The Screech Owl

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Little Sir Screech Owl and his wife

Live such a cheerful, useful life;

They nest among the apple trees,

Saying: "May we eat the bugs here, please?"

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"He or she is a night owl" is an idiom in reference to a person working or playing primarily at night when everyone else is sleeping. Owls do most of their hunting at night.

The Green Jay

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Green Jay lives in Rio Grande,
A member of a robber band;
He's very beautiful, but oh!
We wish he wouldn't plunder so!

 

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"Bird's Eye View" is an idiom that refers to seeing an event from above or from a larger perspective. This is an obvious reference to bird's seeing something from a flight pattern far above the ground.

More Jays To Study:

• Steller's Jay - Never a dull moment with these beauties!
• A Green Jay Survey in South Texas
• 10 Beautiful Species of Jays
• The Blue Jay + template

       Below is a window decoration of a bird perched on a flowering tree. Students may cut out the template, trace around it and color their own versions of it. Then tape it to a window so that students may imagine a bird, in this case a Robin, sings them just outside the window. 

 

Imagine the Robin is perched on a flowering branch, just outside the window!
Learn more about the Robin and download an additional template here.

The Flicker Woodpecker

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Red-Shafted Flicker hops around,
Eating the ants upon the ground;
He builds in any hollow tree
Where he's as snug as snug can be.

 

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"Birds come home to perch..." is an idiom meaning that a person's insults to others or his bad treatment of others will come home to hurt him or his own family eventually. In other words, if you mistreat others, eventually those who you hurt will attack you in your own home.

Winter Bird Visitors: The Flicker Woodpecker

A template of a Flicker Woodpecker

       Watch the video below to see just "how" to color your own flicker to fly about your room. Then cut out and assemble the bird using school glue. Bend down the two taps on the wings and glue these to either side of the bird body. Cut along the solid straight line shown at the inside edge of the tail feathers and slip this onto the end of the paper bird body. Secure all the pieces with glue and then tape a piece of thread between the wings to hang your paper flicker from the ceiling.

Northern Flicker Woodpecker Calling and Drumming.

The Ibis

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Madame Ibis, stately bird,
Stands and thinks without a word;
She can't forget that long ago
She was a sort of queen, you know.

 

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"A little bird told me" is an idiom meaning that one heard news secretly.

The Loon

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Loon is a fearless diver bold,
He doesn't mind the heat or cold;
He dives and swims - oh, very far,
And then bobs up and laughs "Ha-Ha!"

 

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"To take someone under your wing" is an idiom that has it's origins in The Bible: "He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart." Psalm 91:4 - additional scriptures: Deuteronomy 32:11, Psalm 17:8, Psalm 36:7, Psalm 57:1, Psalm 61:4, Psalm 63:7, Jeremiah 49:22, Zechariah 7-9, Ruth 2:12 and Jesus' observation here in Luke 13 - "Jerusalem, Jerusalem! You kill the prophets, you stone the messengers God has sent you! How many times I wanted to put my arms around all your people, just as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you would not let me!" The idiom is used to reference how a person is similar to a bird mother who guards her young be covering them defensively under her wings from weather, an enemy, or any other kind of danger.

 

Bird scrap restored for students to make their own paper dolls with. Now you add the arms/legs!

The Indigo Bunting

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Indigo Bunting comes in May,

Saying cheerfully: "I'm here to stay."

He's a nice, friendly little thing,

Willing at any time to sing.

 

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"To kill two birds with one stone" is an idiom that refers to an action that causes two events at the same time.

 

        For the Spring window decoration below, download and print out the templates using a home computer or one provided to educators in your school or church. Trace around the patterns. Then cut shapes as given from brown, white, and blue construction paper. Color details on the pussy willow and flying birds. Now tape these clippings to a window for decoration.

Bird and pussy willow templates. See more about pussy willow here.

The Eagle

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Eagle has piercing yellow eyes,
He's very strong and very wise;
He's king and master over all
The other birds, both great and small.

 

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"Eagle-Eyes" is an idiom in reference to a person having keen vision. This vision could be about wisdom, street smarts, academic intelligence or it could be taken literally to mean that he or she has excellent vision, 20/20. 

 

The Eave Swallow

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Eave Swallow, in his nest of clay,
Always has lots of things to say;
He and his brothers, often race,
Catching the insects 'round the place.

 

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"A Home Bird" is an idiom referring to a person who spends much of their time at home or whom always socializes from a home-base.

