Project: "Migratory and wintering birds."

Migratory and wintering birds

In summer there are a large number of birds. Everywhere there is an abundance of food for them - beetles, butterflies, midges, mosquitoes and other insects, various fruits and plant seeds.

But then autumn comes. There is less and less food for birds. First, insects disappear, plants gradually wither, and the number of fruits and seeds decreases. Many birds gather in flocks and then fly to warmer climes. First, those that feed on insects fly away, then those that feed on fruits and seeds of plants. Later, the ducks and geese fly away. They live with us until the water bodies freeze over. All these birds are migratory.

Some birds do not fly away from us - these are wintering birds, some of them store food for themselves for the winter. Thus, some tits and nuthatches hide insects, fruits and plant seeds in cracks in the bark and in the forks of tree branches. In autumn, birds increasingly fly to human habitation, since it is easier for them to find food here.[3,c 54]

Migratory birds - crane, nightingale, starling, swallow, rook, cuckoo, chaffinch, wagtail, thrush, lapwing, lark, robin, oriole, redstart and others. (see Appendix 2)

Wintering birds - nuthatch, tit, crossbill, woodpecker, bullfinch, sparrow, crow, goldfinch, siskin, pika, waxwing and others.

In the winter forest you can hear a woodpecker busily knocking, titmice, pikas, nuthatches and jays chirping. The wood grouse does not leave the winter forest either, because it always has food - tasty pine needles. But black grouse and hazel grouse eat alder catkins, buds and juniper berries.[5, p.28]

The amazing crossbill bird even manages to build nests and hatch chicks in winter. The crossbill feeds on spruce seeds, which it extracts from cones using its beak. Crossbills feed on spruce and pine seeds all winter. The seeds of these plants ripen by winter. This means that the most food for crossbills is available at this time of year. Therefore, these birds hatch their chicks in winter. There is snow and severe frost all around, but the cold is not scary for them, because they are always well-fed. [5, p.24]

List of migratory birds

There is also a wide range of warm-blooded vertebrate animals capable of flight that leave warm regions with the onset of cold weather. Most of them are familiar to everyone, or many have seen them at least in a picture.

Stately rooks

If you read the description of this bird, it will seem that we are talking about a raven. Indeed, these birds from the corvid class are very similar to each other. But, unlike their relatives, rooks are migratory birds. In ancient times, it was the arriving rooks that symbolized the imminent arrival of spring. They fly home the very first, as soon as a small thaw appears in the snow. An interesting fact about rooks is that the birds make themselves swings from branches to relax. They can swing on a homemade swing for a long time. Rooks are unpretentious in food, but despite this, they lead a migratory lifestyle.

Cute swallows

“A swallow flies towards us with spring in the canopy” - these lines from Pleshcheev’s children’s poem were not written in vain, since this bird is another messenger of the coming spring. But swallows are still conditionally migratory birds, it all depends on what climate surrounds them in the place of settlement. From Russia, they prefer to leave their homes during cold weather, since the air in winter is too cold for small birds. Swallows differ in their behavior:

are not afraid of people;
They build their nests directly on houses.

If this happens, then it is considered a good omen to have a swallow’s nest under your window. But swallows are also very beautiful and fast. Their flight speed is about 120 km/h. In the summer you can observe a very funny picture: when a huge flock of chicks learns to fly, the entire sky, not high from the ground, is strewn with black dots, which every now and then fall to the ground or wires in order to rest.

Song larks

One of the most songbirds. Their trills have been spreading since the end of March. Birds are so carried away by their singing that they forget to build a nest on time, and begin this activity much later than their fellow birds. Larks are unpretentious when it comes to food, so they eat whatever they can get. It is interesting that larks build their nests in secluded places, but not in trees. Their homes can be found in the thick of bushes, in the grass, even under stones.

