Birds: Types

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Birds Types

• Animal Science Level 1

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Intro Video
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Unit Map Birds

• Unit Essential Question
• What are common characteristics of bird care?
• Lesson Questions
• How could bird behavior influence bird ownership?
• What are common rules of thumb for all bird care?
• What is the best way to prevent parrot disease?
• How have birds evolved for flight?
• Concepts
• Types of Birds
• Common Disease
• Basic Car
• Anatomy
• Vocabulary Fill out daily

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Warm Up

• Where would you find these birds?

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Essential Question

• How could bird behavior influence ownership?

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Objectives

• Identify common pet store birds
• Define characteristics of each type of bird
• Compare/Contrast types of birds
• Concept Map Exercise

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Common Pet Birds

• Parakeet (Budgie)
• Small Parrot
• Conure
• Lovebird
• Cockatiel
• Finches
• Doves
• Canaries

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Parakeet / Budgie

• Colors Rare, Blue, and Green
• For ages 8 up, with adult supervision
• Pet lifespan approximately 15-25 years
• Pet size approximately 7" in length
• Social
• 30 minutes of socializing per day
• Intelligent
• Whistle Tunes
• Low talking ability
• Other Behavior
• Messy eaters

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Conure

• Types Nanday, Green Cheek, Black Cap, Jenday,
  Sun, Fancy Green
• For ages 14 up, with adult supervision
• Pet lifespan approximately 20-30 years
• Pet size approximately 10"-15" in length
• Social
• 1 hours of daily interaction
• Intelligent
• Smart, Easily Trained, Step-up/Step-down for
  easy handling
• Behavior
• Messy eaters
• Noisy
• Medium speaking ability

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Lovebirds

• Types Fishers, Peach-faced, Black-Cheek, Nyasa
• For ages 14 up, with adult supervision
• Pet lifespan approximately 15-20 years
• Pet size approximately 6" in length
• Social
• 1 socialization
• Intelligent
• Easily trained
• Behavior
• Nest Makers
• Chirps (train to whistle)

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Cockatiels

• Colors Grey, Lutino, Cinnamon, Pied
• For ages 12 up, with adult supervision
• Pet lifespan approximately 20-30 years
• Pet size approximately 10"-12" in length
• Social
• 1 hour of interaction per day
• Behavior
• Whistlers
• Preeners (self groom)
• Messy eaters

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Finches (Song Birds)

• Types Zebra, Society, Manikin, Cordon Blue,
  Gouldian
• For ages 14 up, with adult supervision
• Pet lifespan approximately 5 years
• Pet size approximately 5"-6" in length
• Social
• No handling, enjoy seeing people regularly
• Behavior
• Males sing
• Messy eaters

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Doves

• Types Rock, Diamond, White, Pink Ring Neck
• For ages 8 up, with adult supervision
• Pet lifespan approximately 20-25 years
• Pet size approximately 4"-8" in length
• Social
• 15-30 mins per day, handled and stroked
• Behavior
• Calm, gentle
• Coo (male call)
• Need grit (stones for digestion)
• Messy eaters

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Canaries (Song Birds)

• Types Yellow, Red Factor, Fancy
• For ages 14 up, with adult supervision
• Pet lifespan approximately 5-25 years
• Pet size approximately 5" in length
• Social
• No handling, like to watch people
• Behavior
• Makes sing
• High metabolic rate (food always available)
• Single or pairs
• Messy eaters

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Vocabulary Closing

• Socialization behave in a friendly manner
• Preen to trim or dress (feathers, fur, etc.)
  with the beak or tongue
• Parrot any of numerous hook-billed, often
  brilliantly colored birds of the order
  Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or
  parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and
  often kept as pets.
• Song bird 1. a bird that sings, any passerine
  bird of the suborder Oscines
• Grit hard stones, kept in crop, used to help
  grind (chew) food
• Coo to utter or imitate the soft, murmuring
  sound characteristic of doves.