 

The following templates of flying birds and a birdhouse may be used to decorate the classroom or home in a variety of ways. Tape these after coloring to a window, wall or bulletin board to teach your young students about the birds. Download and print, trace and cut, color and mount, it's so much fun for children to learn about the birds with these templates.

 

Birds in flight and a birdhouse template. See birdhouse clip art here.

The Swallows' Return

Swallows are returning fast,

Over wide seas they have past;

'Neath the eaves they build their nest,

Sing as they from labor rest.

March, O March, thou snowst amin;

February comes with rain;

April, sweetest of the year,

Coming is, and he is near.

Twitter all the birds and sing,

All the little trees do spring;

Hens lay eggs, and O, good luck!

Already they begin to cluck.

Flocks and herds, a numerous train,

To hilly pastures mount again;

Goats that skip and leap an play,

Nibbling wayside shrub's green spray.

Beasts and birds an men rejoice,

With one heart and with one voice;

Frosts are gone, and snow-wreaths deep,

Blustering Boreas fallen asleep.

From ''Greeek Folk Songs,'' Garnett

The Night Hawk

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Night Hawk is lazy, sleeps all day,
And then comes out at night to play;
He always wears his evening clothes
And when it's daylight, home he goes.

 

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"To watch someone or something 'like a hawk'" is an idiom that means you are keeping a careful, watchful gaze upon a person, place, thing or circumstance. You will not look away or forget this responsibility...

More About Night Hawks:

• Common Nighthawks With Babies
• Common Nighthawk has a tiny bill and cavernous mouth

Montana Research: "The Night Hawk"

The Laughing Gull

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Laughing Gull, seems free from care,
He's always laughing everywhere;
He never tells what it's about

And no one yet has found it out.

 

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"Birds of a feather, flock together" is an idiom that means people having identical view points, politics, religion, blood relationships, cultural preferences, interests or preferences of any kind will live, cohabitate, reproduce together because it makes them feel protected or guarded from a common enemy. 

 

Bird scrap restored for students to make their own paper dolls with. Now you add the arms/legs!

The Lyre Bird

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Lyre Bird's an Australian child,
She lives in lonely places wild,
And builds upon the rocky ground
The queerest nest which can be found.

 

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"The early bird catches the worm" is an idiom referring to the fact that a person might get away with something or gain more momentum if they treat a circumstance with early intervention.

"He or she is an 'early bird'" is a similar idiom to the previous but in a more literal since of the phrase. This idiom refers to the fact that a person is an 'early riser' or that person doesn't sleep late into the morning. Birds often wake just before sunrise, therefore, they are early risers.

The Quail

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Quail sings a song of sheer delight:
"Bob White, Bob White, Bob-Bob-Bob White."
I wonder who Bob White may be
To whom he calls so merrily.

 

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"Bird Feed" is an idiom that refers to the fact that a person makes very little money or that something costs very little money. How it is used in a sentence will give a clue as to 'what' it is referring to.

Father and Mother Goose

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  Said Father Goose: " I think I 'll take

A stroll this morning to the lake."

Mother Goose said: "Then I'll go, too,

And maybe take a swim with you."

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"Sending someone on a wild goose chase" is an idiom that means - a frustrating or lengthy undertaking that accomplishes very little.

 

 

 

 

How to Cut a Goose Paper Chain 

 

Two important tips to remember: the longer the paper the more often the design repeats.
The thinner the paper, the easier it is to cut.

Directions:

1. Measure the length and height of your template in order to determine how much paper you will need before folding it.
2. Use and accordion fold to prepare the paper before cutting.
3. Trace the design so that two sides touch opposite each other along the folds of the paper.
4. Cut away the negative spaces around your design.

A Sample of what a Goose paper chain might look like.

 

The goose paper template.

More About Mother Goose:

• Tim and Tilly poem about Mother Goose
• Who Was Mother Goose?

The Albatross

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Albatross has wings so strong
That he could fly the whole day long;
But if he's tired, he can float

Upon the waves, just like a boat.

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"An albatross around one's neck" is an idiom that means - a person has committed a previous action that will hinder him or her from succeeding in something. The idiom originated from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Coleridge, wherein a sailor's killing of an albatross was thought to bring bad luck.

 

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10 Facts about the web-footed albatross

The Rooster

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Sir Rooster is a noisy chap,
He wakes you from your morning nap;
He sleeps but little all night through,
Crows at eleven, one and two.