Melodious nightingale

Well-known singers. It is rare to meet a person who, at least once in his life, on a quiet summer evening, would not indulge in daydreaming while the nightingale sings. Against the background of the rustling of leaves and the evening sunset, their trills sound even more romantic. Their beautiful voice compensates for their modest appearance, since these birds are small with nondescript coloring . The predominant colors are:

dark brown;
grey;
brown;
black.

In winter, they fly to more southern regions of the planet.

Unlike their feathered counterparts, nightingales fly home quite late - at the end of May. By the way, the male nightingale entertains the female with his singing while she lays and incubates eggs. They are very secretive and cautious, so you rarely get to see them.

Copycat starlings

Capable of reproducing various sounds, including the meowing of a cat. Looking at the images of the starling, you can understand from its variegated color that it is a joker who fakes the voices of his relatives . Depending on their habitat, they are conditionally migratory. They fly a large number of kilometers to rest in the winter and return to their homeland in the spring.

It happens that the cold has not subsided, but the birds have already returned, then it is very difficult for them, sometimes the weakest die. Residents of warm countries are not at all very fond of starlings for their huge clusters and loud chirping. Due to their large accumulations, they often cause damage to crops and berries. But still, starlings bring more benefits for exterminating pests. People make birdhouses for them, and the birds happily hatch their eggs in them.

Long-legged stork

This is such a curious character that he even became the hero of Bianchi’s story “Who Sings What.” Externally, it is a huge bird that amazes with its majesty. Representatives of this species build large nests on the roofs of houses and water towers. Storks are monogamous and choose a mate for life. In the summer they stay in pairs, and in the winter they gather in large flocks and fly south. The amazing thing is that during the flight the bird even manages to rest a little . The sleep is not long, about 15 minutes, but it is enough to continue the long journey. Upon returning home, they return to their ancestral nests, sometimes the homes are inherited. The stork's main delicacy is frogs, which is why birds choose wetlands as places to live.

Migratory birds

Migratory birds... Where is their home: here on earth? in the sky? or where they fly away from us for the long winter? Of course, here, where their babies are born - chicks!

Autumn. Rooks often circle in the sky. Their scream carries far across the area. What are they shouting about, they are probably saying goodbye to us until spring. I always like to look at the sky when migratory birds fly by. And the screams coming from the sky make me so sad, and I stand and see off the flocks, knowing that in the spring they will again delight us with their singing. This fall, work began on cutting down and improving our park. And I seriously thought: where will the birds fly in the fall? Do they recognize their park? Will they remain to develop life in the same place or will they choose another place?

The flights of birds have captured the imagination of man since time immemorial. Homer wrote about this 1000 BC. This is mentioned in the Bible. This question was studied by the great ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. This phenomenon in the life of nature is truly remarkable. With the onset of autumn cold, many birds that lived in our forests and fields disappear. Instead, others arrive that we did not see in the summer.

And in the spring, disappeared birds appear again. Where were they and why did they come back to us? Couldn't they have stayed where they went for the winter? How do they find out about the flight time? How far do birds fly? And I began to look for answers to my questions about the life of migratory birds, reading books, watching TV shows, browsing websites on the Internet.

By bird migration we mean the movement of birds south in autumn and north in spring, their movement to the highlands or from the interior of the continent to the sea coast. Although the direction is determined not only by the location of wintering and nesting grounds, but also by the places lying along their path that are favorable for feeding and resting. Therefore, not all birds in the northern hemisphere fly from north to south in the fall. Many northern European birds fly west in the fall and winter in western Europe.

The question of why many birds fly away in the fall cannot yet be fully answered. But a careful study of the life of various migratory birds in nature shows that in this wonderful phenomenon the nutrition and associated habits of birds are of enormous importance. Birds move to warmer climates because many of them cannot survive in winter conditions. But there is evidence that our indoor canary can survive in temperatures down to -45° if it has enough food.

