Something to Know
A. Fill in the blanks.
1. The sparrow makes a nest between the branches of a tree.
2. Birds make nests to lay their eggs.
3. In case of weaver bird it is the male who makes the nest.
4. Some animals, sometimes, break the nest of birds.
5. Birds protects their young ones from other animals.
B. Write True or False for the following statements.
1. Different birds have different nesting habits. True
2. A crow builds its nest on the ground. False
3. Beaks and claws help birds to catch their food. True
4. The sunbird does not make any nest of its own. False
5. We should never break the nest of a bird. True
C. Tick (✔) the correct option.
1. Birds can fly because they have-
(a) hollow light bones (✔)
(b) solid heavy bones
(c) very long legs.
(d) very long tails
Answer – (a) hollow light bones (✔)
2. The bird that makes a tuk-tuk sound, while making its nest in a tree trunk, is-
(a) crow
(c) barbet or coppersmith (✔)
(b) tailor bird
(d) penguin
Answer – (c) barbet or coppersmith (✔)
3. Birds are usually busy making nests during the month of-
(a) April (✔)
(b) December
(c) October bees
(d) August
Answer – (a) April (✔)
4. This bird uses stones and pebbles to make its nest.
(a) sparrow
(b) koel
(c) barbet
(d) penguin (✔)
Answer – (d) penguin (✔)
5. This bird migrates to India during winters.
(a) sunbird
(b) penguin
(c) siberian crane (✔)
(d) crow
Answer – (c) siberian crane (✔)
D. Answer the following questions in brief.
1. Name three birds who work in pairs to make their nests.
Answer – Three birds work in pairs to make their nests are:
Sparrow
Sunbird
Dove
2. Why are birds called as ‘aerial animals’?
Answer – Birds are called ‘aerial animals’ because they can fly in the air.
3. List some materials that are used by various birds to make their nests.
Answer – Some materials used by birds to make their nest are twigs, straws, cotton, leaves and their own feathers.
4. When, and where, does a barbet make its nest?
Answer – A barbet makes its nest in summer, in the holes of tree trunk.
5. List some places where we find birds’ nests.
Answer – Some places we find bird nests are on the branch of tree, on the electric poles and on the terrace of buildings.
E. Answer the following questions.
1. Write any three features of birds that help them to fly.
Answer – Three features of birds that can help them fly is –
i. Hollow bones, which make their body light.
ii. Wings which are made up of light feathers.
iii. Pointed, sharp, boat shaped body.
2. How are nests useful for birds?
Answer – Nest helps birds to remain safe from enemies and from weather.
3. How does a tailor bird make its nest?
Answer – A tailor bird stitches the leaves with the help of its beak using small twigs as thread to make its nest.
4. What do you mean by migration of birds? Name any two migratory birds.
Answer – The birds which does not find food and unable to tolerate low temperature of the regions in winter fly to the warmer regions during winter is known as migration of birds.
Two migratory birds are painted stork, Siberian crane.
Value Based Question
Komal is a kind and courageous girl. She does not like anybody teasing or harming animals or birds.
One day, during her morning walk, she observed that some naughty children were trying to go near the nest of a sparrow. She firmly asked them not to do so. She told them that the sparrow had made its nest to lay its eggs. The children realised their mistake and went away without harming the nest.
1. State the values displayed by Komal.
Answer – The values displayed by Komal are courage, animal loving and kind.
2. Why should we not disturb the nests of birds?
Answer – We should not disturb the nest of birds because birds made them with lots of hard work to lay egg in them. Moreover, disturb the nest is also inhuman activity.
3. Discuss, with your friends, about any incident where you have helped a bird.
Answer – One morning when I was going to school. I saw some naughty boys are hurting a sparrow. So, I picked up the sparrow and get it treated.
Something to do
1. Collect some pictures of nests of different birds and paste them in your scrap book.
Answer –
2. During morning walks, try to observe different birds eating the food or grains put for them at different places.
Answer – Students will do it at their own.
3. Collect some feathers which you may find lying on the ground. Observe their shape, size and colour. Share, and discuss, your observations with your friends.
Answer – Students will do it at their own.
4. Collect information about different migratory birds visiting India at different places. Find out when they arrive here and when they go back.
Answer – Birds migrate to India for a variety of reasons, which includes, Wintering grounds, Breeding grounds, Food availability, Geographic location.
Ruddy Shelduck – November or December and stay until March or April. Its migration in India, include Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan, Sultanpur National Park in Haryana, Chilika Lake in Odisha.
Bar-headed Geese – Arriving in India by November. They stay in India upto March or April. Its migration in India, include Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir, and the Bhagirathi River in Uttarakhand.
Northern Pintail – Arrive in India by November. They stay in India until around February or March. They can be found in Chilika Lake in Odisha, the wetlands of Keoladeo National Park in Rajasthan, and the Dal Lake in Jammu and Kashmir.