in cold weather, so adults and older children build special houses for birds - feeders, where everyone will day pour grains and crumbs of bread.

Vocabulary work: A flock of birds, sparrows, feeder, feed, cold, hungry, difficult.

4. Watch how the older children pour food into the feeders. Ask them why they do this, for whom? After talking with the children of the older groups, ask if they have an extra feeder. Kids will also take care of the birds in winter, feed them on their site. Together they choose a place for the feeder and firmly fix it. Older children once again remind the kids that the food will need to be poured every day so that the birds get used to and fly to this "dining room".

Vocabulary work: Feeders, food, help, top dressing, care, fill.

5. Ask the children what kind of birds flew to our site? (Doves.) Tell the children if they find it difficult to remember that they are ghouls, doves - that's how you can call them affectionately. Note that among the pigeons there are no identical birds - they differ in the color of feathers, which are black, white, green, brown. Feathers shine very beautifully, shimmer in the sun.

Dictionary work: Doves, dove, feathers, multi-colored, brown, black, white, glitter, shimmer.

6. Observe the behavior of pigeons (how they walk, fly from one place to another, how they search for food by raking the ground with their paws). Pigeons are always very attentive and take off at the first danger, so you need to watch the birds somewhere in the distance, stand still, not talk.

Dictionary work: Dove, walks, searches, rakes, attentive, cautious.

7. Tell the children that doves and sparrows stay with us for the winter. We will see them every day. It will be very difficult for them in winter days: it is difficult to find food, it is cold. Pigeons and sparrows often fly together, fly in and land on our site, looking for seeds and grains. If danger is approaching, pigeons can notice it faster. They immediately rise up, and the sparrows immediately fly away.

8. Sparrows and doves came to us. Watch birds with your children. Compare them in size, according to the method of movement (sparrows jump, pigeons walk on the ground). Develop observation and curiosity in children. Games with imitating movements.

Vocabulary work: Pigeons, doves, dove, sparrows, sparrows, fly, walk, jump, take off.

9. Draw the children's attention to the bird that flew to our site. This is a magpie. Sits, looks in all directions, or quickly starts jumping on the ground. The magpie has a long, black tail, a white chest, a long beak, and large wings. On cold winter days, this bird will be our frequent guest. There is nothing to feed on in the forest, insects - beetles, mosquitoes, flies - hid, the plants withered, so many birds became hungry, and they fly closer to human dwellings.

10. Observe the behavior of a magpie. What is she doing? (Jumps, jumps, looks for food, flies from place to place, screams, sits on the fence. ) What does a bird have? (Torso, wings, head, tail, eyes.) Where did the magpie fly to the village from? (From the forest.) Pour crumbs, seeds, grains into the feeder. Watch how the birds will peck

"For the bird's canteen", V. Siberev ("Animal World", p. 225).

Vocabulary work: White-sided magpie, jumping, looking, galloping, screaming, chirping, turning its head, flapping its wings.

11. A new yellow-breasted bird appeared on the site. This is a titmouse. She always jumps, spins, flies from one tree to another, from branch to branch. All the time looking for something. And she looks under the bark of trees for small small bugs that can damage the trees.

Vocabulary work: Titmouse, yellow breast, small bird, jumping, galloping, flying, searching, examining.

12. What kind of birds come to our feeder? To our site? How can we recognize (see) a sparrow, magpie, titmouse among other birds? What should we always remember so that birds fly to our site every day? (Pour food into the bird feeder.

“Feed the birds”, A. Yashin (“Animal world”, p. 227).

Winter

1. When feeding the birds, make sure that the feeder is covered with snow after a snow fall. It must be removed, why? (Grains, light crumbs can fall into the snow, and the birds will not be able to get them.) Snow must be removed carefully so as not to drop or break the feeder. The educator accompanies all his actions with a story, explanations.

2. Draw the children's attention to the fact that there are a lot of footprints around the bird feeder. Whose footprints are these? (Bird.) Are all the same? (Different.) So, different birds (large, small) flew to our feeder. In addition to footprints, the remains of grains, bread crumbs, and seeds are visible in the snow. Continue to teach children to observe the surrounding nature, to see changes. Teach children to "read" footprints in the snow.