I came to the conclusion that birds fly away from us not because they are cold, but because they are hungry. In addition, in winter the days are mild and many birds simply do not have enough time to sufficiently satiate themselves with meager prey. Therefore, not only the temperature regime and the depleted food supply serve as a signal for departure, but also the changing length of the day! How birds can tell when the days are getting shorter (or longer) is still a mystery to ornithologists (people who study the life of birds)! Thus, the length of daylight and the disappearance of food tells the bird when to go to warmer climes. And the instinct of procreation in the spring suggests that it is time to fly back.

Science does not have a complete explanation for how birds find their way during migration or how they search for their homelands! There are suggestions that birds navigate by the sun, stars, the Earth’s magnetic field, landscape landmarks, smells, etc. Many birds, in order not to lose each other in flight, especially at night, make special sounds, scream and even sing. In addition, the bird uses its voice as an echo sounder.

The sound is reflected from objects in the bird's path and is picked up by its very sensitive hearing. Therefore, it does not bump into trees or rocks in the dark and, perhaps, even determines the distance above the ground. But they also take into account changes in the position of the sun and stars at different times of the day and year, and often fly in cloudy weather. Flights take place both during the day and at night. Night flights are typical for passerines and waders that feed during the day. Crakes and marsh hens migrate to wintering mainly on foot, only occasionally flying across bodies of water.

The average flight altitude of many birds is 450-750 meters. And small passerines fly below 100 meters, and geese even fly over the Himalayas, i.e. flying at an altitude of about 9000 meters. The average flight speed of small passerines is 50-60 km/h, for geese – up to 100 km/h, for swifts – up to 170 km/h. The length of the daily flight is also different: the stork has about 400 km, the cuckoo – 80 km, the rook – up to 60 km, and the time spent on the daily flight ranges from several hours to 30-40 minutes.

How far do birds fly from us? Wintering sites for migratory birds are constant. They winter where the natural conditions are similar to the living conditions in their homeland: forest - in wooded areas, coastal - along the banks of rivers, lakes, seas, steppe - in the steppes. Birds of some species fly alone, while others fly in groups or flocks. I had to watch the flight of cranes flying in a “wedge” (angle).

Bird flights are studied by ringing, by installing radio beacons or miniature video cameras. Airplanes and radio transmitters are used to track tagged birds. In our country, bird ringing began to develop at the beginning of the twentieth century. Over 1000 birds were ringed by the Latvian ornithologist G. Loundon (in 1907-1912). In 1935, the Central Bureau of Banding was created, headed by V. Vuchetich.

In 1946, the Zoological Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences organized the first meeting on bird migration and ringing. In 1954. Nature reserves and other institutions have ringed more than 100 thousand birds, approximately 400 species. Through the efforts of G. Dementyev, A. Mekheev, V. Ryabov, T. Shevareva and others, 1889 is officially recognized as the year of the beginning of bird ringing, and the Dane Mortenson is the inventor of this method.

How do birds winter?

To help birds in winter, you need to know which birds spend the winter and what they feed on? Winter for sedentary birds is a period of tough survival. Cold at their body temperature is not as terrible for them as hunger. It is from malnutrition that the small bird population in our area is dying day after day. During a short winter day, birds are simply unable to find and eat as much food as they need.

If food is available, birds can withstand even severe frosts. In many birds, the body temperature constantly remains within 42 degrees Celsius, and in small birds it reaches 45 degrees [1, p.76]. Here’s a regularity: the smaller the bird, the more intense its thermal balance, the higher its body temperature.

Pigeons, woodpeckers, and sparrows live side by side with us all year round. Sparrows are very small birds, but very active. They are not afraid of our cold weather. Who is the first to open a frosty winter morning when you are afraid to stick your nose outside? Sparrow! Who is the first to announce the beginning of spring? Sparrow! Therefore, do not drive these birds away from the feeder, pour some bread crumbs into the feeder once again, throw a handful of grain by the porch - and honestly, the sparrows will thank you for your attention in the summer!

That’s why feeders are so important!

How to properly organize feeding of birds?

