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+1 Age Levels Primary (5 to 8 years old), Elementary (9 to 12 years old)
Birds' beaks tell a lot about them, especially where they find their food and how they eat it. This collection includes a bird curator’s drawings that clearly show the different kinds of beaks, which evolved because they are good for breaking seeds, catching insects or filtering out shrimp or algae.
Keywords: scientific illustration, sketches
Identifying Bird Beak Types through Robert Ridgway's Drawings
- Published by:
- Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology
- Created by:
- Ashley Naranjo
- Date Published
- February 20, 2020
- Last Modified
- November 05, 2021
- Description
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Birds' beaks tell a lot about them, especially where they find their food and how they eat it. This collection includes a bird curator’s drawings that clearly show the different kinds of beaks, which evolved because they are good for breaking seeds, catching insects or filtering out shrimp or algae.
Keywords: scientific illustration, sketches
- Notes to Other Users
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A collection of 509 Robert Ridgwway's Bird Specimen Drawings are available via Flickr with no known copyright restrictions. https://www.flickr.com/photos/smithsonian/albums/72157651885659630
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