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Activity

• Concept Map Page 1
• Types of birds
• Build a Concept map for each type of bird (follow
  first example, use your own paper)
• Parakeet (Budgie)
• Small Parrot
• Conure
• Lovebird
• Cockatiel
• Finches
• Doves
• Canaries

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Bird ID Quiz Get out a sheet of paper please!

• 1. Copy this sentence for each question below
• This is a _________________. Examples of this
  type of bird include _________________ and
  ______________. _______________ is a common
  behavior. This might influence bird ownership
  because _____________________________.

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Birds Care

• Animal Science Level 1

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Warm Up

• What might have happened to this bird?

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Objectives

• Understand proper care of domestic birds
• Outline general rules for bird care

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Essential Question

• What are common rules of thumb for all bird care?

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Bird Care Main Areas

• Environment
• Food
• Water
• Enrichment
• Illness prevention

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Environment Cages

• Cages
• As roomy as possible. Able to spread wings make
  short flights (exercise)
• Metal bars birds should not be able to fit their
  heads through
• Horizontal for birds that like to climb
  (parakeets etc)
• Slide out trays for easy cleaning and less
  anxiety to animal
• Draft free area
• Daily sunlight
• Even temperature

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Environment Aviary

• Definition large flying enclosure mimicking a
  natural environment
• Indoor
• You control temperature
• Often a room devoted to birds
• Windows are wired
• Door has a double passage way to prevent escape
• Outdoor
• Most natural environment
• Must have indoor shelter
• Wind breaks (prevents drafts, helps block some
  noise)
• Normally all wired and mesh

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Food Pros and Cons

• Hand Fed Fed by humans formula via large
  syringe.
• Pros More hand friendly and tame
• Cons Time consuming, expensive (formula)
• Seeds Mixture, based on shape and size of beak
• Pros Enrichment for animal
• Cons Birds will over indulge
• Seed pellet mix Condensed nutrients in pellets
  with seeds available
• Pros Great variety for enrichment and nutrition
• Cons Many birds eat around pellets

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Food Pros and Cons

• Fresh fruit and vegetables
• Pros Enrichment, great way to bond with your
  animal (sharing food)
• Cons too much can cause damage to digestion
  system
• Grit
• Pros Required for health digestion system of
  birds
• Cons Some birds are picky with how grit is
  delivered.
• Best practice Mixtures of seeds, pellets, grit
  and fresh fruits/vegetables

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Foods
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Water Very Important

• Drinking water
• Birds should have access at all times to clean
  drinking water
• Common methods of providing water
• Provided Bowls, Gravity watering container
• Bathing
• Large bowl
• No more than 2 inches deep
• Most birds must be able to see the bottom
• Marbles, stones, colored bottom
• Warm to room temperature water
• Misting spray bottle as well for thorough cleaning

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Watering
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Enrichment

• Toys
• Puzzles
• Chew Toys
• Cuddle bones provide needed minerals, helps trim
  beaks

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Enrich-ment

• Mirrors
• Pros Birds feel less alone talk their
  reflections
• Cons Birds will be more comfortable with
  reflection and reject owner
• Perches
• Different sizes, shapes, and textures
• Prevents foot stress and injuries

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Illness Prevention

• Tags/ Bands Used for ID and registration for
  paperwork
• Cleaning routine Thoroughly clean all perches
  and bowls. Replace bedding. Fresh seeds and fresh
  water.
• Mite prevention Mite cartons to help keep mites
  away from cages. Also available in powder

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Vocabulary Closing

• Aviary large flying enclosure mimicking a
  natural environment
• Hand-fed Fed by humans formula via large
  syringe.
• Enrichment make better or improve in quality
• Cuddle bone provide needed minerals, helps trim
  beaks
• Perch Used for sitting Different sizes, shapes,
  and textures
• Leg Band Used for ID and registration for
  paperwork

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Activity

• Compare and Contrast (Use example, then your own
  paper) Page 2
• Types of bird food
• Types of Perches
• Design the perfect cage for your bird Page 3
• Use Care sheets on birds
• Design a cage based on their needs

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Birds Common Diseases

• Animal Science Level 1

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Objectives

• Identify common Parrot Diseases
• Explain common treatment for parrot diseases
• Understand symptoms and signs of common parrot
  diseases

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Warm Up

• Why did this happen?

