CRESTED COCKATOO CRAFT
There’s something about hanging bird ornaments from the branches of a Christmas tree that just seems right. Birds and trees go together.
Make these bright and colorful “flying” birds to decorate your tree or your classroom.
BIRD FUN FACTS
· Scientists have evidence that birds evolved from dinosaurs.
· Birds have hollow bones, making them light enough to fly.
· The Ostrich is the largest living bird. Ostriches have eyeballs that are almost the size of a tennis ball. Their eyeballs are larger than their brains.
· The smallest living bird is the hummingbird. Hummingbirds can fly backward.
· Owls swallow their prey whole. Then spit out the bones and pelt.
· Penguins can jump 6 feet into the air.
· An albatross can sleep while it flies.
· Most hummingbirds weigh less than a nickel.
· Woodpeckers hoard acorns in the tree holes they “drill” with their beaks.
· The starling, and many other birds, sing notes that are too high for the human ear to hear.
· “Canary in a Coalmine” Coalminers used to send canaries down into the mines to test carbon monoxide levels. If the canary passed out, the mine was too dangerous.