3. Draw the children's attention to the birds that have flown to the site. “Sparrows want to eat. Now we will give them grains.” See how sparrows peck food, how they flap their wings, flying from a tree to a feeder. After observing the behavior of birds, ask the children: “Who flew to our feeder today? What did the sparrows peck at the grains with? Perform imitating movements with children (they flew like sparrows).

Dictionary work: Sparrow, sparrows, peck, fly over, chirp, search.

4. Children watch how sparrows (other birds) jump, peck crumbs, chirp, fly away when people move carelessly. Therefore, when you want to see, notice something interesting from the life of birds, you need to calmly stand still, do not talk. After observing the birds, ask the children what interesting, unusual things they saw today in the behavior of birds.

5. What birds flew to our site today? Where did they settle down? (On the roof of the veranda, on the fence, in the sandbox, etc.) What do they do? It is very difficult for them in winter days: both cold and hungry. So they fly closer to the dwelling of a person, hoping that people will not forget to pour food into the feeder for them.

6. Continue to acquaint children with the birds of our region. The dove is larger than the sparrow. Are there many birds in the area? What does a dove have? To observe how the birds walk on the ground, turn their heads to the side, take off, rising up.

Dictionary work: Pigeon, pigeons, paws, head, wings, torso; walk, look, take off.

7. Take bread crumbs for a walk. We will feed the pigeons. Sprinkle the crumbs in a row, and the pigeons will peck them from both sides. By calling the pigeons, talking affectionately with them (“ghouls, ghouls, doves, pigeons”). The dove has eyes, they see the food that is poured into them; there is a beak with which they peck crumbs.

Vocabulary work: Pigeons, dove, food, eyes, beak, see, peck.

8. While observing pigeons, continue to acquaint children with the appearance of birds. Pigeons come in different colors. Try to find a few dove feathers, examine them, bring them to the group. Pay attention to how the birds take off (spread their wings to the sides, flap them). Where did they go, where do they live?

Vocabulary work: Pigeons, doves, feathers of different colors, take off.

9. Observe the habits of pigeons: they fly little, walk more and nod their heads with every step. Pigeons are constantly kept in flocks (together), and if someone disturbs them, they fly to another place (or climb up): to a balcony, a fence, to the roof of a house. Therefore, near a flock of birds, you can’t talk loudly, wave your hands, walk fast, or run.

Vocabulary work: Pigeons are attentive, cautious, shy.

10. While feeding the birds, invite the children to listen to how they are talking to each other (pigeons - cooing, sparrows - chirping). What can they tell each other? (It is reported that today there is a lot of food, crumbs: they thank the children for their care.)

Vocabulary work: Pigeons coo, sparrows chirp, thank, peck, collect.

11. When the birds are full, they begin to clean themselves, preen themselves. See how sparrows and pigeons use their beaks to clean up debris and leftover food between their feathers. Birds are very clean (neat), and therefore devote a lot of time to caring for their bodies. They clean themselves not only with the help of their beak, paws, but also bathe in snow, in water, in sand.

Vocabulary work: Birds are neat, cleaned, groomed, cared for, watched, bathed.

12. Please note that the birds are gradually getting used to us, they are not so afraid anymore, they do not take off when we approach them to give them food. People feed the birds because they love them and take care of them. And the one who has been feeding them for a long time, the birds can take food from their hands. Pigeons sit on their hands, peck crumbs from their palms and coo joyfully at the same time.

13. After repeated observations, compare a dove and a sparrow. Sparrows are always next to pigeons, they are smaller than pigeons. The dove coos, the sparrow chirps; the dove walks, the sparrow jumps. To develop in children observation, the desire to perform various imitation movements.

Vocabulary work: Doves, sparrows, fly, coo, listen, chirp.

14. What other birds come to our site? How can we recognize a titmouse? (In appearance, in habits.) How does it differ from other birds? Observe the behavior of the bird (spins, spins, flies from branch to branch). Try to find titmouse feathers, examine them, bring them to the group, compare them with the feathers of a dove, a sparrow. "Titmouse", 3. Petrova ("Animal World", p. 368).

