Birds
All birds have wings, but not all birds can fly. A penguin is a bird but it cannot fly.
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A penguin
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Birds lay eggs in a nest. Baby birds are in the eggs. Birds sit on the eggs to keep them warm. An egg must be warm so the baby can grow.
A baby bird is called a chick. The chicks hatch from the eggs. Then the adult birds must feed them.
This bird is feeding its chicks a bug.
In just a few weeks the chicks can fly and find food.
A chick is leaving its nest.
Different sorts of birds
Robins eat seeds and bugs.
A rook can eat meat.
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A gull can snap up fish.
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A macaw has a strong beak.
By Luc Viatour. Licensed under CC BY 2.0
Its beak can crack hard nuts.
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The smallest bird is the bee hummingbird.
Bee hummingbird
The biggest bird is the ostrich. It is too heavy to fly.
The ostrich lives in Africa.
The big eggs were laid by big birds. Small birds lay much smaller eggs.
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