Birds Nature Journaling Kids

Birds nature journaling is a hands-on invitation to document what kids observe during backyard birds observation watch to learn about our feathery friends.

Spring is a season when we observe and hear our feathery friends all around. We see them fly and hop and make nests. Birds Nature Journaling is a wonderful opportunity for kids to learn about these amazing creatures through hands-on invitations to observe, document and sketch. Besides, backyard bird observation watch activities offer an excellent opportunity to get outdoors and seek our alluring friends. So, to learn about birds hands-on, we read books, seek them outdoors, observe, explore and document our findings. But first, download your FREE Bird Scavenger hunt and go seek out the feathery friends.

DOWNLOAD HERE Backyard Birds Scavenger Hunt

Below are some of our favorite Bird Inspired books and resources

Fine Feathered Friends: All About Birds book (buy here) is Adrian’s favorite as Cat in the Hat leads children on a bird-watching tour through entertaining rhymes and captivating facts. 

Birds each have a beak and a tail and two wings. They are covered in feathers and stand on two legs. And when they have babies, they hatch out of eggs. Birds have 3 eyelids on each eye and have no teeth. Don’t ask us why!

Cat In A Hat Library

The Birds of North America Flash Cards (buy here) allow children to learn to appreciate and identify the rich diversity of birdlife. The set comes with 48 cards, each featuring a beautiful vibrant photograph and, on the reverse, the common name, scientific name, bird’s size, wingspan, and other bird facts. 

We started our Bird Unit Study with birds that live around us, and Julia drew a Northern Cardinal in her Bird Journal. She would refer to Stokes Beginner’s Guide to Birds: Eastern Region book/bottom-right (buy here), which is a pocket-size, brilliantly colorful, and a simple-to-use guide. This ideal introduction to the birds of the Eastern United States contains dozens of full-color photographs with details about most common species; range maps; tips on attracting and observing birds; information on habitat needs, life cycle, food preferences; and much more. 

Below are pictures of the Northern Cardinal at our backyard bird feeder.

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Julia would also refer to the National Geographic Kids Bird Guide of North America book (buy here), which features 100 species of birds from coast to coast. Fifty of the country’s most popular birds are laid out in a stunning two-page spread, which includes information such as birds’ range, the sounds they make, and the food they like to eat. Each bird’s profile also includes the fun fact, and a feature called “A Closer Look,” which digs deeper into one aspect of the bird’s life (eating habits, birdsongs, etc.). 

In her Bird Journal, Julia draws a picture of the bird (Blue Jay here) and writes pertinent facts.

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 Blue Jay at our backyard feeder.

Adrian is fascinated with Hummingbirds in this brightly illustrated National Geographic book.

The African Golden Weaver is endemic to Africa.
Weavers get their name because of the elaborately woven nests, which face downward. 

We had a chance to observe up close these tropical birds during our last visit to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. (Read a post – African Savanna at Disney’s Animal Kingdom here).

Children also enjoyed the Birds of North America 100 Piece Memory Game (buy here). While looking at vivid photographs of birds and learning their names, they had a chance to train their memory and visual skills. Julia also read the bird facts on the included poster.

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We also learned about bird’s body parts hands-on, by observing American Robin bird and assembling a Montessori Zoology puzzle. Read details about this puzzle as well as what we have learned about birds, such as what is the one characteristic that sets the birds apart from other animals: Is it a beak? wings? hatching from eggs?  in this post “Learning About Birds with a Wooden Montessori Zoology Puzzle.”

“What the hand does, the mind remembers,” reminds us Dr. Montessori. So, hands-on zoology puzzles are a wonderful tool to learn parts of animals through hands-on invitations to learn.

Backyard Birds Observation Watch

Backyard birds watching has been some of the children’s favorite activities. Please, meet below some of the feather friends we had encountered.  

Sparrow

This female House Finch has been making nests on our porch for two consecutive years now.

Turkeys walking across our backyard.

Please let me which bird is your favorite?

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