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Essential Question

• What is the best way to prevent parrot disease?

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Pacheco's disease

• Symptoms lethargy, diarrhea, ruffled feathers,
  sinusitis, anorexia, conjunctivitis, and tremors
  in the neck, wing and legs
• Transmission through infected feces and nasal
  discharge
• Prevention Quarantine shedding birds, Clean van
  blades and vents

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Psittacine Beak and Feather Disease

• Symptoms irreversible loss of feathers, shedding
  of developing feathers, development of abnormal
  feathers, new pinched feathers, and loss of
  powder down
• Transmission through direct contact, inhalation
  or ingestion of aerosols, crop-feeding, infected
  fecal material, and feather dust
• Prevention Strict isolation of all diseased birds

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Feather Plucking

• Symptoms prolific loss of feathers
• Transmission Non transmissible
• Prevention
• Birds are very intelligent. They need
  socialization and enrichment daily. Feather
  plucking is normally a main symptom of emotional
  distress or upset

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Bird Intelligence
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Avian Salmonella

• Symptoms lethargy, anorexia, and diarrhea,
• Transmission primarily through the air, shed
  from an infected bird in the nasal and or ocular
  secretions, fecal material, and feather dust
• Prevention Proper hygiene
• Treatment note Can be treated with Pepto. 2-3
  drops by mouth once a day

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Avian Tuberculosis

• Symptoms sudden death can occur, progressive
  weight loss in spite of a good appetite,
  depression, diarrhea, increased thirst, and
  respiratory difficulty
• Transmission by ingestion and inhalation of
  aerosolized infectious organisms from feces.
• Prevention minimize stress and overcrowding
  Provide proper ventilation Prevent malnutrition
  with a proper die

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Vocabulary Closing

• Lethargy tired, weak behavior
• Powder down Under feathers, powdered skin from
  feather coverings
• Non-Transmissible unable to be given to other
  animals
• Shedding Fluffing off of skin cells (carrying
  bacteria or viruses)
• Aerosol Air born particles (carrying bacteria or
  viruses)

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Activity

• Youre the Vet
• Pages 4 and 5

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Birds Gross Anatomy

• Animal Science Level 1

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Objectives

• List and locate gross avian anatomy
• Discuss comparative anatomy
• Understand the concept of homology
• Get out your packets and you will be working on
  the Anatomy Pages as we go through the notes.
  Pages

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Warm- Up

• How are these limbs used?

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Essential Question

• How have birds evolved for flight?

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External Anatomy
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Feather Anatomy Close up Look
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Feather Anatomy
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Feather Types
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Feather Types Closer Look
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Bones and Veins
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Skeleton Anatomy
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Bone Characteristics
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Bones

• Hollow air sacs
• Bird bones have bones that are fused
• Struts/Trusses for bone strength without the
  added weight
• Extra back bones (vertebrae) for flexibility

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Scale of Flight
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Digestion and Respiration
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Homology Comparative Anatomy
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What has happened to the bones?

• Writing Prompt 10 Minutes solid writing. Make it
  readable. Complete thoughts and sentences.
  Spelling and grammar not a factor in grading.

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Beak Types
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Beak Inner Anatomy
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Activity

• Worksheet 6 Relate it to you Page 6
• Example

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Activities

• Anatomy Sheet
• Page 7

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Vocabulary Closing

• Remiges the large quill feathers of a bird's
  wing, main blood supply to feathers
• Digits toes, able to be moved for grasping
• Covert small feathers covering the bases of the
  longer feathers
• Homology Same bones, used for different purposes
  by different animals (seal fin vs. bird wing)
• Gizzard grinds food with stones

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Unit Review

• 1. Remiges2. Homology 3. Lethargy 4.
  Non-Transmissible 5. Aerosol 6. Aviary 7.
  Enrichment 8. Perch9. Parrot10. Song bird
• Describe Homology. What is it? What does it mean
  for evolution? Give examples in your answer
• Know the bird diseases and their symptoms.