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<BODY BACKGROUND="/Background.jpg"> <H1><CENTER>Zoom Birds</CENTER></H1> <HR><HR> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=4 CELLPADDING=10 CELLSPACING=2> <TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=CENTER> <TD><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="FF00FF"><B>WHAT ARE BIRDS?</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="FF0000"><B><IMG SRC="/egifs/Eagle.GIF" WIDTH="41" HEIGHT="66" BORDER=0 align=left> Birds are warm-blooded vertebrate animals that have wings, feathers, a beak, no teeth, a strong, hollow skeleton, and bear their young in <A HREF="http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vertebrates/tetrapods/amniota.html"> hard-shelled eggs<IMG SRC="/egifs/Egg.GIF" WIDTH="23" HEIGHT="29" BORDER=0 HSPACE="5"></A>.</B></FONT></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="FF00FF"><B>BIRD EVOLUTION</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="FF0000"><B><IMG SRC="/dgifs/Dinosaurbig.GIF" WIDTH="76" HEIGHT="54" BORDER="0" ALIGN=RIGHT>Birds probably <A HREF="http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/avians.html">evolved from the dinosaurs</A>.<BR><BR>The <A HREF="http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/birds/archaeopteryx.html">Archaeopteryx</A> is a very early bird, now extinct. Bird fossils are rare because bird bones are hollow and fragile.</B></FONT></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="FF00FF"><B>FLYING & MIGRATION</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="FF0000"><B>Most birds can fly<IMG SRC="/bgifs/Blackbird.GIF" WIDTH="38" HEIGHT="18" BORDER=0 HSPACE="5">, some swim<IMG SRC="/Penguin.GIF" WIDTH="21" HEIGHT="38" BORDER=0 HSPACE="5">, and some do both. Many species of birds migrate seasonally.</B></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=CENTER> <TD><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="FF00FF"><B>BIRD SONGS</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="FF00FF"><B></FONT><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="FF0000"><B>Bird songs<IMG SRC="/ngifs/Notes.GIF" WIDTH="17" HEIGHT="32" BORDER=0 HSPACE="5"> are distinctive and varied. Many Songbirds<IMG SRC="/bgifs/Bird.GIF" WIDTH="38" HEIGHT="38" WIDTH="30" HEIGHT="26" BORDER=0> are becoming rare.</B></FONT></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="FF00FF"><B>CLASSIFICATION</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="FF0000"><B>Birds belong to the biological class Aves and live virtually everywhere on Earth<IMG SRC="/egifs/Earth.GIF" WIDTH="42" HEIGHT="41" BORDER=0>. There are about 9,000 different species of birds, divided into about 25 orders. <BR><BR> Ornithology is the study of birds.</B></FONT></TD> <TD ROWSPAN=2><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="FF00FF"><B>BIRD FOOD</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="FF0000"><B>Birds spend most of their time looking for food. They use their beaks to catch bugs<IMG SRC="/dgifs/Dragonfly.GIF" WIDTH="69" HEIGHT="49" BORDER=0>, worms<IMG SRC="/wgifs/Worm.GIF" WIDTH="52" HEIGHT="54" BORDER=0>, small mammals<IMG SRC="/mgifs/Mouse.GIF" WIDTH="67" HEIGHT="29" BORDER=0>, fish<IMG SRC="/Bluefish.GIF" WIDTH="68" HEIGHT="36" BORDER=0>, fruit<IMG SRC="/pgifs/Pear.GIF" WIDTH="29" HEIGHT="44" BORDER=0>, or nectar<IMG SRC="/rgifs/Rose.GIF" WIDTH="19" HEIGHT="27" BORDER=0>. Birds play an important part in the control of insects, the dispersal of seeds and the pollination of flowering plants<IMG SRC="/dgifs/Daisy.GIF" WIDTH="15" HEIGHT="28" BORDER=0 HSPACE="5">.</B></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN=TOP ALIGN=CENTER> <TD><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="FF00FF"><B>BIRDS AS SYMBOLS</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="FF0000"><B>Learn about <A HREF="/subjects/birds/Birdsymbols.html">birds as symbols</A>.</B></FONT></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE=+2><FONT COLOR="FF00FF"><B>MISCELLANEOUS</B></FONT><BR><BR><FONT SIZE=+1 COLOR="FF0000"><B>Read a nursery rhyme about <A HREF="/Blackbirdrhyme.html">Blackbirds<IMG SRC="/bgifs/Blackbird.GIF" WIDTH="38" HEIGHT="18" BORDER=0 HSPACE="5"></A>.</B></FONT></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BR> <BR CLEAR = ALL><BR><HR> <BR> <TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=2 CELLPADDING=1 CELLSPACING=1> <TR ALIGN=CENTER> <TD><A HREF="/Home.html"><B>ENCHANTED LEARNING SOFTWARE</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="/Dictionary.html"><B>LITTLE EXPLORERS</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="/school/"><B>ZOOM SCHOOL</B></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="/mail.shtml"><B>E-mail us</B></A></TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BR CLEAR = ALL><BR> <BR CLEAR = ALL> <P> <TABLE BORDER=1 Align="left" WIDTH="100%" CELLSPACING="2" CELL PADDING="2"> <TR> <TD><A HREF="/Home.html"><CENTER><IMG SRC="/Homeicon.GIF" WIDTH=74 HEIGHT=55 ALIGN=TOP BORDER=0 ALIGN=TOP></CENTER></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="/Busylittlebrains.html"><CENTER><IMG SRC="/Blbicon.GIF" WIDTH=84 HEIGHT=85 ALIGN=TOP BORDER=0 ALIGN=TOP></CENTER></A></TD> <TD><A HREF="/Orderform.html"><CENTER><IMG SRC="/Order.GIF" WIDTH=63 HEIGHT=59 ALIGN=TOP BORDER=0 ALIGN=TOP></CENTER></A></TD> <TD><A href="/mail.shtml"><CENTER><IMG SRC="/Emailenvelope.GIF" WIDTH=61 HEIGHT=37 ALIGN=TOP BORDER=0 ALIGN=TOP></CENTER></A></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD><H3><CENTER><A HREF="/Home.html"> ENCHANTED LEARNING SOFTWARE</A></CENTER></H3></TD> <TD><H3><CENTER><A HREF="/Busylittlebrains.html">BUSY LITTLE BRAINS CD-ROM for children</A></CENTER></H3></TD> <TD><CENTER><H3><A HREF="/Orderform.html" >How to Order Our Software</A></H3></CENTER></TD> <TD><CENTER><H3><A href="/mail.shtml">Send us E-mail</A></H3></CENTER></TD></TR> </TABLE> </BODY>