The main rules when feeding birds: Do not feed birds salty foods and rye bread (this is deadly for them)! If you start feeding birds once at the beginning of winter, make sure that there is food in the feeder every day!

The feeder should be convenient and safe for birds (tight fit, no sharp edges, inaccessible to the neighbor’s cat)! Hang the feeder so that small and agile birds can get there, but not pigeons and crows (for which there is enough food even outside)! If possible, the food should be protected from the weather! The feeder must be cleaned regularly!

What to feed your feathered guests?

Remember that you should not give your birds salty food or black bread!

It is unacceptable to feed any salty, fried, spicy, or sour foods. Rye bread is very dangerous - it sours in the birds' crops and is poorly digested, especially in cold weather. Birds should not be given citrus fruits (oranges and lemons), banana peels, or spices. For feeding you can use:

Unroasted seeds of sunflower and pumpkin, watermelon and melon, hemp Cones, acorns, nuts, for example, peanuts Millet, millet, oats, wheat, rolled oats (raw!) Bunches of weeds - quinoa, nettle, horse sorrel, burdock, etc. . Bunches of viburnum, rowan, black and red elderberry berries Crumbs of stale wheat bread Maple and ash seeds Pieces of unsalted lard, meat and fat Apples

You can feed almost any bird. Preparations for this must begin in the summer by preparing food. [1, p.34]

Making a bird feeder

Our feeder is made of plywood in the form of a house without closed walls, but with a roof to prevent snow from falling in (see appendix). We attached it right outside the window of our apartment to a metal beam. Our feeder is installed firmly and does not swing in the wind, so it is very comfortable for birds to sit on it. [4]

Every morning I poured grain and bread crumbs into the feeder, the birds eat everything during the day, so by evening the feeder is already empty. Next to the feeder, I also tied a piece of lard; the birds did not have time to eat it in a day; it was enough for them for several days.

After feeding the birds for a week, I decided to look at the behavior of the birds if there was no food in the feeder. In the morning, the birds flew in as usual, but not finding food, they flew away. On a tree where a large number of birds usually gather during the day, when the feeder was full there was not a single bird. But as soon as I opened the window to pour food into the feeder, I noticed that the birds began to slowly flock to the tree near my window. And literally a few seconds after I poured the food on the feeder there was no end to the birds.

Conclusion: birds remember the place where they fed and fly there again.

What birds usually come to the feeder? Two species of birds flew to my feeder: sparrows and tits. Birds' food preferences. Most of all I was interested in the question, what do sparrows and tits like to feast on in winter?

Starting to study this issue, I noticed that sparrows and tits are rare guests in the yard. My parents are tidy owners, so our yard is always clean.

When dad helped me hang the feeder, my brother and I put food in them. Taking into account the knowledge from the outside world that these birds have a characteristic small and very strong beak, which is convenient for chewing grains and seeds, I selected seeds, millet and buckwheat for them. For 5 days I observed the number of birds at the feeder.

As a result, it turned out that sunflower seeds are more popular among birds. But they didn’t want to peck the buckwheat at all; it remained intact in the feeder throughout all the experimental days. I also managed to find out that on the first day several tits flew in for reconnaissance, and by the 5th day a whole flock had gathered at the feeder. At one time I could count up to 15-20 birds at the feeder.

The sparrows were very wary of the feeder. There were much fewer of them in it. But unlike tits, they sat comfortably and stayed for a long time in my dining room. The tits behaved very culturedly. They quickly flew in and sat on the edge of the feeder. Having grabbed the seed, the tit flew off to the branch of a neighboring tree. In 1 hour, she made about 5 such flights to the feeder. According to my observations, she made about 5. So I calculated that she spends about 8-10 minutes cleaning and eating one seed. It turns out that in a short winter day the tit makes 40 flights. This means that per day she eats up to 40 seeds, which she needs so much not to freeze.

