Boobies the bird!

If you were to hear the question "how many boobies are getting laid"out of context, you might wonder if that is appropriate for a freshman bio class. what was actually being said was how many eggs of the species of birds called boobies (right) were being laid. we have over the last few days been talking about evolution. when evolution comes up, one of the names that comes soon after is Charles Darwin. we have been disusing the evolution that takes place on the islands he visited. we spent some time on birds and how they adapt and what there adaptations are for the birds on the island. we have been talking about why boobies choose to push there sibling out of the nest and leave it to die. we concluded that it was because its harder for the mommy booby to feed 2 chicks insead of just one . this is why the mother of the booby lets this happen. we then talked about the different beaks on birds and how they are specialized with what food they eat. we took a hands on approach with this by taking different tools such as a spoon or pliers to retrieve and open different types of food. we ended up concluding class with this lab.

Eunice Lee will be our next scribe!