TROOP 201

KAMEHAMEHA DISTRICT

ALOHA COUNCIL

COUNSELOR: ALVIN CHAR

Requirements Summary.

_____ 1. Spend 3 hours in each of two different kinds of natural habitats or at two different elevations. Two 10-mile hikes in different habitats will satisfy this requirement.

Habitat 1: _______________________________________________

a-b. List the different species you see and the numbers of each seen (in parentheses). __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. Explain why all the birds do not live in the same habitat. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Habitat 2: _______________________________________________

a-b. List the different species you see and the numbers of each seen (in parentheses). __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

c. Explain why all the birds do not live in the same habitat. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____ 2. Spend 3 hours on each of 5 days in a large area (same place). List the bird species you can identify by sound or sight. Identifying birds at a week-long summer camp can satisfy this requirement.

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_____ 3. Recognize, by sound, 10 birds usually found in your neighborhood. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____ 4. List 8 families of birds usually found where you live. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

_____ 5. Write a 500-word history of the bird of your choice. Include the following information, if available: nesting habits, behavior and territory, food habits and diet, description and size of the young and adult birds, migratory habits (if it is not a permanent resident), and any unusual characteristics about the bird that you find interesting.

_____ 6. Do one of the following:

e. Visit a bird refuge. Describe its purpose and give the management techniques used. We will visit the James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge in Kahuku. The refuge is run by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for endangered Hawaiian waterbirds. We will be doing a service project to learn some of the management techniques used to manage the refuge.

_____ 7. Do one of the following (this is probably the hardest requirement):

a. Build a backyard bird sanctuary by planting trees and shrubs for food and cover. Describe what birds you hope to attract and why.

b. Build three different kinds of bird feeders. Keep them stocked with food for 3 months. Describe what kinds of birds are attracted to them and why. Indicate what kinds of foods were liked best.

c. Take 12 clear, sharp, recognizable pictures of 12 species of birds.

d. Build a watering device for birds. Keep it filled for 3 months. Tell what kinds of birds used it. Describe any intersting things you saw.

_____ 8. Do one of the following:

c. Make a list of 20 species of rare and endangered birds of Hawaii.

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