Later, I decided to diversify the lunch of my guests. She began to sprinkle bread crumbs onto the snow crust and hung pieces of fresh lard and meat on the branches. Then the taste preferences of my guests were completely divided. The tits were actively pecking at the lard and meat, and a whole flock of sparrows gathered around the crumbs. Thus, I found out why you see tits more often in trees, and sparrows on the road and near garbage cans. These are common places to search for food. Here they feel more comfortable and eat food more actively.

After observing the birds more closely, I learned that sparrows always stay in groups. From a textbook on the surrounding world, I learned that such groups are called flocks [7, p. 36]. The tits sit in groups of several and stay separate from everyone else. If there are sparrows on a tree, then you will not see tits on it. They will try to position themselves on a nearby tree. You rarely see tits on the ground searching for seeds and crumbs. But a flock of sparrows boldly jumps in search of food.

Based on the above, first I want to display data reflecting the behavior of birds in the form of a table.(1)

Observation position	Tit	Sparrow
1. Are they found in winter and summer?	They live near human habitation in winter. In summer it is extremely rare to see	Live near human habitation all year round
2. Where can I meet?	Anywhere in the city.	Anywhere in the city
3. How can you see birds in the village?	Individual birds or small groups of up to 5.	Flocks of up to 30 birds.
4. Where are birds most often found?	There are 1-2 birds on the trees.	There are flocks of 20-30 birds on the trees and ground.
5. What are the food places?	Trees with berries and bushes with seeds.	Garbage containers, trees with berries.

Types of birds arriving at the feeder	Behavior and number of birds arriving at the feeder.					Behavior among themselves
1 day	Day 2	Day 3	4 day	5 day
tits	Few birds arrive, behavior is very cautious. They sit on the feeder one at a time.	More birds arrive compared to 1 day, behavior is calmer compared to 1 day. One or two birds sit on the feeder at a time.	The same number of birds arrive as on the second day, the behavior is calm. One or two birds sit on the feeder at a time. Sometimes they arrive in groups of three.	More birds are flying in, behavior is calm	The number of birds has increased, behavior is calm.	Larger birds drive away smaller ones. Sparrows are treated calmly.
Sparrows	Did not have	Did not have	A small flock arrived and behaved cautiously. Several individuals sit on the feeder.	The flock arrived a little larger, they behave less cautiously. Several individuals sit on the feeder.	The number of birds is increasing. They sit on the feeder in groups. Calm behavior.	Calm attitude towards everyone. They don’t compete, they wait for their “turn.”

Further, the table shows my observations of the behavior of birds directly at the feeder.

Conclusion

My observations helped me learn more about the life of a small piece of living nature.

Birds are an important part of wildlife. Tits and sparrows live near human habitation in winter. This is related to the search for food and places to sleep.

Birds are not afraid of winter if they have food. The bird is full and warm under its down and feathers. Therefore, it is very important to feed birds in winter, because when the bird is full, it doesn’t mind the cold.

By hanging feeders in gardens, parks, and near our houses, we not only help birds, but also protect trees, because if birds constantly find food in some place, then in the summer they will fly here and protect the plants from harmful insects.

It is very important that birds, these beautiful creatures, tireless workers, full of attractive secrets for humans, live happily on our land!

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Project at the preschool educational institution “Migratory Birds”

May 26, 2015

Conference “Project activity in an educational institution - 2015”
Nomination “Pedagogical project in a preschool institution”

Dates: 03/15/2015 – 03/31/2015.

Project type : creative, short-term.

Type of project : family, group.

Number of project participants : teachers, children – 13 people, parents – 8 people.

Children's age : 5-6 years.

Relevance of the project implementation. Currently, issues of human interaction with nature have become an environmental problem. If people do not learn to take care of nature, they will destroy our planet. And in order to prevent this from happening, it is necessary to cultivate an environmental culture and responsibility in children from preschool age, since the knowledge acquired in preschool age is later transformed into strong beliefs. By introducing children to nature, we cultivate an ecological and cultural personality.

