Generalist or Specialist Feeder

We played a game to find out how the shape of a birds beak influences what it eats.  We had to use either tweezers, a bulldog clip, a clothes peg or a spoon as our beak and try to pick up paper clips, wool and rubber bands.



Bird feeder Game on PhotoPeach After playing the game we graphed our results and discussed what would happen if the birds ecosystem changed and whether it would survive. From the discussions we decided which birds were generalist feeders and which were specialist feeders and would either fall dramatically in number or even become extinct if their habitats were to change.