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Birds12345678910111213141516

Across

  • 6 Seasonal journey south for the winter
  • 8 Coastal diver with a stretchy throat pouch
  • 9 Honking flier that travels in a V formation
  • 11 Tiny hoverer that can fly backward
  • 14 Large enclosure where birds are kept
  • 15 Night hunter with a rotating head and silent wings
  • 16 Twig cup built to hold eggs

Down

  • 1 Pink wader that stands on one leg
  • 2 Tallest living bird, and the fastest runner on two legs
  • 3 Bright red songbird, the state bird of seven states
  • 4 Drummer that hammers tree trunks for insects
  • 5 Curved claw of a hawk
  • 7 Flightless swimmer of the Southern Hemisphere
  • 10 A bird's whole coat of feathers
  • 12 Hard mouth part used for cracking seeds
  • 13 Bald raptor on the Great Seal of the United States

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Birds1FL2OA3C4WS5T6MIGRATIONTAIRORLNDDIOG7PI8PELICAN9GOOSENEHNAC10PGLKLUE11HUMMING12BIRD13EMNE14AVIARYAGGK15OWL16NESTE
  1. 1 down: FLAMINGO. Pink wader that stands on one leg
  2. 2 down: OSTRICH. Tallest living bird, and the fastest runner on two legs
  3. 3 down: CARDINAL. Bright red songbird, the state bird of seven states
  4. 4 down: WOODPECKER. Drummer that hammers tree trunks for insects
  5. 5 down: TALON. Curved claw of a hawk
  6. 6 across: MIGRATION. Seasonal journey south for the winter
  7. 7 down: PENGUIN. Flightless swimmer of the Southern Hemisphere
  8. 8 across: PELICAN. Coastal diver with a stretchy throat pouch
  9. 9 across: GOOSE. Honking flier that travels in a V formation
  10. 10 down: PLUMAGE. A bird's whole coat of feathers
  11. 11 across: HUMMINGBIRD. Tiny hoverer that can fly backward
  12. 12 down: BEAK. Hard mouth part used for cracking seeds
  13. 13 down: EAGLE. Bald raptor on the Great Seal of the United States
  14. 14 across: AVIARY. Large enclosure where birds are kept
  15. 15 across: OWL. Night hunter with a rotating head and silent wings
  16. 16 across: NEST. Twig cup built to hold eggs
Birds123456789101112131415

Across

  • 6 Night hunter with a rotating head and silent wings
  • 9 Tiny hoverer that can fly backward
  • 10 A bird's whole coat of feathers
  • 11 Twig cup built to hold eggs
  • 12 Bright red songbird, the state bird of seven states
  • 13 Hard mouth part used for cracking seeds
  • 15 Bald raptor on the Great Seal of the United States

Down

  • 1 Seasonal journey south for the winter
  • 2 Flightless swimmer of the Southern Hemisphere
  • 3 Pink wader that stands on one leg
  • 4 Drummer that hammers tree trunks for insects
  • 5 Honking flier that travels in a V formation
  • 7 Large enclosure where birds are kept
  • 8 Tallest living bird, and the fastest runner on two legs
  • 10 Coastal diver with a stretchy throat pouch
  • 14 Curved claw of a hawk

