Smokies Guide Winter 2019-20 • 7

matching!BIRDS Many birds in the forest are most easily identified by the songs they sing. Some people make up word phrases to help them remember the songs. Can you match each bird to the bird song?

The Blue Jay thinks he’s been robbed:____The Carolina Wren likes to make tea: ___ The Eastern Towhee is bossy about tea: ___ The Northern Cardinal is a bit of a cheerleader: ___ The Eastern Phoebe says her own name: ___ At night, the Barred Owl asks this question about food preparation: ___

Drink your teeeeeea!

b

a

THIEF! THIEF! THIEF!

c

Phee-beephee-bee

e

c. white oak

d. sycamore

e. dogwoodf. sugar maple

a. red maple

b. dog hobble

d

Who cooks for you? Who cooks for you

all?

TREE LEAVES Match the drawing of the leaf with the tree (and clue).

You can make maple sugar from this tree:____This tree has tiny red flowers in early spring and it’s leaves turn bright red in autumn: ___ The seeds of this tree are called acorns: ___ The trunk of this tree loses some of its bark and looks kind of sick: ___ This tree has bark, but doesn’t bite: ___ Hunting dogs are said to have a hard time running through masses of this shrub: ___

What cheer cheer cheer!

f

Teakettle teakettle teakettle!

ANSWERS BIRDS: c, f, b, a, e, d TREE LEAVES: f, a, c, d, e, b

Illustrations by Lisa Horstman