Are you interested in birds? Do you want to learn about them? Go birdwatching. Birdwatching is a great 1. How to start it? Buy a bird book at first. It can 2much useful information about birds for you.3 you can buy a pair of binoculars and a notebook.
You can watch birds in parks or some nature reserves. Many reserves are safe and have many facilities (设施) for children and the family. Children will feel 4and can spend fun days there.
5is usually the best time to go birdwatching. Most birds sing songs and fly 6before 10:30 a. m. ,7 a few birds like to fly and hunt at night, such as owls. Whenever you watch them, don't make loud noise to 8them.
Remember to take notes on the sizes of the birds and colours of their feathers when you find them. Write down the 9time of the day and the year. Also 10where you see the birds, in a park or in a nature reserve. And you can look up the birds in your bird book to learn more about them.
Do you know why different animals or pests (害虫) have their special colours?The colours seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫) , but birds cannot easily catch them. Why?It is because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colours of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown colour as crops. Some other pests with different colours from plants are easily found and eaten ‘by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study animals' life, you'll find the main use of colouring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters. This is because they have the colours much like the trees.
A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液体) when it faces danger. When the liquid spreads over (散开) , its enemies cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.
Thousands of years ago, Britain was covered by thick forests, home to many animals which no longer live in the United Kingdom. There were wolves and bears, many different kinds of deer and large wild cows. There were less than four million people. They lived in small villages protected by wooden walls from the animals outside.
All this has changed, of course. Now the population of the United Kingdom has increased to about sixty-six million. Three-quarters of Britain is covered with fields, towns or cities Although 25 per cent of the land is countryside, new methods of farming mean that there are fewer birds and small animals living in fields than ever before. The United Kingdom is one of the few countries in the world that does not have a large wild animal that eats meat. In Scotland there are only 400 wildcats, but these are much smaller than wolves.
Some people would like to change things, however! Some organizations (组织) and writers say that Britain needs to become more natural again. They suggest that plants that grew in the UK before towns and cities were built should be allowed to grow again. They even say that large wild animals which have not lived in the UK should be helped to return and live wild. They call this "rewilding".
Not everyone agrees. In the last twenty years, over one million trees which at first grew in Scotland have been planted and there are plans for more—but wild animals? Some people ask if wolves will attack (攻击) sheep or even humans. They are also angry that rewilding might mean an end to walking in the hills which so many people enjoy. So far there are no wolves or bears in Britain's forests—but soon there might be!
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Many k of birds live in the United States, but the n of the birds is becoming smaller and smaller. One of the reasons is the growing number of pet cats.
By keeping pet cats in your home, you can make the world a d place for birds.
Of the 90 m pet cats in this country, about two-thirds can go outside very often. It is said that these cats k hundreds of millions of birds every year. Billions of small animals like rabbits and field mice die b of the cats' attacks. To these animals, the cats are a great d . They can also b illnesses to the animals living in people's yards and make them weak. Many animals die of such illnesses.
Allowing pet cats to go outside is not just bad for wildlife. I's also bad for the cats themselves. Outdoor cats can get sick very e . They are in danger of traffic and attacks from other animals. In fact, outdoor cats usually can't live past the age of 5, w indoor cats often live to be 17.
Keep your pet cat inside! If you raise a young cat, it's your duty to let it play inside.
If you want to watch and know something about birds, you must find a good place near the bird nest.
Birds sit on eggs and look after their babies from April to June. Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest, mothers often go to look for food and come back in several minutes. So it is good for watching birds, When we watch birds, we'd better hide ourselves in a place close to the nest, and it's better to use binoculars.
But how to make a bird nest? A good bird nest must be very fine, strong, thick and comfortable. If you want to make one, please follow these:
A. Each nest must have six boards (木板) . Don't make the boards too slippery (滑的) .
B. Dig a small hole in the front of the nest as a"door". The"door"can't be too small, so birds can fly in or out easily.
C. Make sure the rainwater can't go into the nest.
D. One of the boards shouldn't be difficult to open.
E. Don't forget to colour the nest.
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How do birds look after birds? |
They sit on eggs and take of their baby birds for about three . Mothers often to look for and come back to the nest in several minutes, because the babies are too young. |
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When we watch birds |
We'd better ourselves in a place close to the nest, and we had better use binoculars. |
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How to make a bird ? |
a. Each nest must have six boards. Don't make them too slippery. b. Dig a small hole in the front of the nest as a"door". The"door" is big enough so that birds can fly in or out easily. c. Make the rainwater go into the nest. d. One of the boards should be to open. e. to colour the nest. |
1）为人友善，积极参加各种课外活动。
2）对野生动物很着迷，喜欢读野生动物方面的书。
3）认为应该为野生动物提供更好的环境。
4）让更多人明白保护野生动物的重要性。
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