Print the page above, or take the medium grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Birds1MIGR2PAE3FT4W5GNLI6OWL7AOGAOO8OVO9HUMMINGBIRDSISIIPT10PLUMAGEN11NESTERERG12CARDINALYO13BEAKCI14TEHCAR15EAGLENON
  1. 1 down: MIGRATION. Seasonal journey south for the winter
  2. 2 down: PENGUIN. Flightless swimmer of the Southern Hemisphere
  3. 3 down: FLAMINGO. Pink wader that stands on one leg
  4. 4 down: WOODPECKER. Drummer that hammers tree trunks for insects
  5. 5 down: GOOSE. Honking flier that travels in a V formation
  6. 6 across: OWL. Night hunter with a rotating head and silent wings
  7. 7 down: AVIARY. Large enclosure where birds are kept
  8. 8 down: OSTRICH. Tallest living bird, and the fastest runner on two legs
  9. 9 across: HUMMINGBIRD. Tiny hoverer that can fly backward
  10. 10 across: PLUMAGE. A bird's whole coat of feathers
  11. 10 down: PELICAN. Coastal diver with a stretchy throat pouch
  12. 11 across: NEST. Twig cup built to hold eggs
  13. 12 across: CARDINAL. Bright red songbird, the state bird of seven states
  14. 13 across: BEAK. Hard mouth part used for cracking seeds
  15. 14 down: TALON. Curved claw of a hawk
  16. 15 across: EAGLE. Bald raptor on the Great Seal of the United States
Birds123456789101112131415

Across

  • 3 Tallest living bird, and the fastest runner on two legs
  • 4 Tiny hoverer that can fly backward
  • 5 Coastal diver with a stretchy throat pouch
  • 6 Hard mouth part used for cracking seeds
  • 8 Seasonal journey south for the winter
  • 9 Flightless swimmer of the Southern Hemisphere
  • 12 Night hunter with a rotating head and silent wings
  • 13 Large enclosure where birds are kept
  • 14 Bald raptor on the Great Seal of the United States
  • 15 Twig cup built to hold eggs

Down

  • 1 Bright red songbird, the state bird of seven states
  • 2 Drummer that hammers tree trunks for insects
  • 7 Pink wader that stands on one leg
  • 9 A bird's whole coat of feathers
  • 10 Honking flier that travels in a V formation
  • 11 Curved claw of a hawk

Print the page above, or take the hard grid as a PDF. Both carry the answer key, and large print is a setting rather than a separate file.

Show the answer key
Birds1CA2W3OSTRICHODO4HUMMINGBIRDNP5PELICAN6BEAKL7FCLKAE8MIGRATIONI9PENGUINLG10GUOOM11T12OWL13AVIARYSGL14EAGLEO15NEST
  1. 1 down: CARDINAL. Bright red songbird, the state bird of seven states
  2. 2 down: WOODPECKER. Drummer that hammers tree trunks for insects
  3. 3 across: OSTRICH. Tallest living bird, and the fastest runner on two legs
  4. 4 across: HUMMINGBIRD. Tiny hoverer that can fly backward
  5. 5 across: PELICAN. Coastal diver with a stretchy throat pouch
  6. 6 across: BEAK. Hard mouth part used for cracking seeds
  7. 7 down: FLAMINGO. Pink wader that stands on one leg
  8. 8 across: MIGRATION. Seasonal journey south for the winter
  9. 9 across: PENGUIN. Flightless swimmer of the Southern Hemisphere
  10. 9 down: PLUMAGE. A bird's whole coat of feathers
  11. 10 down: GOOSE. Honking flier that travels in a V formation
  12. 11 down: TALON. Curved claw of a hawk
  13. 12 across: OWL. Night hunter with a rotating head and silent wings
  14. 13 across: AVIARY. Large enclosure where birds are kept
  15. 14 across: EAGLE. Bald raptor on the Great Seal of the United States
  16. 15 across: NEST. Twig cup built to hold eggs

About Birds

Birds are the only living animals with feathers, and the group stretches from the ostrich, too heavy to leave the ground, to hummingbirds that beat their wings fast enough to hover in place. Some clues here point to body parts built for a job: a talon that grips, a beak shaped by diet, plumage that hides or advertises. Others cover behavior and place, including seasonal migration, nest building, and the aviary where people keep birds under one roof.

Reach for this during a unit on animal classification or bird watching, or after a walk when a cardinal or woodpecker turns up in the notes.

What is in this crossword

A 20 by 17 crossword with 7 across and 9 down, on the subject of Birds.

Grid
20 x 17
Across
7
Down
9
Longest answer
HUMMINGBIRD (11 letters)

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