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1.
Most seed-eating birds have what type of bill?
2.
Most birds have four toes on each foot. What is the only bird that has two toes on each foot?
3.
Nearly all birds have a voice and use it to call or sing. Which of the following birds make no vocal sounds?
4.
Which of the following birds cannot fly?
5.
Which of the following birds use sticky threads from spider webs to build their nests?
6.
What bird is called the "champion of long-distance migration"? These birds travel about 22,000 miles (35,400 kilometers) in less than a year.
7.
What were the first birds to be killed off by people during modern times?
8.
In what year did the United States ban the use of the pesticide DDT? The government banned it after it learned that the chemical was very harmful to birds and other wildlife.
9.
What are the largest flying land birds in North America?
10.
What bird destroyed millions of grasshoppers in 1848 and saved the crops of the settlers of Salt Lake City? Salt Lake City residents erected a monument to this bird.