15. Ask the children what they could eat every day? What do we put in the bird feeder? What do doves, sparrows like to peck? Show the children a piece of lard: “And this is the favorite delicacy of the titmouse, which also flies to our“ dining room ”. Salo can be hung on a string or attached to a tree branch, but in such a way that a piece of bacon does not fall, so that it is convenient for a titmouse to feast on it.

Dictionary work: Titmouse, delicacy, feeder, piece of fat, hanging.

16. Draw the children's attention to the fact that on those days when the trees and bushes are in a beautiful snow cover (hoarfrost), the birds do not sit on the trees. It is inconvenient for them to hold onto snow branches with their paws and it is difficult to look for food for themselves - bugs that hid in small cracks in the bark of trees. On such days, you need to pour more food into the bird feeders.

"Our Friends", G. Ladonshchikov ("Animal World", p. 226).

17. What birds flew into our “dining room” today? Did the titmouse feast on a piece of bacon, did the sparrows and doves peck at grains and bread crumbs? How can you know? (By the amount of food in the feeder, by footprints in the snow, by feathers found, etc.) To instill in children a desire to participate in feeding and take care of the birds.

"Our Friends", G. Ladonshchikov ("Animal World", p. 226).

18. Draw the children's attention to the footprints that can be seen in the snow. Traces in the form of dashes were left by birds, and small pits (recesses) are dog or cat tracks. If you carefully look around, you can determine from which side she ran from the tank, where she ran, in which direction she ran away. To develop in children observation, intelligence.

Spring

1. It has become warmer outside, and the tits no longer fly to the feeder - after waiting for spring, they again flew into the forest. Now they are no longer afraid of hunger and cold, they will be able to survive without our help. What kind of birds remained near human habitation? (Sparrows, pigeons.) We can watch these birds every time they arrive at our site.

2. Watch with children how sparrows bathe in spring puddles. They jump, spin, ruffle their feathers, rejoice that warm days have come and, having bathed, fly up to the fence to listen to the songs of other birds. Don't forget to dry your feathers in the sun.

"Sparrow", A. Barto ("Animal World", p. 249).

Vocabulary work: Sparrows, sparrows, bathe, jump, spin, dry.

3. Watch the sparrows find a piece of bread. What a noise all around! How quickly the sparrows flocked from all sides, seeing the bread! They quarrel, take bread crumbs from each other. But now the bread is eaten, and on the ground (sand), where the sparrows had just been, a large number of traces remained. Consider them.

"Sparrow", A. Davianov ("Animal World", p. 252).

4. Invite the children to stand quietly and listen to the singing (chirping) of the sparrows. These sparrows talk to each other, sing songs, rejoicing in the warm sun. Do sparrows always chirp the same way? (Loud ~ in times of danger, fights; quiet when basking in the sun.)

"Sparrow", B. Pak ("Animal World", p. 253).

Dictionary work: Sparrow, sparrow, sings, chirps, calls; chirps loudly, joyfully, cheerfully, loudly.

5. Watch how pigeons and sparrows bathe (in sand, in water), clean their feathers, remove specks between feathers with their beaks. Birds take care of the cleanliness of their feather cover. Then, flying up to the fence, the wires will dry in the sun, in the warm spring breeze.

"Hey, merry sparrow!", A. Sidorov ("Animal World", p. 230).

SUMMER

1. Birds also need water on a hot day. If there are puddles, then pigeons and sparrows bathe in them, drink water from them. Watch the behavior of birds, how they flap their wings, fall into the water, splash, and then clean their feathers, dry in the sun. To expand children's knowledge about the life of the animal world in the summer.

Dictionary work: Birds, pigeons, sparrows, bathe, clean, dry.

2. Watch birds on a hot day. Sparrows, doves hid from the hot rays of the sun in the shade. They sit on a perch, dozing fiercely, some huddled together. In the shade, put water for the birds in a large flat dish and see how they behave.

“Every living thing loves water”, A. Krase (“Domestic Animals”, p. 8).

3. Stand near the kindergarten building, veranda, listen. Somewhere under the roof, the voices of birds are heard, there, probably, the sparrows have made a nest for themselves and hatch small chicks. If you stand quietly or sit on a bench, you can hear the voices of birds.