"He (or she) flew the coop!" is an idiom that refers to either the escape or general departure of someone.

Additional Authors:

 MR. ROOSTER GETS A SURPRISE 

       "This is a good place to take a nap," said Mr. Rooster, as he stepped onto a nice hard object in the Farmyard. So he perched there on one leg and shut his eyes. But after a while the Turtle woke up and walked away, and the Rooster was upset. "Well," said he, as he picked himself up and looked around, " who would ever think a stone could come to life! A queer world this is, to be sure! Henry Altemus Company.

Additional Links to Articles/Crafts/Videos About Roosters:

• Chicken Breeds
• Barnyard Paper Dolls to Color 
• How to make a paper mache Bantam rooster
• How to fold an Origami rooster
• How to make a standing paper rooster 
• See Bantam roosters in cute video

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Yellow Ducklings

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Said Yellow Duckling to his brother:

"Come on, let's hide away from mother,"

But he replied: ' Oh, dear me. No!

We 'd better not, she 'd worry so."

"Like a duck to water" is an idiom that means - something comes naturally to a person or animal or they or it doesn't struggle to accomplish something...

"Getting your ducks in row" is an idiom that means to prioritize and organize something...

Additional Authors:

 TEACHING THE DUCKLINGS TO SWIM

       "Come along, children, I'll take you to the pond in the orchard, and you shall have your first lesson in swimming," said Madame Duck one fine morning to her youngsters.
       So the whole family waddled oft to the orchard, and were soon swimming about in the cold water.
       "Isn't it lovely!" exclaimed one of the little ducklings, excitedly.
       "Much nicer than expected," said another.
       "Aren't you glad we're little ducks, and not silly little chickens?" said a third. "Mother says they are actually afraid of the water!"
       "I think it is delicious," added a fourth, shaking his wings and sending the water splashing over the others," and I'm going to stay here for hours and hours."
       "Shall we have a race to the other side?" suggested one of the babies, after a while.
       All the others agreed that a race would be great fun, and away they started, and were just half way across when Madame Duck called them to her, and said it was quite time to leave the pond and come home.
       So away they went across the field to the farmyard, where dinner was ready and waiting for them.
       "I am sure you will all be ready for something to eat after your two lessons," said Madame Duck, with a smile. Henry Altemus Company.

 

A Big Hatching of Ducklings

"My gracious, what a funny noise!
I believe there is more than one!"
Then crackle, crackle, goes the shell.
Ah, now we shall see some fun!

Then out there popped a duckling's head.
And then came number two;
They counted till they could not count.
We leave the rest to you. 

Additional Content About Ducklings:

• Cutest baby ducklings swimming outside
• A letter from Grandpa about Easter eggs and ducks

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The Snow Goose

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 "Honk-Honk, Honk-honk," old
Snow Goose said,
"I think tonight we'll go to bed
A hundred miles due south from here,-
The snow is on the way, I fear'' 

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"His goose is cooked." is an idiom that means a person, man or woman, has been damaged by an enemy or gossip. If the phrase refers to a woman, "Her goose is cooked." 

Additional Authors:

Miss Goosey Is Charmed by Reynard the Fox

       Once Reynard, the Fox, charmed Miss Goosey and coaxed her to go with him to his own city in the woods. She consented. But scarcely had they left the poultry-yard before Goosey began to feel nervous. Reynard had such a wicked twinkle in his eye, and licked his lips so often, that she began to wish herself safe back again, and said so.  
       But Reynard said, "No, no, dear friend, there is nothing I love so much as a pretty young swan; I cannot spare you."
       "But I'm a goose, I'm a goose!" cackled the poor bird.
       "You are indeed," replied Beau Reynard, "or you wouldn't have ventured out with me."
       Now, there is no knowing what might have happened to Goosey had not the Fox begun to laugh at his own joke, and she took the opportunity to waddle off.
       She reached the pen just as the Fox had begun to wipe his eye, and prepare for his meal. "Let me in, let me in I" she cried to her mamma. "I'm your own little Goosey come back again, and I'll never, never, never leave home again." So it all ended happily - at least, for the Goose. Henry Altemus Company.

Additional Content About Geese:

• Ducks and Geese On The Farm
• Some Possible Reasons for Bird Migration
• Color white Percon geese...
• Add a few porcelain geese to your Easter eggs!
• The story of "The Golden Goose"
• Nursery rhyme geese put on a Christmas play

       Below is a template for those young students who would like to download, print, and cut-out a pattern for a "flock" of geese to fly south across their classroom walls or windows.  

