Find the birds hidden in each of the following sentences:

1. Mary saw her current heartthrob in town today.
2. Is mother on her way home yet?
3. The archery instructions read: "Grasp arrow firmly and draw back slowly."
4. It seemed that the young star lingered on stage longer than was necessary.
5. When Tania reached the cottage, the lamp was flaming on the table and the fire was bright.
6. Susan was always a popular kid in school.
7. I’m fed up with rushing around all the time.
8. Mark walked with awkward, hesitant steps for many days after his accident.
9. Those two boys just never were smart in academic subjects.
10. The nurse leaned over to comfort the tearful infant.
11. It’s appalling how rents and prices keep rising.
12. That poor old fellow leaves by dawn every morning.
13. It would be horrible to have the entire staff in chartreuse uniforms.
14. Discovering the lost riches of Atlantis has been the dream of many Archeologists.
15. Once settled with slippers and pipe, Ralph is content to snooze the evening away.
16. Hercules wanted to save the Norse god Balder.
17. I wonder if Al considers his thoughts on pertinent issues.
18. As I have no sufficient power to compel, I can only hope that he will deal with you honorably.
    
19. Lucille opened her science dictionary containing the radar terms for reference purposes.

1. robin
2. heron
3. sparrow
4. starling
5. flamingo
6. lark
7. thrush
8. hawk
9. martin
10. dove
11. wren
12. owl (also contains the classification aves)
13. finch
14. ostrich
15. sandpiper
16. swan, hen
17. falcon
18. pelican
19. darter

Posted by Charlie on 2012-01-02 15:45:57