Problem and hypothesis. In the process of working with children of senior preschool age, an insufficient level of knowledge about migratory birds and the peculiarities of their life was revealed.

Hypothesis: it can be assumed that in order to increase the level of knowledge and ideas of children about migratory birds, it is necessary to use not only traditional forms of work with children, but also modern approaches (independent search for information by children together with their parents, exchange of information in a group between children

Project goal : To form children's ideas about migratory birds and their habitat.

Project objectives:

Educational: Expand children’s knowledge and ideas about migratory birds and the features of their life. Create a developmental environment for the formation of ideas about the surrounding reality and the development of coherent speech through the use of ICT tools, selection of educational encyclopedic literature, and creation of posters.
Developmental: Develop cognitive activity, the desire to learn new things, and share your knowledge with other students.
Educational: To cultivate a caring attitude towards living nature.

Expected results:

Expanding children's knowledge about migratory birds and the peculiarities of their life.
Formation on this basis of a moral and personal attitude towards the surrounding reality, caring attitude towards birds;
Development of speech competence of preschool children;
Unlocking the creative potential of the family;
Expanding the communicative sphere and practical joint experience of the child and parents.

Stage 1: Preparatory.

Creating a developmental environment in the group;
Selection of didactic games;
Selection of children's and scientific literature, presentations, illustrations;
Selection of recommendations for parents on completing creative homework;

Stage 2: Project implementation. Work with children.

Looking at illustrations, viewing presentations
Reading fiction and scientific literature about migratory birds.
Learning outdoor games based on words (on this topic).
Learning nursery rhymes and calls about birds.
Activities: Familiarization with the environment “Our feathered friends”; Speech development “Examining the painting “The Rooks Have Arrived”, “Drafting a descriptive story using a diagram”; Drawing “Swallow” (watercolor), “Birds of Migratory” (colored pencils); Application (modular) “Swan”; Construction (origami technique) “Rook”, “Swan”, “Goose”; Modeling from plasticine “Birds of Migratory”.
Organization of children's play activities with didactic games on this topic.
View a presentation about migratory birds.
Review of scientific literature.

GAMES AND EXERCISES USED WITH CHILDREN BY PSYCHOLOGIST TEACHER

Tasks:

Learn to lay out silhouettes of birds from various details, geometric shapes according to a model, imagination.
Name migratory birds.
Continue to learn how to sketch birds according to the model.
Develop attention and logical thinking.
Exercise children in writing a story on a given topic.

Organization of children's play activities. List of games and exercises: “What’s missing?”; “Recognize by the shadow”; “Who didn’t melt”; "Compare the Birds"; “Whose house?”; "4th extra"; "Cut pictures"; “Draw by dots”; “What first, what then”; “Complete what is missing”; “Build according to the model”; “We are inventing migratory birds.”

Conclusions. During the implementation of the project, children developed an interest in searching for new information and a desire to share their acquired knowledge; knowledge and ideas about the characteristics of the life of migratory birds have expanded; vocabulary on this topic has increased; The card index of games and pictures with information about birds has been replenished. During the work, the children developed a desire to create conditions for birds (building birdhouses, feeding birds). Thus, the put forward hypothesis was confirmed in the process of work.

Appendix 1. Project at the preschool educational institution “Migratory Birds”.

Appendix 2. Presentation.

Author: Alchikova Olga Borisovna, teacher of the 1st qualification category; Lavrienko Natalya Anatolyevna, teacher of the 1st qualification category; Ramilya Islamovna Rakhmatullina, speech therapist; Evseeva Elena Sergeevna, educational psychologist, LG MADOU DSKV No. 7 “Filippok”, Langepas, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-YUGRA.

Wintering and migratory birds of our area Author: Kovaleva Daria 3rd grade Municipal Educational Institution Kalinovskaya Secondary School Head: Bityutskaya Svetlana Anatolyevna Primary teacher. - presentation