A Canadian goose to craft a flock of geese with; just multiply!

The Mallard Duck

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In shallow water Mallard Duck
At fishing sometimes tries his luck;
At other times he thinks it 's nice
To nibble at the sweet wild rice.

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"Like water off a duck's back" is an idiom that means instruction or criticism or warning have no affect on the person they are being spoken to. Water doesn't soak into the oily feathers of a duck, so they are buoyant and float away...

"That's a lame duck..." is an idiom referring to the lack of authority or the limitations of power. Lame ducks soon become the prey of their stronger predators, they cannot keep from being eaten! This idiom is often used in reference to pending court cases, political strategies or bills put before congress in the U.S.

Additional Authors:

WHEN MRS. DUCK TOOK IN WASHING

       A Terrible thing had happened in the Farmyard. Mr, Drake had run away, leaving his wife with a family of seven small Ducklings to support. How was Mrs. Duck to get along ? The Swan's advice that she start a school to teach chickens to swim did not appeal to her. She scorned Mr. Pig's offer to pay her for serving food to him. Mr. Peacock said: "Now, if you had a tail like mine, you might go on the stage, but with that tail of yours!" And he laughed in that mean, proud way of his.
       Mrs. Goose was the last of the neighbors to go. "I am sorry to leave you, dear," she said to Mrs. Duck, " but you know I have my own work to be about, and, besides, I fear it is going to rain and I may get my gown wet." 
       That set Mrs. Duck to thinking. "Just so," she said; " they are all afraid of the rain. They don't like to get their things soiled. And when they do get them soiled they just throw them away and buy new ones. Now that was never my way; I have always taken a pride in keeping my things cleaned and making them last as long as possible."
       She thought a few more minutes, and then said to herself joyfully: "I know what I shall do; I shall take in washing for my living."
       So she hung out a sign which read like this:

MRS. DUCK
Begs to Inform the Farmyard Folks
that she will
TAKE IN WASHING
ON REASONABLE TERMS.
Work Done Promptly.
Only Best Mud Used.       

        "I think it's most sensible," said Mrs. Dorking. "I shall give her all my things to wash! It will save me a mint of barley!"
       "And I shall go to her, too," said Mrs. Goose.
       "And so shall I," said Major Turkey-cock.
       "I must say she always keeps her own dresses beautifully white," said Mrs. Guinea-fowl. "I wonder if she'd succeed with my spotted muslins."
       "She shall wash my collars," grunted Mr. Pig, who was really a very kind-hearted old chap, though he was rather too fond of his meals.
       And so they went on. Everyone seemed to approve except Peacock, and it didn't matter much about him, because he always was most, dreadfully proud, and nobody minded much what he said.
       So Mrs. Duck got plenty of work to do and the children all helped; and you can't think what an improvement it all made in the looks of things about the Farmyard.
       And Mrs. Duck and the children were well-fed and happy, so that they very soon forgot all about old Mr. Drake, who was a good-for-nothing fellow anyhow.
       But one day Mr. Drake came back, looking very draggle-tailed and ashamed. Of course the Farmyard Folks all had their own opinions. as to what Mrs. Duck should do, and almost everyone thought she should send him packing. But she knew better, "He will come in handy," she said.
       And she set him to work at the washtub. This turned out to be just
the kind of treatment he needed, and he became a dutiful husband.  Henry Altemus Company.

Additional Links to Mallard Ducks:

• Raising New Mallard Ducklings by The Fish Whisperer
• Mallard Calls from My Birding Year
• Color Dolly's friend Mary Lamb along with her Jemima Puddle-Duck Costume.
• The Gentleman Duck coloring sheet

How To Cut A Mallard Duck Paper Chain

Two important tips to remember: the longer the paper the more often the design repeats.
The thinner the paper, the easier it is to cut.

Directions:

1. Measure the length and height of your template in order to determine how much paper you will need before folding it.
2. Use and accordion fold to prepare the paper before cutting.
3. Trace the design so that two sides touch opposite each other along the folds of the paper.
4. Cut away the negative spaces around your design.

An example of what the mallard paper chain could look like once it is cut.

mallard duck template
 is in the (CC)

Mallard ducks shaped from either handprints or cut-outs made from hand tracing.

 

See many more examples of handprint paper craft here.