Our Grade Four Class Blog The Case of the Curious Classroom 

We Skyped  with Bird Studies Canada in Ontario today. The biologists from Ontario knew many facts about birds. We learned about four different kinds of birds. The first bird was called the Ruby Crowned Kinglet . It is called the Ruby Crowned Kinglet because  it had a little red crown on its head. It weighs as much as a loonie, which is 7 grams. They eat tiny insects, spiders and egg.  We saw how they banded the birds.  They first put the number on the band and then they put the band on their feet. They go out in the wild and catch the birds with a very soft net. When they weighed them they put them upside down in a black container, so they would not fly away. The second bird was called the Fox Sparrow. It is called the Fox Sparrow because it is really fuzzy like a fox.  Their colour looks like a fox.  The Fox Sparrow eats cracked corn. Corn is the best kind of food for small beaked sparrows.  They also eat white and red millet, insects, and soft plant food. The third bird was called the Yellow Rumpled Warbler.  It is called the Yellow Rumpled Warbler because it has a little yellow spot on its feather.  They eat insects and they eat berries from shrubs.  They spend most of their time in the winter in the forest. The last bird was called the Saw- Whet Owl.  It looks kind of brownish.  It was a baby owl. They eat mice and other small mammals like birds can be eaten. My favourite part was when they brought the owl in.