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While the male red-winged blackbirds stand out with their brilliant coloring, the females are colored brown to blend in with the grasses and cattails of the marshy areas and streams where they like to nest.
How many di erences can you nd?
Standards Links: Life Science: Living organisms have body systems that serve specific functions in growth, survival, and reproduction.
BLACKBIRD LOCATIONS TERRITORY BRILLIANT WHISTLES CLASSIC STREAMS PATROL
Find the words by looking up, down, backwards, forwards, sideways, and diagonally.
Some of the following statements about red-winged blackbirds are true, but others are false. Circle the ones you believe in GREEN. Circle the ones you think are “for the birds” in RED. Check your answers below.
S T R E A M S G S
B Y B L E
L R C N P E R C H
O O
C T S L G Y B R S
A I S G L N K H T
T R A N S I C I L
I R L O R T A P E
O E C S A N L N S
N T S P E I B B T
I I
G N I W I
N D D W
PATCH PERCH BLEND WING SONG TINY
Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognize identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.
Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Use logic to solve problems.
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