Category: Thematic Units

Nests & Eggs: Barn Swallow

Nests & Eggs: Barn Swallow. Sweet voice and glistening in color, swooping over fields in search of insects. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Scarlet Tanager

Nests & Eggs: Scarlet Tanager. “Black-winged red birds,” found among hardwood trees. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Chipping Sparrow

Nests & Eggs: Chipping Sparrow. Unusually dainty nest; you’ll enjoy his monotonous song a pleasant part of spring. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Spotted Sandpiper

Nests & Eggs: Spotted Sandpiper. Found along the shores of rivers, lakes, and streams tipping its tail up as it walks along. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Red-eyed Vireo

Nests & Eggs: Red-eyed Vireo. Incessant and monotonous song, particularly in the heat of summer when most birds are quiet. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Downy Woodpecker

Nests & Eggs: Downy Woodpecker. The smallest member of the woodpecker family in North America…and the most helpful! Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Eastern Towhee

Nests & Eggs: Eastern Towhee. The towhee is an energetic and cheerful bird that appears before the trees are in leaf. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Nests & Eggs: Ruby-throated Hummingbird. These beautiful creatures that glitter like jewels are in a family by themselves because they are unique! Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Redwing Blackbird

Nests and Eggs Bird Study: Redwing Blackbird. Noisy chatterers and social, they helpfully eat injurious insects and weed seeds. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Kingbird

Nests and Eggs Bird Study: The Kingbird. Bold and fearless, kingbirds prefer to live in close proximity to dwellings. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Orchard Oriole

Nests and Eggs Bird Study: The Orchard Oriole. Similar to the Baltimore Oriole, but smaller. Found at the tops of trees singing his sweet song. Resources and free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Catbird

Nests and Eggs Bird Study: The Catbird. His song resembles the meow of a cat. You’ll find him at the top of a dense thicket. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Wood Pewee

Nests and Eggs Bird Study: The Wood Pewee. A lovable and adventuresome citizen of highly-wooded areas in North America. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs: Cedar Waxwing

Nests and Eggs Bird Study: The Cedar Waxwing. A gregarious, nomadic denizen of wooded areas in North America. Resources & free notebooking pages.
Nests & Eggs ~ Intro & Free eBook

Nests and Eggs of Birds of the United States by Gentry is a free eBook that provides a unique look at birds in their natural setting. Part of our free bird studies.
New Mexico: A Unit Study

On January 6, 1912, the United States welcomed the 47th state — New Mexico. Unit Resources.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo: “The Snow-Storm”

Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o’er the fields,… Poetry study,
Frost, Robert: “Birches”

When I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees…. Poetry study