Museum Kits

BIRDS ENCOUNTER KIT

Teacher's Guide (PDF)

Photos

Activity #1: Bird Identification

National Audubon Society First Field Guide Birds

10 Waterfowl Identification in the Central Flyway

National Geographic Society Field Guide to the Birds of North America

3 Golden Guide Birds

3 Peterson First Guide to Birds of North America

Who’s Who in Great Plains Songbirds

UNSM Museum Notes #95 “Windows of Death: A Look at Bird Strikes”

Activity #2: Bird Behavior

Bird Sounds UNSM audio tape

Birds of the Backyard Winter Into Spring, video (30 minutes)

Peterson Field Guides Eastern/Central Birding by Ear,

3 audio tapes and 1 guide book

Activity #3: Bird Migration

Stickers

Grunko Films Sandhill Crane - World Migrant, video (31 minutes)

Nebraska Game and Parks Sandhill Cranes: Wings over the Platte

UNSM Museum Notes #93 ‘The Cranes of Nebraska”

20 Maps of North America

Activity #4: Bird Adaptations

15 How Birds Get a Living reference sheet

Eyewitness Book Birds

Birds, Birds, Birds

Additional Resources:

Nature Ware North American Birds CD-ROM

Nebraska Game and Parks Threatened and Endangered Species Resources

Bald Eagle

Interior Least Tern

Mountain Plover

Piping Plover

Whooping Crane

Nebraska Game and Parks Game Bird Resources

The Bobwhite Quail in Nebraska

Mallards Past and Prospects

The Ring-necked Pheasant in Nebraska

The Wild Turkey in Nebraska

Nebraska Game and Parks Nebraska Habitat Area Resources

Alkaline Wetlands of the North Platte River Valley

Nebraska’s Rainwater Basin

Nebraska Salt Marshes: Last of the Least

Platte River Instream Flow – Who Needs It?

Individual Items:

Hanging bird nest

Bowl shaped bird nest

Rowe Sanctuary Wonders of Migration 2nd grade curriculum

Rowe Sanctuary Wonders of Migration 5th grade curriculum

Map of the world

1 Bird bones box (contains 4 Sandhill crane bones)

2 Bird skulls boxes (each containing one skull)

1 bird feet package (contains feet of 4 species)

5 Bird wings pockets (each contains one wing)

Northern Flicker wing

Ring Necked Pheasant wing

Eastern Screech Owl wing

American Robin wing

Green Winged Teal wing

4 Bird feather tubes (each contains feathers of one species)

4 Wild Turkey feathers

9 Sandhill crane feathers

7 Northern flicker feathers

6 Red tailed Hawk feathers

1 Poster tube (contains 6 posters)

1 America’s Bald Eagle

1 Endangered Means There is Still Time

2 Help Support Nebraska’s Nongame Wildlife

1 Sandhill Cranes’ Spring Migration to Central Platte River Valley

1 Support Nebraska’s Nongame Wildlife Fund

Education

Reservations
Gallery Programs
Planetarium Shows
Self-Guided Visit
Museum Kits
- Encounter Kits
- Ancient Sea Life
- Animal Detective
- Birds
- Dinosaurs
- Insect Investigations
- Omaha
- Ponca
- Santee Sioux
- Winnebago
- Shoebox Science Kits
- Animal Coverings Kit A / B
- Animal Skulls
- Bird Nests
- Butterflies
- Dinosaur & Ancient Teeth
- Dinosaur Clues & Traces
- Dinosaur Diversity
- Fossil Mammals
- Owls
- Rocks and Minerals
- Snakes
- Tools of Early People
School Group Parking
NE Science Standards
Contact Information

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Museum Kits

BIRDS ENCOUNTER KIT

National Audubon Society First Field Guide Birds

10 Waterfowl Identification in the Central Flyway

National Geographic Society Field Guide to the Birds of North America

3 Golden Guide Birds

3 Peterson First Guide to Birds of North America

Who’s Who in Great Plains Songbirds

UNSM Museum Notes #95 “Windows of Death: A Look at Bird Strikes”

Bird Sounds UNSM audio tape

Birds of the Backyard Winter Into Spring, video (30 minutes)

Peterson Field Guides Eastern/Central Birding by Ear,

3 audio tapes and 1 guide book

Stickers

Grunko Films Sandhill Crane - World Migrant, video (31 minutes)

Nebraska Game and Parks Sandhill Cranes: Wings over the Platte

UNSM Museum Notes #93 ‘The Cranes of Nebraska”

20 Maps of North America

15 How Birds Get a Living reference sheet

Eyewitness Book Birds

Birds, Birds, Birds

Nature Ware North American Birds CD-ROM

Nebraska Game and Parks Threatened and Endangered Species Resources

Bald Eagle

Interior Least Tern

Mountain Plover

Piping Plover

Whooping Crane

Nebraska Game and Parks Game Bird Resources

The Bobwhite Quail in Nebraska

Mallards Past and Prospects

The Ring-necked Pheasant in Nebraska

The Wild Turkey in Nebraska

Nebraska Game and Parks Nebraska Habitat Area Resources

Alkaline Wetlands of the North Platte River Valley

Nebraska’s Rainwater Basin

Nebraska Salt Marshes: Last of the Least

Platte River Instream Flow – Who Needs It?

Hanging bird nest

Bowl shaped bird nest

Rowe Sanctuary Wonders of Migration 2nd grade curriculum

Rowe Sanctuary Wonders of Migration 5th grade curriculum

Map of the world

1 Bird bones box (contains 4 Sandhill crane bones)

2 Bird skulls boxes (each containing one skull)

1 bird feet package (contains feet of 4 species)

5 Bird wings pockets (each contains one wing)

Northern Flicker wing

Ring Necked Pheasant wing

Eastern Screech Owl wing

American Robin wing

Green Winged Teal wing

4 Bird feather tubes (each contains feathers of one species)

4 Wild Turkey feathers

9 Sandhill crane feathers

7 Northern flicker feathers

6 Red tailed Hawk feathers

1 Poster tube (contains 6 posters)

1 America’s Bald Eagle

1 Endangered Means There is Still Time

2 Help Support Nebraska’s Nongame Wildlife

1 Sandhill Cranes’ Spring Migration to Central Platte River Valley

1 Support Nebraska’s Nongame Wildlife Fund

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