Positives

• This short activity gets students outdoors to observe their environment and notice things that fly.
• This would be an effective introductory activity before discussing flight as an adaptation.
• This activity encourages independence and allows students to write in their own observations.

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be to follow safety instructions in outdoor environments.
• The worksheet is for New York but the animals listed are present in many locations around the United States and elsewhere.
• You can reference this NYDEC website for more worksheets like this one. 

Differentiation

• Consider having students work in small groups and encourage individuals to draw examples of their observations on the back of the paper.
• Be sure to give students proper safety instructions and perhaps have some assistance from additional adults before venturing outside.
• After students complete their activity sheet, lead a discussion about why flight is important for some of the organisms they observed.
• Discuss with students if certain organisms are migrating to new areas and how this may be connected to changes in climate.