1977
It’s for the Birds
June 1977

“It’s for the Birds,” Friend, June 1977, 18

It’s for the Birds

By Roberta L. Fairall

How quickly can you unscramble the letters to fill in the blanks with the correct name of each bird described?

Word scramble

  1. If you hear HA-OO-OO by the light of the moon
    You will know I’m no duck
    I’m really a __ __ __ __.
    (1. NOLO)

  2. Look up at me, don’t totter.
    I’m not a sea gull.
    Say, “Hi!,” __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __.
    (2. SHEARTWARE)

  3. Flying with a crooked neck thereon
    Tells you I’m no crane.
    I’m a __ __ __ __ __.
    (3. RONHE)

  4. Oh no, you simply can’t
    Call me a loon.
    My name’s __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __.
    (4. ANTMORCOR)

  5. As I run and I stop, look me over.
    I am not a sandpiper,
    I’m a beachcombing __ __ __ __ __ __.
    (5. ROVELP)

  6. Call me a penguin and I will squawk.
    Look! I can fly;
    Therefore I’m an __ __ __.
    (6. KAU)

  7. If you are a duck, I don’t give a hoot,
    But if you are human,
    Please call me a __ __ __ __.
    (7. TOOC)

Answers:

  • (1) loon, (2) shearwater, (3) heron, (4) cormorant, (5) plover, (6) auk, (7) coot.