Birds

Did you guess correctly? Today we're going to talk about birds like this one .....

So... what's a bird?
Do you know what makes a bird different from other animals........
Is it the pretty colours?

NO!..... other animals, like fish and insects, come in all sorts of beautiful colours too.
Is it their bill or beak?

NO! ..... other animals, like the duck billed platypus (a mammal), have bills too.
Is it the eggs?

NO! ...... other animals, like fish, amphibians, reptiles, insects and even some mammals, hatch from eggs as well.
Is it the wings.......



No...... other animals, like insects and some mammals, have wings.
Then what is it .........



FEATHERS!!!!!!

All birds have feathers and birds are the only animals that do!
Feathers do many jobs for birds. Soft down keeps them warm, wing feathers allow flight and tail feathers are used for steering.
The colour of the feathers can be used to hide the bird or make it attractive to other birds.

So now you know how to tell which animals are birds and which are not let's watch a fun video about ......... feathers



So.... would you like to learn more about birds? Click on this link to discover more about these vertebrate animals.....

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/

Tommorow we're going to discover another animal group, I'm going to give you a clue and let's see if you can guess which vertebrate group it is....