Round bodies Orange Belly Eats Insects lives North migrates South Continue reading Robins

Great eyesight Ringed hooks Ears on the side Athletic Talons Hollow bones Oh so pretty Ragged Nature-loving Eater Dusk hunter Owlet mother Wowzers Loves to eat rabbits and mice Continue reading Great, Great Horned Owl

Gliding with a flash of gray Racing quickly towards its prey Every owl finds a nest Always on a perch at rest Two feet for scooping all its prey He’s eating mice to their dismay Outside, they’re hunting in the night Raptors soaring up at flight Never eats a plant or flower Endless meat will give it power Different colors gray to brown Oh, let the owl wear the crown Continue reading Great Horned Owl

Peregrine falcon oh so fast, Every meal I hunt my prey, Racing down streets, Ever so fast, Grabbing my prey with my claws called talons, If you’re a small bird, I’d say watch out, Now like it or not, I’m coming in for the kill. End. Continue reading Peregrine

High up in the tree, looking for my prey, Once I spot it and catch it with my talons, it cannot get away. Red, brown faces with tufts on my head, Nests I prefer are from large birds that have fled. Eating birds, fish, mammals, reptiles and insects, Directing my head in half circles to see north, east, south or west. Continue reading Great Horned Owl

So curious, cute and round… This Chickadee makes me smile. Visiting bird feeders and saying hello Before taking seeds and flying home. Continue reading Chickadees

Quite fascinating, am I…the Quetzal. Unlike many birds, I am very colorful. Green, red, white and sometimes purple. Eating bugs, lizards and avocado nuts as I go. The cloud forest is my home. My nest is soft as a leather throne. Zoos are not the place for me. An ant colony, a family of sloths and a nest of pit vipers all live in my forest. Legend has it that the phoenix is based on me. Continue reading What is a Quetzal?

Oh look! It’s a red-tailed hawk. His eyes are focused. He’s ready to pounce! Getting food – oh what will it be? A mouse, a rabbit, a squirrel you think? With those sharp talons they will never get away. All the prey, take shelter! He’s heading for the rabbit, who is shaking with fear… …but saved when a little girl scoops the rabbit away. Continue reading Take Shelter

Swimming in ponds and lakes Wings white as snow An chanted lakes Nothing else Continue reading Swan

Chirping in the morning Always look out for my warning Red as a rose Do not mind when it snows I am the state bird of seven states No need to molt or migrate A meal of seeds and fruit is the best Look for me in a cup-shaped nest Continue reading Cardinal

Blue black and gray Hi! I am here to say I am a bluejay! I am very fond Of swooping over lakes And ponds I blend in with the sky My wings taught me how to fly You heard it right I am a blue jay! Continue reading Bluejays Are Here To Say

Prospect Park is my second home, out we go, what do we do? Frisbee, chalk and reading is what we’re up to! Half an hour maybe! We can’t tell how long we’re gone! Too much fun we have! Continue reading Prospect Park

Swarms of starlings Taking insects in its mouth in the Air migrating United States to Mexico not Ripping its bugs Lifting them up as they fly away Imitating 20 different kinds of birds and humans too Giving its children sometimes weird places like in a living sheep Continue reading Starlings

Hawks are birds of prey Above I fly to catch my prey Wings that are big and brown that soar in the sky Ketchup-red tail that brightens in the sun Continue reading Red-Tailed Hawk

Flying fast! Watch out prey All small birds better fly away Looming over the cliffs and trees Claw-like talons ready to seize Often hunting during the day Nesting at night to dream of prey Continue reading Peregrine Falcon Acrostic Poem

killinG its prey Rounded face Eating birds larger than itself A fierce predator! Tufts on its head. Hooting deeply hOo hoo. Run rabbits!!!! Night is their time. Eyes yellow. Doesn’t migrate. hOo hoo. Wise eyes Looking at you. Continue reading Great Horned Owl

Hovering in the sky Face down looking for prey Fast going down to attack Wind making it hover Hawk looking over nest, looking for food Continue reading Hawk

Hummingbirds are happy Up in the air Making U dives Making new friends In a nest is where I like to stay Nesting my birds in a tree Going to get food for my birds Birds are around getting nectar I watch birds fly across the sky Rowing their wings Da End Continue reading Hummingbird